Monday 31 December 2018

An art journal page using Jane Davenport Collage napkins

"Fashions fade - Style is Eternal" Art journal page.  The background on this page was primed with white gesso and it had just leftover paints, inks and sprays from stencils put on it so as not to waste the product.  I decided to use a Jane Davenport collage napkin piece that I tore out and applied with Matte Medium.  i painted with acrylic paints, JD paint over pens, Posca Pens, JD magic wands, and clear wink of stella for the sparkle.  The title was a stamp set that I had stamped on tissue paper and tore out and applied with matte medium.

Tried my hand using pastel pencils on a teabag

My teabag art for today. I decided to try pastel pencils and they work pretty well on teabags with clear gesso primer. This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and colored with Faber Castell Pitt Pastel pencils. Details added with black ink pen.


Sunday 30 December 2018

My 2019 Happy New Year teabag

Happy New Year everyone!  Hope everyone has a happy and prosperous New Year.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and Posca pens.

Friday 28 December 2018

My teabag art for today

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen, prisma watercolor pencils, posca pens.

Thursday 27 December 2018

An impressionistic style art journal page

I finished an art journal page yesterday.  This was primed with clear gesso and painted with acrylic paints and details added with a stabilo all pencil and posca pens.

My teabag art for today is another Christmas Themed piece.

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Wednesday 26 December 2018

My teabag art for today is another Christmas themed art.


My teabag art for today is Frosty. This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache. Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Tuesday 25 December 2018

I decided to keep up the Christmas Themed teabags until the end of the month


 I decided to keep going with my Christmas themed teabags until the end of the month.  Here is Rudolph!  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Monday 24 December 2018

Another Christmas Themed Teabag art for today

It's Christmas Day here so Merry Christmas Everyone.  Mom, Dad and kids have loaded up their hay wagon for a trip to grandma's house on Christmas Day.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Saturday 22 December 2018

My teabag art for today is from Olaf's frozen adventure.

My teabag art for today is from Olaf's Frozen Adventure.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen, prisma watercolor pencils and Gansai Tambi starry colors watercolors.

Friday 21 December 2018

My teabag art for today is another Christmas Themed teabag


Ok, this one almost ended up in the too hard basket.  I really struggled with it but I kept at it.  My teabag art for today is another Christmas themed piece.  This was a used teabag painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.  The nightmare before Christmas is one of my favorite Christmas movies.

Thursday 20 December 2018

Another Christmas themed teabag art for today - this is from the Muppet Christmas Movie

My teabag art for today is from the Muppet Christmas movie.  This is an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with Prisma watercolor pencils, black ink pen and white gel pen.

Wednesday 19 December 2018

My handpainted teabag art is from another christmas movie.

My teabag art for today is from another Christmas movie.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and polychromo pencils.

Tuesday 18 December 2018

My teabag art for today is another Christmas theme of one of my favorite Christmas movies

My teabag art for today.  My third favorite Christmas movie.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Monday 17 December 2018

My teabag art for today.  My second favorite Christmas movie!  My proportions aren't great and everything is a bit out of whack but you know who they are, LOL!  This was a used teabag painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Sunday 16 December 2018

My teabag art for today is in memory of my Father.

For the next few days I am going to do teabags of characters from my favorite Christmas Movies.  My teabag art for today is a character from one of my favorites and in memory of my father who we used to joke with and call Scrooge.  I did a needlepoint stocking for him of Ebenezer Scrooge over 30 years ago that he loved.  This was a used teabag.  The basecoat was done in watercolor and then I added all of the details with Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils.

Saturday 15 December 2018

Another Christmas themed teabag for today.

This is a tribute to my mother and her huge collection of Santa's that she had for years.  This is a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Friday 14 December 2018

Another christmas themed teabag for today.

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag painted with watercolor and gouache (I used the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors for the metallics).  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Wednesday 12 December 2018

My teabag art for today is another Xmas theme. This was an old stamp by Stampin up

My teabag art for today.  This is a stamped image from years ago by Stampin Up.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and Prisma watercolor pencils.

Tuesday 11 December 2018

My teabag art for today is another Christmas Scene

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Monday 10 December 2018

My teabag art for today is another Christmas teabag.

My teabag art for today.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache and details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils and white posca pen.

Sunday 9 December 2018

My teabag art for today.

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils!

Saturday 8 December 2018

My teabag art for today is in Remembrance of my Sister who collected Nutcrackers that she displayed at Christmas

My teabag art for today is in remembrance of my sister who collected I'm sure at least 100 Nutcrackers that she put out for Christmas each year.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen, white gel pen and Prisma watercolor pencils.

Friday 7 December 2018

My teabag art for today is another Christmas Scene.

My teabag art for today.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and white gouache.  Details added with black permanent ink pen, white posca pen, and Prisma watercolor pencils.  Happy Holidays!

Thursday 6 December 2018

My teabag art for today. Happy Holidays!

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor.  Details added with Prisma watercolor pencils.  Happy Holidays!

Wednesday 5 December 2018

My teabag art for today.

My teabag art for today - this was inspired by the paintings by Hazel Soan.  I love her watercolors.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor.  Details added with Prisma Watercolor pencils and brown ink pen.

Tuesday 4 December 2018

My teabag art for today is a bit of nostalgia. An old phone booth outside a diner.

My teabag art for today.  A little nostalia.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with white gel pen, Prisma watercolor pencils and black ink pen.

