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Take classes using Luminarte at CREATE California - May 30, 2012

Hurry,  time and space is filling up for the classes being offered by CREATE in California. So many artists with so many FABULOUS classes all using Luminarte products! 

The IrRESISTible Paper Engineering Mash-up (3-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 9:00am-12noon
Technique: Printmaking & Surface Design
Instructor: Jenn Mason
Price: $85.00
Materials Fee: N/A

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Fun and Nonsense (6-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Technique: Collage & Assemblage
Instructor: Sherrie Drummond
Price: $149.00
Materials Fee: $20.00

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Happy Harpies (6-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Technique: Collage & Assemblage
Instructor: Clarissa Callesen
Price: $149.00
Materials Fee: N/A

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Collage Monotypes (6-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Technique: Printmaking & Surface Design
Instructor: Helen Shafer Garcia
Price: $149.00
Materials Fee: $10.00  

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Mini Masterpiece Canvas Journal (6-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Technique: Bookmaking & Art Journaling
Instructor: Joanne Sharpe
Price: $149.00
Materials Fee: $20.00

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Stitch & Paint Pet or Animal Portraits (6-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Technique: Mixed Media Stitch
Instructor: Jeannie Palmer Moore
Price: $149.00

Materials Fee: $10.00

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The Archivist's Relic (6-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Technique: Bookmaking & Art Journaling
Instructor: Leighanna Light
Price: $149.00
Materials Fee: $15.00

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The Down-and-Dirty Paintless Journal (6-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Technique: Bookmaking & Art Journaling
Instructor: Dawn Sokol
Price: $149.00
Materials Fee: $5.00

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 Wednesday Evening

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Magical Markers Mystery Tour (3-Hour)
CURRENTLY FULL 

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Technique: Collage & Assemblage
Instructor: Joanne Sharpe
Price: $85.00
Materials Fee: $20.00

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Doodle Soup: Jambalaya (3-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Technique: Collage & Assemblage
Instructor: Dawn Sokol
Price: $85.00
Materials Fee: N/A

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Whimsical Rings (3-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Technique: Mixed Media Jewelry
Instructor: Jen Cushman
Price: $85.00
Materials Fee: $12.00

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Junk Birds (3-Hour)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Technique: Collage & Assemblage
Instructor: Clarissa Callesen
Price: $85.00
Materials Fee: N/A

 

For more information on CREATE or a particular class go to CREATE Mix Media Retreat. To sign up go to CREATE Registration.

Thanks for visiting!

Ageless Play by Dion Dior

Let's welcome back Dion Dior with this exquisite journal page of beautiful color flowers! I love her take about laughing more in life. Enjoy.

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Dion Dior here, too few of us laugh out loud, too often we constrain our laughter in favor of chuckles or composure. We simply don't laugh as heartily as we should any more. What is worse, is more often than not, we fail to see the humorous side of our lives. We forget that the only true requirement of being alive is to live responsibly! At no time are we expected to live 'seriously', that is a burden I think we place upon ourselves.

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There are times when the world feels overly serious, devoid of humor.  But that is probably just my own perception, my own creation, my own reaction or projection.  Don't you think life would be easier if our responses to stressful situations were more light-hearted? Taking life less seriously doesn't mean living less responsibly, it simply means that much tension can be dissipated, that negativity can be...well...negated, and our responses, acceptances, and influence can be more effective.

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Humor frees us from negativity, and playfulness frees us from seriousness.  The inner critic feeds on seriousness, it feeds on perfection.  I recently saw a post of Facebook that said:

"The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy.  The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time." 

~ Edwin Bliss

 

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Never, in my mind, is a statement more true than this.  Especially when put in the context of art.  I don't know about you, but I find perfect art rather boring.  Don't get me wrong.  I admire the skill and talent of the artist, their masterful grasp of technique and composition.  However, it does nothing for me.  I feel no stirring in my blood, no whizzing in my gut. 

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But to look at art that is bursting with color, energy, movement, more color, interpretation...these are the elements that excite me.  There is no fast track to finding our own artistic style.  It takes years of practice, experimentation, learning, inspiration, and most of all play.  Yes...I said play!! Something I don't do nearly enough of.

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In recent weeks I've been preparing my upcoming online class "A Taste of Silks".   Acrylics are an extraordinary medium that are sadly misunderstood or taken too seriously.  In order for me to show the versatility of these exquisite paints, I have had to get down and dirty, I have had to play.  I mean really play. I have splattered my studio with Silks, been up to my elbows in them, and felt at times like a mad-sceintist with shimmer all over her face. My fingernails have been like sparkling rainbows and my drawing table looks like it is covered in tiny little jewels.  And I'm happy to say that results of my labor is proving to be exciting.

