Tuesday 30 April 2019

My teabag art for today is a Moth

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and the Moth was drawn and colored with Faber Castell Pitt pastel pencils.

Monday 29 April 2019

My teabag art for today is an old door that we saw when in Rome

My teabag art for today.  This is a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with prisma watercolor pencils.  This was inspired by an old door we saw on a building in Rome.


Saturday 27 April 2019

My teabag art for today is the Weeping Angel

My teabag art for today.  I really struggle with anything that is white.  This is supposed to be the Angel of Grief or the Weeping Angel - an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story for the grave of his wife Emelyn Story at the Protestant Cemetary in Rome.  It's full title bestowed by the creator was The Angel of Grief Weeping Over the Dismantled Altar of Life.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Thursday 25 April 2019

My teabag art for today - tourists in the marketplace in Marrakech

My teabag art for today - tourists in the marketplace in Marrakech.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Just completed this Scrapbook layout of my beautiful Granddaughter Suri



A crapbook layout of our beautiful Suri.  The paper used is by Cratepaper Inc called Random Collection.  Background made with Distress oxide inks, Tags are from a collection by Basci Grey.  I used an Avery Elle die called "Elements", a die from Tim Holtz On the Edge "Steampunk".  Chipboard misical notes.

Wednesday 24 April 2019

My teabag art for today is a mixed media piece.

My teabag art for today.  This is a used teabag primed with white gesso.  I made the background and the girl with acrylic paints and posca pens.  The bird is from one of my Dina Wakley flying bird mask sets and it was painted with watercolor and glued on.

Tuesday 23 April 2019

My teabag art for today - "Fishing with Dad"

My teabag art for today - "Fishing with Dad".  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Monday 22 April 2019

Sunday 21 April 2019

My teabag art for today is stained glass


My teabag art for today.  This is supposed to be stained glass.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen and posca pens.  The negative space was painted with indigo blue and then Iridescent medium was added to the colored design.

Saturday 20 April 2019

My teabag art for today is the Crested Quetzal from Bolivia

My teabag art for today is the Crested Quetzal of Bolivia.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Friday 19 April 2019

My teabag art for today "Graffiti"


My teabag art for today was trying to replicate this photo we took of graffiti on a phone booth.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Thursday 18 April 2019

My teabag art for today

My teabag art for today.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with fineliner paint brush and black gouache.

Wednesday 17 April 2019

My teabag art for today is another mixed media piece.

My teabag art for today is another mixed media piece.  This was a used teabag and I have quite a bit of trouble getting these Nerada teabags apart.  The seams are sealed and I usually tear them so badly I cannot use them but this one just ended up with a hole on the side so I glued the tag to the back behind the hole.  This was painted with watercolor, gouache and prisma watercolor pencils.  Details added with black ink pen and posca pens.  I added a ribbon bow.

Tuesday 16 April 2019

My teabag art for today is a mixed media dream catcher

My teabag art for today is a mixed media Dream catcher.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  I added some strips of paper with Matte medium, brushed over it with white gesso, then I applied 2 portions of a paper doily at the top with a strip of lace.  Stitches were done on my sewing machine and then I also stitched on crochet floss.  I used Dylusions ink spray in Melted Chocolate, and Tattered Angels spray in Camel.  I added some sticles in scattered straw to various places.  The feathers and title were from a stamp and Die set by Kaisercraft called Dreaming.  I added 3 flat backed pearls to the lace.

Monday 15 April 2019

My teabag art for the day - my attempt at seagulls

My teabag art for today.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with fineliner brush.

Sunday 14 April 2019

My teabag art for today is another of Italy "Reflections"

My teabag art for today "Reflections" - another one of Italy.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Saturday 13 April 2019

Live a big life Art journal page

"Live a Big Life" art journal page in my Dina Wakley journal.  Products:  White gesso, Tattered Angels glimmer mist in Blue Raspberry and Mustard Seed, Heidi Swapp Color shine in Sweet Cherry, red acrylic paint, ephemera from Tim Holtz, hand painted watercolor image, chip board and wooden words, metal arrow, gold embossing powder with versamark ink and stamps from Carabelle-studio SA60210

Another Art journal page completed in my Dina Wakley journal on the Kraft page.

An art journal page completed "Be true to you" in my Dina Wakley Journal on one of the Kraft pages.  The figure was scribbled with an elegant writer and a regular ball point pen in black.  I used Dina Wakley Acrylic paints in Lime, turquoise and white and various other acrylic paints.  I used the word stamp out of Dina's Scribbly figures set for the title and stamped it on tissue paper and applied it with Matte medium.

This art journal page is my entry into the Dina Wakley Facebook challenge for the month of April

This is my entry for the April Challenge on the Dina Wakley Facebook page - lots of layers.  This is in my Dina journal on the muslin page.  I used Scribble sticks and stencils, torn used babywipes, muslin that I added watered down scribble sticks to, torn canvas, and a burlap piece, sewing machine, die cut arrows and the airplane was a stamp and die from Kaisercraft.

My teabag art for today is my attempt at a snail on a leaf

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

Friday 12 April 2019

My teabag art for the day is of Balboa Park in San Diego

My teabag art for today.  This is Balboa Park in San Diego.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Thursday 11 April 2019

My teabag art for today.

My teabag art for today.  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.

Wednesday 10 April 2019

My teabag art for today - Venice

My teabag art today was from a photo we took while in Venice, Italy.  This was a view along the canal.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.


Tuesday 9 April 2019

My teabag art for today - in the round!

My teabag art for today.  This is a little different from the norm!  I found some round teabags.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen.

Monday 8 April 2019

My teabag art for today. Trafalgar Square Fountain


My teabag art for today.  This is the fountain at Trafalgar Square in London.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Sunday 7 April 2019

My handpainted teabag art.

My teabag art for today.  This is Marrakesh marketplace in Morocco.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

My teabag art for yesterday

My teabag art for yesterday.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Friday 5 April 2019

My teabag art for today is a Momma Otter and her baby.


My teabag art for today.  The photo inspiration was from my friend Dana.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black ink pen.

Thursday 4 April 2019

My teabag art for today. Saint Anne's Church - Fall Rivers, Massachusetts


My teabag art for today.  This was another one inspired by Michael Wrightington's photographs.  This was a picture of Saint Anne's Church in Fall River, Massachusetts.  This is an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.

Wednesday 3 April 2019

Tuesday 2 April 2019

My teabag art for today.

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

Monday 1 April 2019

My teabag art for today.




My teabag art for today.  Another inspiration photo from Michael Wrightington.  This was an unused teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  I'm not sure I did the reflections justice!