'Mixed Media Prep 101: Art Journaling - Conquering the Blank Page' - Summer 2016 in Chicago, IL.

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes
 

“Mixed Media Prep 101: Art Journaling – Conquering the Blank Page”

You’re invited to a 2-day Art Journaling Workshop in Chicago this summer! 

 

FAN of Sample Art Journal created by Mary Lou Haynes 

 

Samples of Art Journal created by Mary Lou Haynes 

 

 

 

 WHAT: Summer Mini-Camp: 

You will explore multiple mixed-media art techniques in this fun summer mini-camp. Anything goes in Art Journaling!

 

WHEN: Tuesday June 14, and Thursday June 16, 2016. 1pm-4pm both days. Doors open 12:45pm.

WHERE: Beverly Arts Center, in Beautiful Beverly Hills / Morgan Park. Chicago, IL 60643

WHO: Adults Ages 15+ 

INSTRUCTOR: Mary Lou ‘LuLu’ Haynes 

HOW: Click for Details and Supplies List http://www.beverlyartcenter.org/_camps/adult.php

 

'100th Post GIVEAWAY - Fave Tutorial RESULTS and WINNER!"

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and Welcome!

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for...ok, at least SOME of you have been waiting for..the results and winner of my 100th Post Giveaway are now to be revealed!

FAVE TUTORIALS
Your top three favorite tutorials by LuLu are:

• Image Transfer using Contact Paper
• Drunken Scotch Technique
• Embossed Metal Flags

Checkout these favorite tutorials and - please send me a link to YOUR results!

and the WINNER of my 100th Post GIVEAWAY is...drumroll please...

peggy aplseeds

Winner must contact me via email before midnight May 8, 2011 CT with their email address and postal address to claim prizes. If winner does not contact me via email by midnight May 8, 2011 CT, they forfeit the prizes - and I will select and announce online another blogger to win the prizes.


Congratulations, peggy aplseeds!

Click here for the prize list

Thanks to all of you for visiting, for commenting, for following and for playing. You are all a great inspiration to me. Please come back again soon.

Peace,
LuLu

'WOYWW - 12/22 - To Do Wreath'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and Welcome,

Here are a bunch of little projects that need doing. Because I usually work on multiple projects, I'll make a post-it note for each to show what to do next.

1. Embossed metal tape - to paint and sand
2. a) Stencil - to texturize a collages with molding paste and gesso. b) postcard for an art contest to consider entering
3. Homemade blending tools (round velcro dots on corks) for alcohol inks in repurposed alphabet stamps storage container - to find a 'home' until summer when I'll have ventilation
4. Homemade stamps - to develop a tutorial on 'how to make your own stamps'
5. a) original prototype mandala - to create shapes in Photoshop for drawing some digital mandalas. b) wrapping paper - to tear up for collages and store
6. picture of barn - to paste on one of my art journal pages
7. packing list for next scrapbooking crop - to put in my scrapbooking backpack
8. flyer of Tim Holtz techniques - to read and try some new techniques

Sometimes my workspace seems to be more about organizing than about making art. It would be so nice to have more counter space so this workstation could be dedicated exclusively to creating  art - and organizing would be at a different station!

What about you? Is your workstation exclusively dedicated to creating art? Or does yours also get swamped with organizing projects?

I'd love to see your comments about this post - or any of my other posts. Meanwhile, Here are some more workstations for Whats On Your Workstation Wednesday?

Peace,
LuLu

Poppy White - and my tools for Digital Image editing!

