Linda Israel

Multi-Media Artist

I used a technique learned from Gary Reef to create the following Bubble Art pieces.. The shapes are wood, two inches thick, the base is about 8 inches wide and about 10 to 11 inches tall. My neighbor got a new front porch and I came home when the guy was cutting these pieces off.. I asked him if he was going to throw those away and he said yes, I asked if I may have them and he said sure, keeps me from having to haul them off.. I wasn’t sure what I would do with these at the time, but I’m glad I took them…

Henry and I went to Home Depot and I stopped by the paint department and looked for their Oops paint.. I found a small pint of Behr Premium Plus paint interior Eggshell Enamel in an off white for $1.00. I figured that this would work as “house paint” for the technique that Gary talks about..

I first painted the pieces with liquitex basics acrylic gesso, and let that dry.  I coated one side of the triangle with the house paint in what I thought was a thick enough coat (didn’t read the instructions again until after I started). Painted another triangle and then read the instructions where it said to put a very thick coat, thick enough that your finger sinks down and leaves a huge hole in the paint.. I thought great, I have messed up.. But I went ahead with what I was doing and started the heat, rest, heat rest to see what would happen… The two that didn’t have as much paint on them made smaller bubbles, and I liked it much better than the one that I put a thicker coat on.. So I decided that when I did the other sides I would use a thinner coat and go from there… Heat, rest, heat rest, this went on forever.. lol.. Henry turns to me and says “you do realize how much time you have in these right?”…  Yes I know, but isn’t the texture cool?  And this was just with the ugly house paint! lol.

After all of the sides were bubbled up, I went and got my craft paints, as I don’t have any “artist” paints. I used one from Craft Smart – Violet, Plaid – Tapestry Wine,  Plaid Metallic – Aquamarine. For the Violet I put a little in a cup added water and white acrylic color to make a “wash” then proceeded to paint all of the triangles. I then heated the paint so that it would dry, I also puffed up the bubbles some as those were still not quite cured as I was doing this in one session.. Then I put the Tapestry wine in a cup with water and black acrylic color and put this wash on all of the triangles.. Heated again to dry.. Lastly I put the Aquamarine in a cup with just water to make  wash and covered all of the triangles and heated again..

That was it, I felt I was done, at least for now.. I may add something to these later, but for now I thought that I liked the color and the texture.. Maybe in a day or so I would look at these and think ah, I know what to do next, but for now this is what they look like…

Thanks for stopping by for a look, and thanks to Gary Reef for sharing his technique with the world.
Linda

Lion wall art that I made to give to a friend. Rubber Stamped and embossed in gold ink on brown paper. Used scrap paper and put inside a brown frame. Took less than 10 minutes to make this piece. Quick and easy… Feel free to ask any questions regarding this piece.. I’ll be glad to answer them.

Thanks for stopping by.

Linda

I was looking through old photos and found a couple of cards that I made last year.. I thought I would post the photos…

I like making greeting cards. I usually make 6 to 8 of the same kind because I’ll sell them either to coworkers, at the local craft mall (Loving Touch Crafters Mall, Yukon Oklahoma) or to family..

It seems I’m always in need of a card, but I don’t seem to remember to mail them.. lol.. I can remember to hand deliver cards! lol.. Maybe some day I’ll get organized..

Enjoy the photos.

Will be posting a new video soon.

Thanks for stopping by.

Linda