'What's in my Travel Art Bag!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and Welcome,

Glad you could stop by. Being knee deep in preparations for the August 2015 mixed media retreat that I'm hosting, does not leave much time for posting - or anything else!

But I wanted to share with you what's in my new art bag! My hubby gave me a 'Voyager Riggers Bag' (from harborfreight.com) earlier this month. I posted one photo on Facebook and got requests for the dimensions and to show what is in it.

 

Also, I enjoy surfing youtube.com and watching other 'what's in my bag' videos.

Enjoy!

Here's what I loaded into this travel art bag, which has (62) wet supplies for creating art journal backgrounds.

Since I took the photos, I also lightly spray painted the bag.

ITEM Description

apron

brush - foam

brush - small (duplicate)

brushes - sml, med, lge

catalog (for gluing)

clip - large binder

clips (3) - mini-binder

cotton swabs (3)

cough drops - Ricola (2)

Distress Inks (3)

Distress Stain (1)

gel pens - glitter - (5)

gesso - black

gesso - clear

gesso - white

gesso mix - clear + matte medium

glazes - my DIY (8) - decanted into used hotel shampoo bottles

gloves - I bought a box of 100 gloves from Sally Beauty Supply (with my Sally discount card)

glue - Stickles - Distress 'Picket fence' glitter glue

h2O pencil set (in recycled 'Stampin up' container for colored pencils)

h2O spray 'mini-mister'

matte medium (2)

Multi  medium (Claudine Hellmuth) - matte and gloss

old key cards (3) - as squeegees

old key cards (6) - as squeegees (duplicates)

paint - Smooch - gold

paint - water brush - filled with Dylusions Wash 'teal'

paint - watercolor paint pens (9) - Elmer's

paint (2)  acrylics (Ranger Dabbers) - gold, silver

paints (5) acrylics - red, yellow, green, brown, white

palette - palette paper

palette - recycled plastic container lid

palette knife

palette knife - texture palette knife

paper - mini-notepad

paper - painted wax papers

paper - palette

paper - wax paper sheets

paper - wax paper sheets (duplicate)

paper towel squares

paper towel squares (duplicate)

pencil  - #2 mini

pencil - mini-automatic  (Pilot 'Dr. Grip' xs 0.5)

rag square

rag square (duplicate)

rag square (duplicate)

sponge

sponges (3)- duplicate

tablecloth

tape - double-sided Scoth magic matte

tape - masking, 1"

tape - washi tape on used key cards (4)

texture - bottle cap

texture - bubble wrap

texture - bubble wrap (duplicate)

texture - corrugated cardboard square

texture - my DIY circle stamp

texture - plastic grocery bag square

texture - punchinella strip

texture - stamp

vitamin bottle, large - recycled for h2O (rinsing brushes)

wipes     Thanks for visiting - while you are here, please become a follower, make a comment -  and come back soon! And if you like to play, please plan to join us at the mixed media, art, craft and scrapbooking retreat August near Chicago, IL, USA!   Peace, LuLu

'WOYWW 96 - 04/06/2011 - What a Difference a Week Makes!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and Welcome,

Last week, my desk was a bit tidy. But for WOYWW this week, there are bunch of recent purchases needing homes and tending to.

l - r:

• two permanent adhesive refills for my Xyron 510 adhesive machine (from Memories and Beyond Scrpabooking - Chicago's best mom-n-pop local scrapbooking store)
• steam iron - for new quilting hobby I expect to start upon retiring (cashed in rewards from our checking account. we also got a couple of iPods and a travel clock from bank account rewards. nifty, eh?)
• empty bottles, Ranger Adirondack acrylic dabber paints and Golden gloss polymer medium (from Sally's Beauty Supply and Michaels) - for prepping acrylic glazes. I use glazes on many layers of my art journal pages and Altered Book pages.
• mini-trunk and green notebook - I bought a couple of Copic pens and need to enter them into my color shopping notebook. Decided to keep Copic pens and dual-tipped Zig Calligraphy pens in this pencil box. I'm forever looking for these pens. Can't seem to find a logical home for them. Hopefully, I won't misplace them now that they're in such a big, shiny box. The colors will eventually be tested in the 'testing' journal that's at the edge of my workspace.
• Black covered wire-bound art journal - part of giveaway prize - I need to take photos of the pages.

Thanks for stoppping by.  Don't forget to play in my 100th Post Giveaway while you're visiting today! And more desks to spy on are here.


Peace,
LuLu

'Tonight' poem excerpt

Howdy and Welcome!

Here are closeups from some pages from my 'Art Journal #2 Never Give Up - Never Surrender!'.

Enjoy!

Closeups of pages from Art Journal #2 -

 'Never Give Up - Never surrender!'

The italics calligraphy text is an excerpt from 'Tonight', one of my original published poems.

Ingredients: each page of sketch paper covered in 2"wide masking tape both sides, white gesso, tinted gessos, various paints, mediums, techniques, watercolor, acrylic, pens, mesh tape (from hardware store), inks, ZIG calligrapy marker, gel pens, glitter, 14k gold paint.

What do you think of thses closeups? I love the abract quality of these pages. I specifically tried to turn off the analytical side of my brain and let the artwork create it self with little thought or design.

What do you think of the textures, and various layers peeking in and out?

The title of this journal 'Never give up, never surrender!' is a motto from the sci-fi movie 'GALAXY QUEST' with Tim Allen!

Thanks for stopping by. Please leave a comment if you have a moment or 2 - and visit again soon!

Peace,

LuLu

'Never give up - Never surrender!' Art Journal #2 - with ribbon fringes and texture!

Howdy and Welcome!

I'm back for a hot minute...
Been feverishly working on pieces for my September 2010 art show and haven't posted for a while.

Here are some pix of my first art journal. Started it a year ago in July 2009. It contains a mish-mash of pages. Tests of paints and image transfers, calligraphy, zendoodles, gel pens, Sharpie paint pens - just a lot of different things. The subsequent journals I've started have themes so I can focus on specific processes.

For example, I now have another  moleskine journal dedicated exclusviely to practicing my calligraphy. I love, love, love calligraphy - ever since I took penmanship class in grammar school, I've enjoyed writing, pens and stationery. I'm one of those throwbacks who enjoys writing long 10 page letters with a fountain pen and sending them off to friends in the post. Must be the poet in me!

Closeup of cover of journal #2.

Ingredients: white gesso, tinted gesso, gold and other colors of acrylic dabbers applied via monoprint from deli wrap paper, Golden fluid acrylic (Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold), italics calligraphy font using purple ZIG calligrapy pen,  Ranger Distress Crackle 'Clear Rock Candy', various acrylic washes, diluted Liquitex matte medium between layers, diluted Modge Podge gloss to seal.

Cover of journal #2

Art Journal #2 - with ribbon fringes and texture!
Photo showing ribbons on coil binding of journal #2.

Really had fun adding the ribbons. Up until now, didn't think I was a ribbon lover - but they have grown on me.

Technique: cut ribbons in advance 6"-10". Tied ribbons mixing colors randomly. Fyi, I no longer keep ribbons on spools. While watching TV, I unravel the spools, cut to shorter strips and affix them to those little plastic ribbon cards. Spools take up too much space in my studio and crop bags...

What do you think of this cover. Aren't the textures yummy? That clear Rock Candy is an incredible crackle product. Have you ever used clear Rock Candy crackle paint?

Thanks for visiting - please leave a comment and stop by again soon!

Peace,
LuLu