Since I’ve been using the Lee Hammond’s Big Book of Drawing, I’m learning a lot about drawing. The ATC challenge for the OFB ATC group for the past two weeks were Peace and Eyes. Because I’ve been so busy with “life” I didn’t have the time I wanted to spend to make the original cards I had in mind.
So I decided to make hand drawn cards for both of these themes. I cut watercolor paper to the proper ATC size of 2.5 by 3.5 inches. Then I set about drawing the eyes using the techniques I’ve learned from the book and another source. http://willowing.ning.com/group/theheartofart Tammy has a free course she offered in October 2010 that taught people how to heal through their art. I found some great tips in her online course. So I combined some of the information from the book and from Tammy’s class to make my first hand drawn eye’s ATC.
I used a Faber-Castel 2B drawing pencil, liquitex, prismacolor colored pencils and Faber-Castell PITT artist pen to finish the eye drawing.
The Peace ATC I used a Steadtler compass to draw a circle then a second circle inside. The I used a Faber-Castel 2B drawing pencil to draw the inside lines to complete the peace symbol. Next I pulled out my liquitex colored pencils and started filling in the colors that I thought would look good on the peace symbol and around the outside. I used a small tortillion to blend the colors.
Both of these cards were very easy to make. A lot easier than I thought it would be, since these were both hand drawn cards. I guess I have had so many years of fear bottled up keeping me from drawing that now that I’m letting go of those fears and letting my hands draw it is easier for me.
Don’t let your fears keep you from doing something you have always dreamed of doing. Learn that new thing, go on a trip you have dreamed about for years. It will take some work to make the dream happen, but it will be worth every step you take.
So what are the fears that are keeping you from doing what you have always dreamed of doing?
The challenge for this ATC was to have a White Background. So really this was an open theme and any art could be used on the card.
The weather in Oklahoma is turning nice. The sun is out and it is getting warmer. When that happens it makes me think back to when I was a kid and mom would have us hang the laundry out on the clothes line to dry. I loved how the clothes would smell when we took the clothes down. It also saved money to dry the clothes outside! lol
Thinking about the good old days made me want to create that same feeling on my ATC.
Watch the following video to see how the card was made.
What does this sunny weather remind you of from your youth? If you could do something that you used to do as a kid what would that activity be that you would do today?
The challenge for this ATC was to use something that we “found”. I was lucky, one day while walking to my truck I looked down and found a hoop earring on the ground. I picked up the earring and decided that I would keep it to use later.
The first thing that I did was use my silver leaf paint pen to paint the earring silver. It had been a nice shinny silver at one time, but since the earring must have been outside for a long time, it was worn and tarnished.
I found some awesome paper from K & Company and use that as my foundation 2.5 by 3.5 inch card.
Love was stamped in black Stazon ink and then punched with my McGill label punch. I used a little Distressed ink around the edges and my glitter gel pen to finish the look of the word Love.
I found the lock and key charms in my stash and added jump rings so that these could hang from the earring. The earring was glued to the paper using Glossy Accents from Ranger Inks, as well as the rhinestones.
The green heart is a metal heart. The metal is from an aluminum soda can, I cut the shape, emboss the metal and then painted this green. The heart was mounted using pop dots or also known as 3D dots.
Next time you walk by something that you think is trash on the ground, stop and pick up the item. You never know when something just might become a treasured art piece.
Have you ever made art from something that you “found”? If so tell me about what you found and what you made with the item.
The theme or challenge for this ATC (Artist Trading Card) was Primary Colors for the OFB ATC swap group. I chose to use a collage technique that I love because it uses up scraps that I have on hand…
So grab some scraps of papers and you can make one too even if you don’t have all of the tools that I have!
The basic idea is to gather the colors you want to use as the foundation of your art. Since this was a Primary Colors theme I chose papers that were red, yellow and blue. Then I pulled out my rubber stamps and black ink and started over stamping on the paper. It didn’t matter if the paper had a design or not, I was adding another texture to the paper. Once I stamped all of the scraps I then cut the paper in to strips, and again the size or width of the strips didn’t matter, this is a random design.
Once all of the strips were lined up I used carpet tape to adhere these into a design. If you don’t have carpet tape a double sided tape would work, or you could just glue each piece down (which will take a little longer and you have to put glue on the entire strip of paper). Then after I got the tape filled with paper I filled in the spaces with glitter. I cut the piece down to the size I wanted the finished art to be and proceeded to embossing.