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This sketchbook page is a small part of what I have been preparing.  I was very lucky to receive a yummy little box of goodies from Creative Imaginations.  They license several Luminarte products, in addition to the Twinkling H2O's, and were keen to let me try some of their other shimmering products.  For this page I used a combination of their Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists,  Radiant Rain Color Concentrates, and Radiant Rain Pourables, under a stunning layer of Silks Acrylic Glaze.  These products are iterations of Leslie Ohnstad's highly successful range of Twinkling H2O's and all I can say is WOW!!

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I was astounded at the intensity of the pigment, the versatility of the products, and the subtlety and beauty of the shimmer.  Yep, it sounds like a lot in one page, but if you let go and allow yourself to play, you'll be amazed at the results. I'll be sharing some of these amazing and wonderful techniques using Luminarte's new range of  Silks Acrylic Glaze, as well as other mixed media in my upcoming 2-lesson workshop.  If you'd like more information, please click here.

Thanks for checking in. xx

Stencils, Silks, Twinks and a little Tissue Paper by Erin O'Neil Argueta

Hello all!

Erin here. So honored to be back on the Luminarte blog.

I've recently challenged myself to use everyday products in my art. For this piece I've incorporated tissue paper for texture.

The tissue paper was crinkled and added to an illustration board with a water-based adhesive. After the tissue paper layer was dry, I painted Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists in Key Lime (on the bottom) and Teal Zircon (on the top) blending them in the middle with a spritz of water.

For added texture and dimension, I created the Big Butterfly by putting molding paste over the Butterfly from the Monarch Stencil Kit. I then painted the Butterfly with Silks: Stargazer, Blue Flame, Perriwinkle and Snapdragon. The smaller butterflies are from my sizzix dies. I cut these in white paper and then painted them with the same silks to match.

The roses were also created by putting molding paste over a stencil. I used the Nature Stencil 12x12. The roses are composed of a few layers of color from twinks and silks. The first layer is Apple Blossom twinks to cover the entire image. Then I added Coral Berry for more dimension. The flowers were completed with Carmen and VaVoom Red silks.

The last thing I did was add some more silks for greater depth. The roses and butterflies were strong in color value against the light green and light blue background so I added some Olive Vine Silks behind the roses and a little Stargazer Silks around the outer edges of the sky. By watering down the silks and applying them over the tissue paper background it created amazing shimmer and varying color values.

Thanks for stopping!

Let the good times roll by artist Marti Wills and enter the weekend Giveaway!

WIN an EXSTENCIL and a set of SILKS!

Have you tried our EXSTENCIL(s) from Creative Imaginations? Enter to win a set of SILKS and an Exstencil. Look over Marti's beautiful Louisiana art journal page and leave a comment telling us what you would do with your favorite EXSTENCIL and a set of SILKS. That is it! We will announce the WINNER MONDAY! Good Luck!

hi everyone! 

Marti here today!  I have an art journal page for you today and it features one of the Existencils.  I {heart} stencils and being from south Louisiana I just knew I had to have the fleur de lis designs.  I have several different things in mind to use this stencil for but for today i wanted to do the quintessential South Louisiana page:

Laissez les bons temps rouler= let the good times roll!

I began by spraying my paper with several different Radiant Rain colors:

I wanted to do just a border around two sides so i used a scrap paper and tape to mask the rest of the stencil:

I laid the stencil down and used a stencil brush and Nutmeg Silks to do the border:

Next, I wanted to add more layers to the background and change the colors a bit so I misted some more until i was happy with the base. I laid the stencil back down without the mask and slightly askew and misted again so the shapes showed very faintly.  Then, I laid down the stencil straight again and traced the large fleur de lis three times and then added a few dots.

I made a large fleur de lis die cut with a Sizzix die and gave it a nice basecoat of Silks:

I added more Silks - Sky Blue and Stargazer - using a sea sponge to get a mottled, sort of old metal look:

I printed the words out and inked the edges before adhering them.

I love those gorgeous colors and all that shimmer!

Thanks so much for sharing this great project Marti. I have friends in Louisiana and they would love this! I really like the Radiant Rains in the background with the shimmer.  If you would like more information on Marti visit her blog at Pez-A-Doodle Designs, or check out her online classes.

Thanks for visiting and good luck in the giveaway!

