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.... and I'm off! That didn't take long did it? Today I was "squirreled" after viewing an online artist friend's new video. Mystele Kirkeeng. She is a Mixed Media Diva! She makes it look so easy & not messy at all. I love to watch her process and I am happy that I have some of her art. Well right there on the side bar was a video by Betty Franks, Mystic Tulip Art, (click on their names to view their videos) and her colorful doodle painting caught my eye so I watched Betty and I then painted & doodled all day. I love mixed media pieces. I try, I make a mess, I have fun for awhile then I start thinking too hard, I get stuck, or I ruin it somehow, anyway I'm not ever super happy with the end result ... then I clean up the mess & vow not to do it again for a long while... But these were fun! It's just paint & ink. No stamping, poking, scraping, coloring, spraying (well I didn't spray. I dabbed ;) I actually did some paintings like this in 2008 or 2009. I even resorted to my white lines like my ol' folky folk art I used to do.
I took pictures of my process today so you could see that too.
A great tip that Betty has for doodling is what I am gonna call the "double doodle".
Going over your lines twice and not perfectly does look really good!
I already have some ideas for more and will probably think of a few more when I'm trying to get to sleep.
I did these little spontaneous pieces yesterday.
All 3 of the latter are ACEOs.
Now I'm off to bed with paint in my head!
Blessings!