Embossing with regular powder is easy or even UTEE (to make the artwork shine). If you don’t have either you could use Glossy Accents or Diamond glaze or other finishes that will dry clear and shinny, another favorite of mine Golden Gel medium in low and high gloss.
Take this project and use it to make something out of your scraps or even your trash. It is a great projects for kids – use magazines or junk mail. Free items are great to use in art for kids! Could use a laminator or even packing tape to make the pieces shiny if making this project with kids..
Then let me know what you created. Leave a comment telling me about what you have done. How you changed up your project etc…
The following ATC was made for the OFB ATC swap group. The them was Actress. I chose to use an image of Nicole Kidman from a magazine that I happen to have at home. This would be a great project to do with kids or a bunch of friends. Grab a pile of magazines that has a lot of photos and choose photos that please the eye and have fun.. I used mainly scraps of paper that I had on hand, that’s what I love so much about ATC’s you don’t have to use a lot of supplies to make one.
I hope you enjoy this project. Let me know if you try making an ATC out of magazine images, I would love to see what you made.
One of the OFB ATC groups theme this week was If I Could Change One Thing About Me.
I decided to do a Google search and landed on the following website successfromthenest and I liked the post it got me to thinking what would I change about myself. Well first I really need to change inward and I decided that my “focus” in life needed to be more on God. I took a photo that I felt depicted what I wanted and I used that as the front of my ATC. I then printed a note I wrote for the inside. I think the rest is easy to figure out what I did to finish up the card, using some stickers and Tim Holtz Distressed ink…
Now back to my change. I have decided that I would read the bible daily and I signed up for youversion Everyday it shows a few chapters to read and I can check these off as complete.. So it is the first step in changing me and then I can start making changes in the environment around me.
So what one thing would you change about yourself? Ready to get started? Please share your thoughts with me.
I was going through all of the ATC’s that I made for the year 2010 and I thought I would share most of these in one place. To get a better view click on the thumbnail. I hope you enjoy having a look!
Classic black and white movies, the young people don’t appreciate them at all.. The theme for our OFB ATC group was a challenge for some and easy for others… I found this assignment to be a fun one..
Loving Casablanca staring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. I chose to use a close up of the two with the quote, “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
I used black card-stock as the foundation and stamped in gold pigment ink around the edges. I had some Christmas ribbon that was narrow and had a little red down the center and thought that would make a nice touch behind the photo. I matted the quote with red card-stock and then went around the photo and quote with a glitter gel ink pen. A classy ATC card…
The following ATC was made for the OFB Swap group.. The theme was Skulls so I decided to go a little punk rock and use some pink paper and bling… lol..
There are three layers of pink paper, then I punched a pink star and placed rhinestones on the tips. The skull is a stamped image and I filled in the tips of the bones with glitter and placed a pink bow in the top. The you rock is from a Studio G stamp set and I stamped the image in pink ink and then matted with another shade of pink paper. I punched paper flowers and then used my stylist to give them a 3D look.
I thought it turned out pretty cute…
I think this could be a great girls card just make it a little bigger and use this as the front cover and put Happy Birthday inside.. Lots of ideas could be used with pink and skulls… Don’t limit yourself, you can do just about anything you want! Have fun!
There are so many famous women in history it is hard to choose just one. But for the OFB ATC Swap group I chose Mae West. I just love her tenacity. Plus she has the same birthday that I have, so that makes her totally awesome!
The foundation card is ivory card-stock that I stamped around the edge with Tim Hotz distress ink. The next layer is a piece from my scrap collage art. The image of Mae West is from a clip art CD that I purchased a couple of years ago and that image is mounted on a piece of brown card-stock. I put little rhinestones in the corners and thought that was enough bling… On the back of the card I put the information that was included with the image.
So who are some of the famous women in history that inspire you?
So I decided to make hand drawn cards for both of these themes. I cut watercolor paper to the proper ATC size of 2.5 by 3.5 inches. Then I set about drawing the eyes using the techniques I’ve learned from the book and another source. http://willowing.ning.com/group/theheartofart Tammy has a free course she offered in October 2010 that taught people how to heal through their art. I found some great tips in her online course. So I combined some of the information from the book and from Tammy’s class to make my first hand drawn eye’s ATC.
drawing pencil to draw the inside lines to complete the peace symbol. Next I pulled out my liquitex colored pencils and started filling in the colors that I thought would look good on the peace symbol and around the outside. I used a small tortillion to blend the colors.