Painted canvas TUTORIAL & Doodles Unleashed by traci bautista

Today I'm so excited to  have Traci Bautista's online book tour for her fabulous book Doodles Unleashed.  Traci's art work is so beautiful, inspiring, and colorful. Her pieces motivate me to want to go create and play with my paints. Her first book Collage Unleashed and her new book is a must have for any art library. Traci shares some of her techniques using Twinkling H20's, Radiant Rains, and the Silks. Enjoy!

 

Hello creative lovelies! It's Traci Bautista, I'm excited to be the guest artist today for the next stop on my Doodles Unleashed online book tour. I HEART all the Luminarte products and used the Radiant Rain shimmering mists and Twinkling H20s in a few projects in my book. I love to add the vibrant and shimmery paint colors to my mixed media canvases and art journal pages.

{Collage Pauge resist with twinkling H20's}

In one of the painting techniques in Doodles Unleashed, I use the Twinkling H20s to paint over my Collage Pauge resist doodles {photo above}. Christine Adolph and I recently shared this technique on my blog tour.

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Since there are a couple more weeks of winter, I thought I'd share a fun and simple painting technique using found snowflake stencil materials. There is a section in the book I talk about all the interesting found and handmade tools I use for mark-making..some of my FAVES are craft foam, laser cut card stock, skewers and postcard cutouts.

STEP ONE | Place stencils and found material over the surface of fabric. I'm using drill cloth, it's smoother than duck cloth or heavyweight canvas. It's one of my favorite fabrics to paint.

STEP TWO | Spray over the top with 2-3 colors of Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists. I used Ocean Wave, Blue Flame and snapdragon.

STEP THREE | Place another piece of fabric or paper over the top of painted stencils and roll over with a brayer to transfer the excess paint. You can also pick up the painted stencils and flip them over onto the surface to transfer the paint.

STEP FOUR | Let dry. Use the painted fabric for an art journal cover, doodle over the top or stitch a photo

Another alternative painting technique is to use the Silks to add color onto the fabric. On the drill cloth above, I drew doodles with Collage Pauge in an applicator-tip bottle. Once it dried, I sprayed through the stencils with Radiant Rain then painted Silks Acrylic Glaze Sky Blue. The Collage Pauge acts as a resist to the Silks, you can see the doodles peeking through the paint. You can learn more about this technique in Doodles Unleashed.

{drill cloth painted with Luminarte Radiant Rain and Silks}

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Doodles Unleashed: Mixed Media Techniques for Doodling, Mark-making & Lettering is available on amazon.com or BUY a signed copy with a limited edition collage kit in my Etsy shop here.

Traci Bautista is a mixed media artist, designer, teacher and  author of the bestselling book, Collage Unleashed, and her new book Doodles Unleashed. Her art has been featured in over 15 art/mixed media books and 40 craft magazines, including Somerset Studio, Altered Couture, cloth.paper.scissors, Art Journaling, Art Quilting Studio, Belle Armoire, and Craft. She designs licensed product lines Collage Pauge adhesive and {kolLAJ} paper crafts. Her passion for sharing art has led her on a worldwide tour teaching mixed media workshops. To learn about her NEW REFINE the Doodle online workshop series for info visit here. 

To follow her creative adventures & digital boutique visit www.treicdesigns.com
or her blog http://kollaj.typepad.com

 

Artzy Gurlz + Retreat + Luminarte Retreat July 19-27, 2012

Hello viewers, wanted to share a GIVEAWAY that is going on with Luminarte products. Hop over to Christine Adolph Designs and get the details. Creative Imaginations has generously donated a few packs of Ocean Foil and Sticky2's for her to give away on her blog in celebration of Traci's Bautista's book tour. I also wanted to inform you about a retreat using Luminarte products by the Artzy Gurlz! You will not want to miss this one! Lots of creativity and loads of FUN!!

ARTZY GURLZ consist of three wonderfully talented artists: Jill Walker, Betsy Roberts, and Betsy Kritzon-facebook. 

They had their first Artzy Gurlz Mixed Media Art Retreat last summer at Lake Cour d' Alene, Idaho. WHAT A GREAT SUCCESS!!!

Come play with Luminarte paints,  meet other creative people, and learn new techniques with all different types of mediums. Mark your calendar for JULY 19^TH – 27^TH 2012. Don't delay! Space is limited.

The RETREAT will be in the beautiful mountains of Southeast San Luis Obispo County just 30 minutes from downtown San Luis Obispo will be the next Artzy Gurlz Retreat.  JULY 19^TH – 27^TH 2012   Single session includes 3 days of workshops 4 nights lodging and meals for $795 per single session and $1650 for a double session per person.  Tour the “Artzy Gurlz” next retreat location at  www.oakcreeklodge.com .

