Lisa's Day

Two Canvases Dismantled; One To Be Redone

I gave up on this one. I don't like two together. However, I really like Daphne on the right. So I tore her out and kept her to redo on another canvas. I'll sew it on and continue working. The one on the left was just torn up.

Here's just Daphne.

I gave up on Karen. I made a mess of the background. I experimented with stitching and beads, and decided I didn't like it. After hanging her on the wall and comparing her to Mae and the Two on Wood, her face is too pale, but I didn't feel like working on it. I tore her off the stretcher bars and tore her apart. Sorry, Karen, into the trash with ya. Moving on...

This is a closeup of the background, with colors washed out due to lightening in the photo program. Oh, well, I'm experimenting and learning.
 
 

Blog Changes Coming

Since posting pieces from the Journaling Project is going nowhere, I'm going to begin pulling them off the blog and/or drastically cutting down the postings.

Just FYI.

Lisa

Wood Duo Done

I'm calling them done.

I'm Calling Her Done

"Mae" is done.

Here is a close-up. It looks washed out because it was dark and I used our photo program to lighten up the picture. You can see the beads and stitching. And I don't have too many rubber stamps, so I'm using the Ladybug stamp a lot - printing with paint needs a big graphic stamp. Anything with little detail gets washed out and just looks like a smudge.
 
 

J. Pieces Shredding

So, I went back through my 1997 journaling pieces last weekend, pulling out still more. I condensed them down to one paper lunch sack. I saved a few for mixed-media pieces. The rest I shredded. Steve walked over and stood watching me shred them. He said, "Wow, that's something I never thought I'd see."

Moving onto 1998 next - I'm being brutal. Sifting down to the essentials to keep.

And, in the midst of all this realization/clean-out phase, Natasha Wescoat posted this on her blog, about accepting criticism of your art: http://natashasartcandy.com/2009/10/28/risk-your-heart-being-hurt/

I posted a comment.

Wow. Had I put my work out there, maybe I would have gotten some feedback and realized what a crazy obsessive pursuit the Journaling Project truly was.

(sigh)

More shredding this weekend.

Update on Four Unfinished Suzi Canvases

I had this Neon Sign idea - painted on canvas and stitched on with book thread, plus some Xs stitched on also. Headlights to the left. Part of my Christening dress cut apart, sewn on, then a layer of pink over background, left of figure, and dress. Needs more paint layers.

Stamped layers of paint, including some brushstrokes here and there. Torn pieces of old 1997 j. pieces glued on, then stitched. Miscellaneous stitching. Beads - do you like the beads? And that circle of canvas upper left is black stitched thread, doodling with the sewing maching (not sure if I like it yet - just that bit, I like the rest).

Layers of paint and stamping in the background, and layers of paint in her hair. Background needs some work, and I have blue and green glass beads to sew on. From my bead collection.

 
And these two - put on some paint, stamping, and three torn 1997 j. pieces. Need to work a bit more on the faces, and lots more layers. I don't think I like two faces together.

Oh, and I decided to disable Right Click on Images on my blog. There was a controversy over at Suzi Blu, because someone discovered a woman had taken a Suzi image and made a video about art journaling using it, but not identifying her at all. See Suzi's blog: http://suziblu.typepad.com/

I found an article online that said don't disable right click altogether, but just clicking on images, and sent me here: http://javascript.internet.com/page-details/disable-images-click.html  Just copy and paste into widget - easy.

Bound Art Journaling Not For Me

This weekend I took apart my big hand-sewn book.

I just didn't like doing the whole mixed-media thing inside a book. It just didn't seem right.

 
 
 Now I have a big supply of Stonehenge, quarter-sheet size.
 

Teensy Suzi Templates

I'm referring to the Suzi Class I'm taking, The Goddess and the Poet by Suzi Blu - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Click on widget at bottom right of my blog! She gave us a template for the faces. I got out a ruler and determined measurements. I made one for the quarter-sheets of the big drawing paper I have, then a smaller one for half that size, and an even smaller one for the little black bound sketchbook I got. The two on top, A and B, are smaller still, with the nose in a slightly different place, and C is the teensiest. I wanted to experiment on all these rejected journaling pieces from The Journaling Project (yes, there is random writing on the backs of these). The J. pieces measure about 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" (a piece of 22x30 Stonehenge torn down).

Little Wood Piece

In progress and kind of a mess.

And after some more work. I think I'm going to drip some blue paint on this.
 
 

Update on the Four Canvases

Paper glued onto hair, paint over hair and dress. Many more layers to go.

 
Suzi advised me to get some of the paper down into her hair (haven't taken another photo yet). I also did some stamping. Will post updated pictures at the end of this week.

Still working on these two - need to get many more layers in there.

 
 I decided I didn't like the pieces with writing, so I soaked them and pried them off (mostly). Then put some Distress Ink down.