2nd Annual 12 x 12 Gala

I’m happy to announce Conroe Art League is having its 2^nd Annual 12 x 12 Gala. It is to raise funds for our work with Art Students within our area, we host shows and provide awards for the winners.

Any hoot these are my contributions to the cause.

  

On Point, collage on stretched canvas

The papers are scrapbook and watercolor paper that I did acrylic washes on.

Visions, acrylic on clay bord

This second one has a VIDEO HERE.

I’m really looking forward to the Gala, it was so fun last year. Please come by and say hi if you can make it. . .

Madeley Building Art Gallery

127 Simonton Street

Conroe Texas

November 19, 2016, 6 to 9 pm

Happy Art’in Y’all

#ICAlumiHop Journal Giveaway – Diamonds & Gold

a Video HOP 

We were to do a 9 x 12 journal page, use an artist quote. For group 3, we were to also do an ATC . . . 

GIVE A WAY --- You see the different pages have been bound together by Shel C, including an ATC page, the Journal will be given away to ONE blessed person. Deadline to enter is Monday September 26, 2016, 12 midnight CDT (Central Daylight Time) and Winner announced by Shel on September 29 . . . so if you are reading this and have not watched the HOP – what ya wait’in fer?

AND as promised in the description box that appears below my video #ICAlumiHop Journal Giveaway – Diamonds & Gold 

MY Ingredients Were: Canson cold press 140 lb watercolor paper;

Acrylic Craft Paints – Craftsmart Navy, Apple Barrel – Aquamarine (I made this a wash using water & fluid matt medium), FolkArt – Neon Purple;

Liquitex white gesso;

Stencils: TheCraftersWorkshop – Mini Microbial & Mini TieDyed, StencilGirl – Wonky Eyes by Carolyn Dube;

Sizzix Die 660220;

Deli paper;

My own Hand carved fish stamps;

Liquitex Matt Medium;

Sea Horse Stamp – sorry I don’t know

Silks – ginger peach;

Archival Inks – Plum, Vermilion;

White cardstock;

Embossing Dabber by Ranger;

Recollections Embossing Powder – clear;

American Crafts black precision pen;

Soufflé white pen;

For the accompanying ATC – that was NOT included in the Video – Watercolor background, Hand Carved “water” stamp, Archival Ink – Manganese blue, Glossy Accents

Diamonds & Gold.

Within the flowing souls of humanity there is a treasure that shall not diminish, diamonds – glistening of strength and gold - a thread that forever connects us with our Source, our Creator, our very Breath

Pick Up Video - Coral Bits etc. , AND a Watery ATC featuring stamp carving - shows how I carved the stamp used on the ATC

Thanks for Watching, Sharing and Liking

Happy Art’ing Y’all

Creative Circle

The past couple of Wednesdays in our creative circle we have been playing in alcohol inks. They are interesting. I used them mainly on old photograph paper cut into small'ish sizes. . . they have become fun and unique greeting cards, that I hope to offer for sale at the Gallery at the Madeley come August and perhaps in November / December as well. Why yes of course there will be video, this coming Friday on my YouTube Channell - APG Jamie, if the editing and voice over'ing work out. ah who am I kidding we know it will come out {cross fingers & toes}

I also had an article accepted to a new online magazine, I will of course share more of that information as I can . . . more good news the piece I recently finished, Direction was used on Conroe Art League 's monthly Exhibit and reception announcement for July. Which y'all are welcome to attend

Happy Art'in Y'all

Mural Collaboration - Texas Children's Hospital

I was asked to join in a collaboration project, one in which we all would be painting various images. To benefit the new TexasChildren’s Hospital in The Woodlands, expected to open in 2017. So yeah, during a brief gathering of some fellow artist and the spear head, Vickie McMillan, I was persuaded that I was capable of doing this.

Yes I say persuaded, I mean like many artist I’m not always sure that I can paint something. . . really me paint a real flower or a butterfly! My cohorts from Conroe Art League were all pretty sure and jumped at the chance. I lingered, maybe it was my need to be boosted up, you know make myself the center of attention and I’m not saying it wasn’t. But a bit of influence was needed for me to say Okay, I’ll give it a try. Vickie assured me us that if anything needed tweaking she would handle it. In fact we should more or less expect it as this is what would bring cohesion to the piece, whose parts were being painted by professional artist and children alike.

We were to choose an image from a group she had for us of native Texas plants, birds and butterflies. We were to paint using acrylics, in a very basic style – no details, no background. She would scan our painted image, digitally size and perhaps add a paint stroke or enhance the colors and then stich the images together into a 65 foot mural. This mural would be not only for beauty, but to help distract ill children from pains and such during long stays at the hospital or physical therapy. Within the woodsey / fieldy nature scene there would be hidden objects, a sort of I spy or seek and find, to have things like balls or see-saws or other playground images.

Our canvas to use was a plastic wallpaper of sorts . . . highly textured, the background was to remain white and depending the size of the piece you chose you could fit one, two or even three of the same image on it. I picked two different butterflies, I mean why not I had not painted one before – A C K – what was I thinking! Oh you want to see, here is the video.

  

Mexican Bluewing

Pipevine Swallowtail

Now mind you during the filming I had a few issues, not just staying in camera frame but while actually filming my laptop decided it was time to install windows 10, NO MATTER how many times I had said no before, it was going to install. So after the 3-4 hour installation, I moved my lap top into the house . . . my power cord that had been love bitten over a year ago, that I had fixed and then Johnny had fixed more better decided that it had had enough . . . it broke completely in two. And nonetheless it’s all working again, thank God.

Participating artist are to invited to the opening / unveiling of the mural and {cross fingers} I’ll be there and more crossing of fingers I’ll do a post about that and remember to come back to add that link here. And without further ado

Happy Art’ing Y’all