Gelliplate Prints from SeARTle

Thought I'd share a few of the gelliplate prints I created while at SeARTle Art Retreat this past weekend. (Oh my goodness, it was SUCH a fun time!) 

I tried these canvas panels at a friends suggestion. She does amazing things with hers. The yellow/green and blue one I used to pull the print. It has layers of torn book pages and sheet music on it, so the raised areas prevented a good clear print. (I should have figured that out) I then off printed the remaining paint on the brayer to make the additional layers. I offprinted with the brayer and the texturing stencils/materials on the other two canvas panels as well. I'm not sure where these panels are headed, but it's a fun start. I'll definitely play with this technique some more. 

Following are a few of the gelliplate prints I created on paper... at least three layers on most. They are on a variety of papers - old sheet music, large book pages and will probably be used in collage art, or perhaps added to a canvas/canvas panel as the background. The possibilities are endless!

Sharing with Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin

Breathe

Even though I'm still a very tired puppy from hosting the SeARTle Art Retreat this past weekend, I was still up early. My body knows when it gets light out, and just wakes itself up, which this morning was a bit before I really wanted to get up. *sigh*

So this busy morning I packaged up seven orders from the past few days while I was away. A trip to the post office will happen soon. For now I am working on listing items in both my Vintage Shop and my Art Shop to replace the items on their way to new owners.

No rest for the busy self employed! Although soon I'm done "working" for the day, and will be out in the sunshine that is calling me to the garden.

Timely article on Avoiding Burnout on the Esty Blog.

Happy Monday!

What's in my studio...

Or more accurately, what's in the rolling art tote...

1) gelli-plate, variety of stencils, acrylic paints, brayer, variety of papers, small "texturing" kit
2) gesso, watercolor set, brushes, 140# watercolor paper, canvas panels
3) travel art "pencil" bag with small scissors, xacto knife, white, silver, gold gel pens, sharpie, charcoal pencil, blending stump, mechanical pencil, china markers, pencil sharpener, kneadable eraser, small piece of sandpaper, glue-stick, ruler.
4) art roll with water brushes, stabilo pencils, glaze gel pens, glue pen, pitt pens, Tombo markers in shades of gray
5) Baby wipes, paper towels, water container
And whatever else I can stuff in at the last minute...

I'm almost ready for SeARTle Art Retreat.  I'll drive down tomorrow morning making a couple of stops on the way. Now that the art supplies are ready, I suppose I should figure out what clothes I'm going to pack. Ha!

Sharing with Julia and What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday. 

Garden Flowers

Sharing what's new in my shop:

Greeting cards of Garden Flowers from my origial gesso and watercolor paintings. 

Crazy busy and I can't seem to get anything finished... although I guess prepping for SeARTle Art Retreat next weekend is getting something done. :) 

We had a few sunny days this week, and got a bit of work done in the garden. These little violets wander the garden/yard at will, and I love them. 

Happy Friday! 

Distracted etc

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Abstract Seascape

This little 4 x 4 inch textured landscape painting I created a bit ago... no new work finished this week.

I'm a bit distracted of late and not creating/finishing a lot of art. So many projects in the works, and without actually working on them, I feel like I'm going into withdrawal. Soon things will calm down again.

I'm co-hosting an Art Retreat - SeARTle - April 25 - 27. While it's not a huge gathering (about 20 of us) it is going to be so much fun!  I'm quite excited! (And distracted)

Some fun news, I filling out my application and sending in the $$ for a large and popular local Holiday show. It is exciting as it will focus on my vintage items and will include some of my art.  How fun is that going to be? More on it later.

Hoping you have a wonderful week!

Sharing with Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin.

Memories of SeARTle

I just spent a wonderful weekend with a group of artists in West Seattle, which I co-hosted with my friend Martha. It was a fun weekend and I had a marvelous time and met new friends as well as visited with old friends. I need to learn to relax just a bit more, quit taking care of everyone else and just sit and art. *says a couple of my arty friends* I'll work on that. :)

Here are a few pictures of our weekend...

Amy, Cynthia, Nancy at Martha's potluck

Martha (standing) Cheryl, Amy, Cynthia

Beth, Lyndsey, Ryan and Pam

Cheryl, Amy, Julie, Christine

Christine, Cynthia, Pam, Cheryl

Martha, Julie

Pam showing us Gelliplate printing, with Doreen

Nancy, Robin, Melanie

Robin, Beth, Michael

Robin with her Big Foot

View of the Sound from Pegasus Pizza Saturday evening.