Virtual Gallery Walk Day Four....

Well today is the day for me to share my art piece and my reasonings behind it.

 I am HUGE on finding inspiration around me. Inspiration doesn't always have to come from fellow or past artists--although they do dish a heavy dose of creativity but I wanted to show how you can take the most unusual sources to create art after. I find symbolism, emotion, and a ton of inspiring material in music. Music is as free to interpretation as is the arts and crafts field. I chose the music of Johnny Cash to create an art piece after. The songs I chose to use all have an underlying tone of overcoming your battles, your inner demons, and the judgmental eyes of others. Nothing can hold you down, no one can pull you down and stifle your dreams...unless you allow them. Don't let them! Fight for your dreams, for your goals, for your future.

Here are my sources of inspiration. Make sure to adjust your speakers incase the music is too loud ;)









And here is the outcome....

"Break Through"

I left the canvas, including her, more neutral. I wanted to show how her urge to not give up and to break away from the negativity is the warm light that guides her. 

This piece is painted on a 36"x36" canvas. I used mists, Montana Can Paint Pens, Golden Acrylics/Molding Paste, a dress pattern, raw linen, wood puzzle pieces(from Q's toy box shhh), Prima/Donna Downey mask, Jacquard Lumiere 3D, and Beacon Adhesives Fast Finish Decoupage.

Thank you for joining me here, now please make sure to check out the amazing work by...
Camille McClelland, our other Featured artist for today!!

Liz Hicks: www.blogerisms.blogspot.com

Camille McClelland: http://shesonehotmama.blogspot.com/

Catherine Matthews-Scanlon: http://cmscanlon.blogspot.com/

Cheryl Waters- http://www.artsyfindings.com/

Jen Cushman: http://www.jencushman.com/

Kathy Cano-Murillo: http://www.craftychica.com/

Lorraine Bell: http://actsofrandomkindness365.blogspot.com/

Martha Richardson: http://themermaidscloset.blogspot.com/

Tracy Weinzapfel Burgos: http://www.tracywburgos.typepad.com/

Jamie Dougherty- http://jaylynnscraps.blogspot.com/ 

Hugs to All

Jamie D.

A Little Wild

I have been really hooked on wood surfaces lately. I did another piece on wood this last weekend. It's a little on the wild side and dark but that's where it took me. Her smoky eyes and the Craftsman paper from Prima gave me an industrial dark feel.

Here is how my base layers stared. I cut paper to the size and shape that I wanted her face and shoulder to be. THen I drew and painted the face onto the paper. I used gesso, Faber-Castell colored pencils. TO add details to her eyes I used india ink with a paint brush. I had used new Donna Downey and Prima screens on the background with Tim Holtz Distress Stains. I ended up covering up some of the masked images but I like the effect of some of the designs peeking out.

As you can see her hair grew a mind of its own. I used Golden Acrylics to paint in her hair and spread the splatters and swirls across the top of her. I added Tim Holtz Adirondack color wash in Lettuce around the corners. It helps bring out the green her eyes ;)

Tips: When drawing faces always have a source picture. When starting out it is very hard to draw proportions and details without a realistic reference. My drawings aren't realistic but I still try to make sure my forms and dimensions are close to lifelike.

 Craftsman Collection                            Donna Downey Screen

Thank you for stopping by. 

Hugs

Jamie D

Prima Mini/Journal Goodness

  So it's CHA time again which means new goodies by our favorite manufacturers. I love checking out all of the new papers, embellishments, and art mediums coming onto the market. Just looking at the sneaks online gets me in to the creative mood. I have a few Mixed Media Mini albums to share with you and I hope they get you creating as well.

  Prima Marketing and Donna Downey have Mixed Media journals this release that are just waiting to be altered. They are prefect for any creative mind and any medium. Take a look and thank you for stopping by this sunny Monday!!!

This first mixed media album is one created with Donna Downey's new canvas coffee cup album. The front page has a fun circle cut out. You can place a photo behind the window or like I did, place a flower from the next page to peek through.

This is another of the new Mixed Media albums by Donna Downey. I used a mixture of sprays and paints to alter the canvas front, to add the polkadot pattern I used granular gel medium with Donna's new polkadot masks. I'm in love. Who doesn't love polkadots? I added some of Donna's new tissue poppy flowers and Prima wood buttons. This journal is filled with papers, tags, and tabs just waiting for your paints and inks...the possibilities are endless.

This is romance and love all covering a canvas cover. This new mini/art journal is a canvas covered wood with a leather like binding. Inside there are 50 pages of kraft paper waiting patiently for you to alter. I used Shimmerz Pearlz paints with Golden Fiber Paste to alter the front. I added some of my favorite Prima embellishments to give the cover a unique look.  I am truly loving the new wood embellishments. 

This cover is a new version of Prima's Mixed Media journals. I love the two new designs they have coming out and I could collect these to the point of hoarding. They are so easy to paint and embellish.  On the resin cherub I used silver foil and adhesive to give it an antiqued look. I then used one of Prima chalk inks to add more definition.

To add depth I used a new Prima mask with colored fiber paste. It added a pop of color that helps carry the flowers colors across the cover. 

Exciting News!!

I am so excited to announce that I will be part of the 2012-2013 Prima Education Team!!! I love teaching and Prima is an amazing company to work with, also I am joining some talented ladies.

A little bit about my style of teaching; wether it's a scrapbook page or canvas I will usually teach in a mixed media style. I love combining my fine art skills into my classes. I love seeing how some look at the class with a little hesitancy but come out amazed at what they accomplished. That's part of art no matter what media, you should always strive to better your abilities. I enjoy sharing new and advanced techniques with beginners who thought were impossible. You can learn anything if it's explained the right way.

If you would like me to come and teach a class in your area please email me and I would love to set up a workshop.
jaylynnscraps@gmail.com

Also I wanted to share my latest canvas with some, in the process photos. Art isn't always pretty lol.

She starts as a sketch. Keep in mind this sketch will probably change before she's done.

(About ten thousand times lol)

After I have her where I want her on the canvas I start to add the background around her. With some of my mixed media pieces I prefer not having texture behind the girls. So I build around them. I am doing a transfer technique to create the background.

Next is to paint her. I use Golden Artist Acrylics and water color pencils to create her features. 

Next is to add and build her details. Like her hair, her shading. Then once she is painted I go back in and fill in the rest of my background. 

To finish the background I added PanPastels over the top of the background paper. This blends in the papers but still allows their patterns to show through. I add a shadow around her which created contrast and helps her pop of the canvas. 

I add little dimensional accents to her like Prima Ruby Violet flowers and Prima Donna Downey Sculpted flowers, those are a slight obsession right now. 

To finish her off I added Poppies around her with Faber-Castell Gelatos and PITT pens. I used a clear Prima stamp to add a grunge texture and Acrylic paints to add the dripped edges. 

I have a few more projects up my sleeve this week that I can't wait to share. Also keep a look out for a couple canvas classes I have coming up in Poway,CA!! ;)

Hugs

Jamie D

www.jamiedoughertydesigns.com