Howdy and Welcome,

"'Poppy White's Passport to Europe - to sing bass in the new opera 'Porgy and Bess'"
Mixed media - Collage of inherited antique objects, Digital Montage
c mlh1 2009 - 2010

 

Would you be interested in the tools I use to accomplish my digital artwork? The following software products are in my digital toolbox. And also listed is my quick review of each product. These are loaded on the desktop PC I use in my upstairs 'office'. The top 2 are my most often used Faves, and these 2 are also loaded on my amateur photographer hubby's laptop PC in our living room. We both share the laptop for scanning:

MY DIGITAL TOOLBOX 

1. - Adobe Photoshop Elements (PSE) - opens slowly, huge learning curve, need to play with this almost daily - it has so much stuff to learn
2. - Microsoft Digital Image Suite Anniversary Edition Editor (DIE) - easy, very intuitive
3. - Corel Painter Essentials - easy borders
4. - HP Photosmart Essential - I prefer the old version for it's canned collage templates
5. - Microsoft Image Composer - easy effects but rarely use, limited functions
6. - Microsoft Paint - opens fast for quick check of images
7. - Microsoft Publisher - used for it's word art
8. - Microsoft Word - easy text
9. - Creating Keepsakes Creative clips and fonts for boys - rarely used, needs more variety
10. - Creating Keepsakes Digital Quick Pages by Ali Edwards - never used, but I want to!

COMING SOON

• I expect to be using my Wacom tablet and pen soon - I've only had them connected on the desktop for 4 years! :-) Isn't it about time I use them?!!!

WISH LIST SOFTWARE

• Would love to get 3D Studio Max, Bryce, Adobe Illustrator and Maya, too!

MORE ABOUT POPPY WHITE

 

What do you think of this image of my maternal grandfather, Lewis Victor White? My family all called him 'Poppy'. He was an English teacher in the Chicago Public Schools for over 20 years. 'By night' he and my grandmother were opera singers! He sang bass, she sang soprano. I inherited one of the record albums that he made - although I've never tried to play it...He sang in the opera 'Porgy and Bess' in NY and Europe when it first opened!!! Also he sang on WGN radio and in the chorus at the Civic Opera House here in Chicago! He sang in several languages. The first year I went to college at IIT was when he passed away. I remember him as a very quiet, gentle man with a good sense of humor. Just recenly I found out that he was an adventurer! Before the Great Depression, Poppy White 'rode the rails' for the experience.

 

HOW DID I DO IT?

 

This image combines scans of his passport, his record album, one of my original collages and some vintage advertising. I used transparencies, layers, erasing and gradients back and forth between Adobe PSE, MS Publisher and Microsoft DIE.

 

COMMENTS WELCOME!

I'd love your comments about this post - or any other post on my blog.

 

CHECKOUT MY GIVE-A-WAY

Also, I'm hosting a giveaway on my blog - to celebrate my 1st year blogoversary - yippee! If you are a mixed media artist or collage artist you don't want to miss this give-a-way! Ends Nov 27, 2010.

 

Thanks for stopping by - would love for you to come back for a visit - often!

Peace,
LuLu
Celebrating my 1st year Blogoversary with a give-a-way!
http://www.lulu-too-beaucoup.blogspot.com/2010/10/giveaway-giveaway-lulus-1st.html

Drunken Scotch Technique

I found a new technique at: Kattoys I also saw this technique on another blog, too, which I can't find now, of course... I played with 5 liquid glues and Ranger's alcohol inks. What fun - smelly, but fun!


My fave was the sample using Aleene's Tacky Glue.

For these sample tests:
1. I punched scalloped circles from cardboard.
2. Painted circles with Ranger's Dabber in Gold and a few other colors. Let dry. 3. Applied glue all over with paint brush.
4. Applied 2-3 drops of 5 different Ranger Adirondack alcohol ink colors (not metallic). 5. Dried each sample with heat gun, encouraging bubbles.

Notes: I let finished samples dry overnight. The sample with Aleene's Tacky Glue is my fave, seems to have a lot of thick texture. Least fave was the sample with Modge Podge Gloss. I also like the crackling with the Craft Smart All Purpose sample. I plan to do a few more tests - at least one test with Elmer's White Glue and another test mixing a couple glues together.

What do you think of these textures? Have you ever tried this technique?