Monday 3 December 2018

Saturday 1 December 2018

My teabag art for today is a byciclist.

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black permanent ink pen and Prisma Watercolor pencils.

Friday 30 November 2018

My teabag art for today - extreme sport Kayaking

My teabag art for today is a man kayaking.  This is a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Thursday 29 November 2018

My teabag art for today - inspired by the beautiful hardworking women of India

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with prisma watercolor pencil and black ink pen.

Wednesday 28 November 2018

My teabag art for today is a Southwest scene.

My teabag art for the day is a southwest scene.  This is a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and Prisma watercolor pencils.

Tuesday 27 November 2018

My teabag art for today - Ha Ha She looks like Wilma Flintstone

My teabag art for today.  LOL, Unintentionally she looks like Wilma Flintstone.  This was a used teabag primed with white gesso, added patterned tissue to the bacground with matte medium, more white gesso, then sprayed Heidi Swapp Chartreuse Color shine through a stencil.  I drew the paper doll on watercolor paper and then made her bodice and skirt out of cardstock.  The skirt was made with Sizzix Thinlits die set Funky Floral 3

Monday 26 November 2018

My teabag art for today is of a group of racehorses.

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Sunday 25 November 2018

My teabag art for today are some sheep in a field.

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black permanent ink pen.

Saturday 24 November 2018

My teabag art for today - Abstract Poppies

My teabag art for today is an abstract of Poppies.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with prisma watercolor pencils.

Friday 23 November 2018

My teabag art for today.

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Thursday 22 November 2018

My teabag art for today begged to be on a journal page

My teabag art for today was just begging to be an Art journal page.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and was covered with bits of newspaper including the top title.  The lady was drawn using the stabilo All pencil and a little color was added with watercolor.  I used a mixture of Dina Wakley and Dyan Reaveley acrylic paints with Dina stencils and masks on the background.  I added Kaisercraft texture netting die cut and die cut arrow.

Wednesday 21 November 2018

My teabag art for today is a fairy.

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  I added torn bits of patterned tissue paper with Matte medium and a bit of paper was hanging off of the edge that looked like a wing so the fairy was born.  She was painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and white gel pen.

Tuesday 20 November 2018

My teabag art for today was inspired by a visit to our favorite beach in Rainbow Bay

My teabag art for today was inspired by our favorite beach at Rainbow Bay on the Gold Coast.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with Prisma Watercolor pencils and black ink pen.

Monday 19 November 2018

My teabag art for today is of a whale

My teabag art for today is of a whale.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache and details added with black ink pen and colored pencil.

Sunday 18 November 2018

My teabag art for today is a Surfer girl.

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Saturday 17 November 2018

My teabag art for today is supposed to be a vintage Ford Thunderbird.

My teabag art for today - ok this one turned out a little wonky.  This was supposed to be a vintage Ford Thunderbird?  Oh well.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and Prisma watercolor pencils.

Friday 16 November 2018

My teabag art for today - Abstract Flowers

My teabag art for today - Abstract Flowers.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Thursday 15 November 2018

My teabag art for today was inspired by the song by Guy Sebastian "Get Along"

My teabag art for today was inspired by the Guy Sebastian song "Get Along" and just needed to be on an art journal page.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  Added pieces of book text and gelli print paper to the background with matte medium.  The background faces were stamped on tissue paper with Dina Wakley Funky Faces stamp set, painted with acrylic paints and added with matte medium.  I added some burlap, pink cotton crochet yarn and then the figure from Dina Wakley stamp set Abstract figures was stamped on another gelli print and torn out.  Added that to the top and stitched the title on my sewing machine.  This was added to a journal page that had paint off of stencils from a previous journal page.  The netting and honeycomb diecuts were from Tim Holtz mixed media die sets.

Wednesday 14 November 2018

My teabag art for today. This painting was inspired by a photo I saw when shopping for a pair of jeans online!

My teabag art for today was inspired by a photo I saw when shopping online for a pair of jeans.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  The background was created with Tim Holtz distress inks (picket fence, vintage photo, rusty hinge and black soot) and stencils and the girl was painted with watercolor and gouache and details added with black ink pen and prisma watercolor pencils.

Tuesday 13 November 2018

My teabag art for today. This was an attempt at a painting I had seen in a video.

My teabag art for today.  If you ever saw the video going around of the Italian man painting on glass with his fingers and acrylic paints - this was inspired by one of the paintings he did.  This was a used teabag primed with white gesso and painted with acrylic paints.

Monday 12 November 2018

My teabag art for today was a commissioned piece - the different faces of Moosh!


My teabag art for today - these were commissioned pieces of the different faces of Moosh!  These were done on used teabags, primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with polychromo pencils and Staedtler pens.





My entry for Dina Wakley October #showusyourmedia challenge

My entry for October Dina Wakley #showusyourmedia challenge:  "Paint is only wasted when it stays in the tube-Just make".  So this was my page done in my Dina Wakley journal on one of the cotton rag pages.  Products used:
Dina Wakley lemon, sky, lime acrylic paints
Dina spaced dots, viney, and jumbled numbers stencils
Dina Words in faces stamp set
Dina Scribble Sticks on the face
Carabelle Studio Stamp set SA60210
Heidi Swapp HSO1130 stamp set
Kaisercraft die "netting"
Cottage Cuts die "Retro Tag Toppers"
Spellbinders fence die
Black Liquid Acrylic
Strip from a gelli print (just to cover the Dyan Reaveley spray inks coming through from the other side!!)