To see more information on their retreat visit their Facebook page Artzy Girlz or  Download Artzy Gurlz 2012.

To reserve your spot Download ARTzy Gurlz 2012 Registration Form-4.

If you have any questions feel free to ask!

 

Thanks for stopping.

Little fallen nest by artist Betsy Roberts

Today we have Betsy Roberts showing us a mix-media project using Radiant Rains and the Twinkling H20's. I really like the contrast with the wood and fabric in her piece. Oh....and the fact that it would look perfect in my house. Enjoy!

I had a fun time with this fabric tree on a wooden canvas.  I painted the canvas with Radiant Rains Solar Gold and Twinks .  Then I cut the fabric tree and use Steam2Seam to adhere it to the wooden canvas.  

Next, I used Viva dimensional Paint Pens in Gold Pearl, Transparent Red Glitter, Dark Orange pen to create leaf-like items on the tree and dimension between the branches.

Then I cut out of Creative Imaginations new ATC goodies the bird and next along with the wonderful words they have.......LOVE THAT COMPANY!!!! and adhered them to the wood canvas.

I used the Viva Pearl Dimensional paint to add eggs to the nest and under the head of the bird, once I cut it apart.  This was to help with more dimension.

Next onto a spring filled tree........coming soon!!!!

Thank you for visiting!

Artist Trading Card

Hello Everyone, Lynn Kopas  (designer for CI) here with some ATC Cards using Luminarte Paints and Paint It Papers. I must admit - these were my first EVER ATC Cards. I have never created any project on a canvas this small. After much procrastinating I decided to treat each card as a small mixed media canvas and it came together quite nicely. I came up with this idea one night when I couldn't get to sleep and started in on it the next day. I've been on a "bird" kick lately and definitely on a mixed media kick so I treated each ATC card like a larger canvas. I paper collaged each card with papers from IOD's Devotion collection using the 6x6 paper pads. I then covered the card with a light coat of translucent white paint. I stamped on the painted background and added some rub-ons. I wondered how Luminarte Radiant Rain would mix with modeling paste ... so I experimented. This is how I created the dimensional branches ... (if you click on this photo you will really seen the dimension)

 
The birdies were traced onto Paint It Paper and then covered with Olive Vine Twinkling H20's - one of my go-to colors. I then inked the edges for more definition and added a wing - from the opposite side of the Paint It paper.

 
For the center card I crunched little pieces of tissue paper to fill a small chipboard heart and dabbed it with Poppy Red Twinkling H20's...

 

Here are the pieces together ...

 Stay tuned for more inspiration on the blog!! Thanks for visiting.
 
Supplies Used:

• #29011 - Devotion 6x6 Paper Pad
• #26438 - Luminarte Radiant Rain Dabber - Nutmeg
• #26359 - Twinking H20's - Olive Vine
• #26376 - Twinkling H20's - Poppy
• #28070 - Paint It Paper - Define

"Healing Hands" completed by Betsy

Betsy with Galaxy Gourds and here are the final pictures of my Mixed Media Healing Hands project.  I loved it so much and I hesitated taking it to the Tempe Festival of Arts in December, but thought I would just "display" the piece.

Well the last day a man wanted to purchase it so bad for his young assistant and said it "was her, so totally her!!!", so I had to let him buy it.

I used a wooden canvas painted with Twinkling H2O's and layers of fabric. Then, I used dimensional paints to show more dimension in the hands. I painted with the Luminarte Silks the centers of the eyes and then I sprayed the entire piece with Radiant Rain Solar Gold with a gentle misting coat, just to add the shimmer.

I finished with small wood letters and a sealing coat.

One of my favorite pieces in awhile.  Hope you enjoy.

Betsy Roberts

Thanks for stopping today and have a safe and Happy New Year!

Healing hands by artist Betsy Roberts

Season Greetings everyone, Betsy here and I wanted to share my "Healing Hands" wood canvas with all of you.

 

I started with a wood canvas and sanded all the edges to be rounded.

 I completely sanded the entire surface again to open the pores to accept my color line of choice - Luminarte.  In this project, I am using the Twinkling H2O's color Courageous Rose.  

I turned the canvas and started applying the fabric. While cutting the fabric, I am trying to find "my roots" and the "growth" to help my hands be my healer. I am creating "Healing Hands" with fabric and will show you the completed project soon......promise.

See you with my finished "Healing Hands" on the next post. Betsy

Thanks for visiting and to see more on Betsy's work, visit her website at Galaxy Gourds  or you could find her at several Gourd Festivals where she will be teaching classes.