Moscow Art Walk

Mixed Media Otter Canvas!

I just love otters! 
Here is my first 6x6 Mixed Media Otter Canvas. He makes me smile!

12 Hour Play Day, Classes & Pop Up Shop!

Date:  May 17th
Time:  9am – 9pm
Where: Quality Inn – Pullman WA

Join us for a fun-filled day of cropping, card making, creating, classes, shopping,
pizza, prizes and more!Paper Pals Pop Up Shop!

Shop will be open from 10am – 7pm inside the Quality Inn Banquet Room
Stop in and see what NEW Scrapbook, Mixed Media, Original Mixed Media Art and Paper Art products we have!  Stock up on WSU and Custom High School Papers.

Art Play Day Table Fee - $25.00
Table fee includes a 6 foot table, Door Prizes, Snacks, Pizza & Beverages.
3 Classes Offered – Open to Play Day Participants AND Open to the Public
Must pre-register/pre-pay for all classes

 

Mixed Media Butterfly Canvas - $15
Time:  10:30am – Noon
Create a sweet and simple 6x6 canvas wall hanging using some fun mixed media techniques!  All supplies included.
Instructor:  Karen Tews Lien



Flower Power Hour - $15
Time:  1pm – 2pm
Join Kristi for a fast-paced creative hour to celebrate spring’s most beautiful contribution, flowers! We’ll be using burlap, book pages, crepe paper and more to create three stunning flowers to adorn a vintage-inspired tag. All supplies included.
Instructor: Kristi Wildung


Introduction to SoulCollage - $15
Time:  3pm – 4:30
Using images, scissors, and glue...you are invited to tap into your intuitive self to create your own SoulCollage card representing aspects of yourself and your larger story. No artistic skill or experience is necessary. Please bring scissors, glue stick, journal and a pen for note taking.  All other supplies included.
Instructor: Julie Abercrombie
Please email karen@paper-pals.com for a registration form to mail in or more information.
OR
Go Online to Register and Pay at Classes & Events Sign Up Page

Can pay by check or PayPal.

Bring your Own Sunshine

 

 

 

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Animals in my Art Journals!

 

I am having so much fun art journaling!  My style is a little bit funky and can be very busy! I love the process of collecting and cutting out magazine images that speak to me.  I also love that I can just create art for arts sake…art that is just for me!

Knowledge comes from learning.  Wisdom comes from Living.  ~ Anthony Douglas Williams

This page started out with magazine collage images including a braided rug, owl, eyes and lots of colorful and patterned images cut into strips for the border and the owls hat.  Then I did some shading, stamping and doodling with a variety of mediums.  The last step was the lettering – I found this great quote and did some research on the author.  Anthony Douglas Williams has a very interesting book called Inside the Divine Pattern about the discovery of truth, wisdom and prophecy.  I have not read the book – but this quote was very fitting for my owl collage.  I have finally accepted my handwriting/lettering and am embracing it.

The secret of happiness is freedom.  The secret of freedom is courage. ~ Thucydides

If you know me well, you know I LOVE otters – sea otter, river otters, giant otters!  They are one of my totem animals.  When we go to Port Townsend for vacations, we stay at a Time Share called Discovery Bay and there is a family of otters that live in the bay.  I just love watching them swim around and get up on the dock.  This collage started out with a magazine photo of a cut tree trunk and was built up from there.  I love the otter image and could not resist putting butterfly wings and a collar on her!  I used a black water soluble oil pastel to shade the magazine collage and to add black circles to the back ground.  I also used my water based sharpie poster pens to add white accents and to add a pop of fluorescent color to the wings.

The Reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have faith,
for to have faith is to have wings. ~  Sir James Matthew Barrie
J.M. Barrie was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the
creator of Peter Pan.

This little bird creature was so fun to create. The body of the bird is a really modern light fixture from a design magazine.  After I put the image down it looked a lot like a dress and bodice – so that was the start to this one.  I love making pointy hats and almost feel like my collaged creatures or people are just not complete without one!

~ Karen