"How to Travel Light with Wet Art Supplies - or What's In My Art Kit and Travel Bag?"

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and Welcome,


How to Travel Light with Wet Art Supplies!

I'm a Mad Scientist At Work!

This travel bag  is another experiment to try to travel light with a small amount of wet supplies in my art kit for Art Journaling on the go. I'm using small travel-size bottles - store bought, old film canister and empty vials from complimentary hotel toiletries.

 

SUPPLIES - WET ART KIT

1. Clinique clear makeup pouch (I found a 'lot' of used makeup pouches at a cheap price on eBay)
2. snack baggie - vertical/portrait
3. snack baggie - horizontal/landscape
4. water brush - fine tip
5. water brush - broad tip
6. wet glue pen - 2 way (perm and repo)
7. medium - matte medium 'Liquitex'
8. medium- gloss medium 'Claudine Hellmuth 'Studio'
9. h2o
10. acrylic paint  - gold 'Lumiere' fabric paint - opaque
11. acrylic paint - glitter - gold
12. gesso - white  'Claudine Hellmuth 'Studio'
13. gesso - clear
14. gesso - black  'Claudine Hellmuth 'Studio'
15. homemade acrylic glaze - warm color
16. homemade acrylic glaze-  cool color
17. glitter glue - silver 'Stickles'
18. hand sanitizer gel
19. clip - 'bulldog' binder clip

Note: The book with embossed map cover is from sale at Michaels craft store. It's my travel diary, not an AJ. It's to prop up the supplies. I bought several because I really like the map cover.

YOUR TURN!

Do you separate your WET supplies from DRY?  Do you travel light with your art journal supplies? Or lug 'the kitchen sink'? Do you like to use the new water brushes by Tim Holtz, etc.? Have you tried filling them with colorant instead of water? India inks? acrylic inks?

I would love to see what's in YOUR art kits/travel bags! Reply to this post with a link to your blog post.

Thanks for stopping by - and stay tuned. Fun posts are coming soon!!! Please become a Follower if you're not already.

Peace,
LuLu

'A Day of Tatoos and Tapes'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and welcome,

Well you know the saying about 'best laid plans'....This morning hubby and I realised that walking around the Art museum all day would be murder on my sprained ankle and his bum knee since he just had surgery. What were we thinking?!

So while hubby took a nap I worked on my job search. When he awoke we decided to drive in the opposite direction of downtown Chicago. We went shopping at the Michaels craft store in Tinley Park, IL. Hubby bought all the lovely goodies below for me!
Thank you, Hubble!

Goodies from Tinley Park's Michaels!

• 2 jars of matte gel medium (regular and heavy) by Golden,
• matte medium and glazing medium by Liquitex,
• 3 packs of tatoos/decals,
• 2 packs of tape runner refills,
• 4 self-adhesive wallpaper borders (on sale for $1.99 each) - I'll use these as tape,
• a roll of pattern Duck tape,
• 2 great art books (one about collage and the other about mixed-media).

After the shopping spree, we drove through Tinley Park's quaint downtown and found a great restaurant for lunch.

We hope to get back to the Art Institute of Chicago again - eventually. And no, I'm not going to CHA. I've had invitations - but CHA doesn't seem like my cup of tea. Too crowded for my tastes!

YOUR TURN!
Have you ever used Golden's gel medium in your artwork? How did you use it? What about Liquitex's glazing medium? or Liquitex's matte medium? What's your fave glue for adhering tissue paper or napkins? What's your fave glue for adhering fabric? Do you every use fusible web? Misty Fuse? Have you used fusible web or Misty fuse on paper?!

Thanks for stopping by to visit - would love for you to comment - and please come back often. My '100 Followers Giveaway' is coming  later this summer!

Peace,
LuLu

'WOYWW 12-01: LuLu's WIPs'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and welcome, 
My workstation today ended up with a bunch of stuff to organize or create. Just various little projects that need attention. 


'LuLu's WOYWW Dec 1, 2010
Works In Progress'

Clockwise, from top left: 

1. Two original background stamps made yesterday from: round hardware store sticker finds and foam puzzle stickers and  from foam letter stickers, both painted with gesso and sealed with matte medium adhered to empty VHS tape boxes
2. Liquitex matte medium (my medium of choice)
3. my concoction of matte medium mixed with white gesso (I love measuring and mixing wet supplies, glazes, paints, gessos, etc!) stored in a small plastic Rubbermaid container
4. small leather purse I've never used. Because of it's shape and depth, I'm considering using it as a travel pencil case or travel paint box. It has a handle and a long strap.
5. Four of my flash drives. I try to carry them around the house in my pants pocket, since I sprained my ankle. Can't run up and down the stairs like I used to do when I need to use files between the upstairs desktop PC and downstairs laptop.
6. clear packaging from the iPod shuffle hubby gave last month me. I'm thinking about using it as a shadow box for some little art project.

Would love for you to comment on this post. when you have a moment or 2.

For more workstations visit WOYWW here.

 

Many thanks for popping by - and please come back again soon.

 

Peace,

LuLu