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I decided to create journals again to be added to my shop. No pressure, I want to love the process of creation of each and everyone of them. I don’t want to be a chain maker.

Each journal, for now, will measure ±6×8″, with bookboard covers that I will have painted and decorated. Like small original Mixed Media paintings covers.

I love bookbinding but have not created any journal for months now. I did not realize how much I have missed it.

And not to forget my Journeylistic challenge that is still ongoing 😉

These are the covers of the first one. It says «She is a star collector». It just need two much final touches and I’ll be sewing the pages 🙂

Hello !

I am so happy to share with you a new {Painting In Motion} video. It is not the best quality ever because of the gloomy weather that decided to hit here while I was recording and the light changes it caused. But it is not that bad, you’ll see.

After the OwlCtopus… let me present you the… Owlephant ! (i am laughing at myself). I really don’t know where all those Sprixies come from, and you’ll see when watching the video that this painting was really challenging and that it took me some time to see the Owlephant (or… to accept that it was going to be it).

I created it on a 11×14″ canvas panel.

Despite the struggle, I had lots of fun playing with colors and lots of different media.

I enjoyed going back and forth in my decision making process, and see it evolve. The texture is amazing.

You can finally see the fantastic texture created with the Catalyst Wedge and Blade I told you about recently. I wanted to highlight the Owlephant but did not like that dull blue much. So I used the big 50mm Blade #04 (the orange one) to make easy peasy lines in it. It is so simple to make marks with it, you know how marks and texture are important to me to build the layers in my paintings.

I used the Wedge #01, which is mostly flat with a diagonal angle to apply the gel. Let me tell you: you need it for that ! It is stunning. Because it is made with silicone, it is strong but flexible. I never glued anything that easily before (and I do enjoy my palette knives for lots of reasons). I will probably purchase the #01 as a blade so I can have something smaller too.

Love love love the result, it is like the Owlephant is bursting. And we have a peak of what is still underneath that blue, which is always nice.

I am loving using white again. It can create such an interesting visual if I don’t make it totally opaque.

This leafy paper by Amy Tangerine is one of my favorite of the moment, white with simple design and a splash of really bright colors. (you know I love everything leafy and feathery, right ? ;)) I did not want to lose it, burried under layers of other stuff. This is why I chose to add white.

I think I will do that more often from now on, play with bright colors under white. Could get interesting…

I learned this wording technique in Mindy Lacefield‘s class «Paint your story» and I use it over and over again since. It just makes the message pops and well, I think the effect is pretty nice.

Connected…
… to your Inner Voice…
… to the Universe…
… to every alive being…
… to your Higher Self…
…Connected.

Watch the video:

Here are most of what I used to create this painting. Are missing the Lindy Stamp Gang color shots and the papers for the first layer of the painting. Here you go:

Canvas Panel	Catalyst Wedge 01	Catalyst Wedge 02	Catalyst Blade 04	Liquitex Matte Gel
Chevron Arrows stencil	Hexagon Wood Veneer	Elongated Hexagon Woord Veneer	Golden Fluid Acrylic	Stabilo All pencil Black
Oil Pastel	Silk Glaze SnapDragon	Silk Glaze Ginger Peach	Silk Glaze Guatemalan Green

I love a good challenge in my creative life.

A few years ago, I went BIG (thanks to Connie Hozvicka). I learned and dared to paint on big surfaces. And I still love it. I usually paint on 8×10″ (± 20x25cm), which is a size I find perfect.

Bus as I said, I love challenges. So I decided to finally get the ATC papers I bought a long time ago (1 year ? yeah at least that long ago…) without touching it because well. It is small. 2.5×3.5″ to be precise.

I don’t know if they will be ATCs (so if I will trade them for another artist’s ATC) or if they will be listed in the shop as ACEOs (how do you pronounce that ??).

I am just in the early stages: building a background so they are not white anymore. And not that intimidating.

I decided to do all 10 I got at the same time.

I picked 4 craft paints (a light blue, a vanilla, a mustard yellow and a green) and got finger painting. Then I sprayed two or three colors of Lindy Stamp Gang’s Flat fabio and ran randomly some of the papers in it. Love the effect !

Now… finding what’s next ! 😉

I also started a new 11×14 painting to try something new. We’ll see how it goes…

Hello darling Souls !

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Gratitude Friday is a weekly ritual I started in order to focus on all the small and big positive things that happened during my week. I invite you to join me, you’ll see how much being thankful can change your life. If you want to know more about it, read my introduction post.

Hello dear Souls !

I wish a happy Thanksgiving long week-end to those of you in the US. I guess today is the perfect time to reflect on what you are thankful for right now.

I hope to read your Gratitude Friday, would love for you to share.

This week, I am thankful for:

• My neighbors.
• My husband, always reminding me where my limits are so I don’t end up filled with regrets because I pushed them too much.
• My customers.
• Music. Still.
• My mom. She joined a group in her city to learn English. Because she wants to be more comfortable when she comes here. I am very grateful she is doing it, for her and for us. See, it is never too late (she is 61).
• Food in our belly. The joy of transformation, of bringing it to the table, to hear «this is delicious Honey/Mama».
• Our house that feels more and more like home to me. It was not totally it, even if we moved in in April.
• Virginia from Princeton Brush.
• Other artists and the inspiration they bring in my own creative life.
• The «ahah» moments happening in the studio, when a painting falls into places.

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