Ten Unusual Colors

I created this digital collage after reading Kelly Hoerning's Monday Challenge about using an unusual color from a list of 10 colors in Merriam-Webster Online. I guess I'm not any good at following directions, because I used all 10 colors. :-)

Steampunk Beetles

I did another version of the steampunk beetle project that I posted a while ago when I was taking a class by Kelly Hoernig. My original one was done in reds. I did this one as a gift for my friend Shane. I never showed the first one after I framed it, so this will let you see what the finished version is supposed to look like.

Mixed media and steampunk are so much fun to do!

Steampunk Class by Kelly Hoernig

If you've been visiting my blog for a while, you know I love steampunk. I found a class presented by Kelly Hoernig who is teaching five projects that include steampunk elements.

This first week lesson was painting a cheap composition notebook to give it the look of leather, and add an animal and some gears and things to give it a steampunk look. Kelly actually demonstrated painting a squirrel, but I wanted to use a mouse instead. I'm really happy with the way my notebook turned out! It definitely doesn't look like a drugstore composition notebook.

Life Book 2013 - Week 5

Kelly Hoernig has been the instructor for week 5 of Life Book 2013. She had us think of a map that contained obstacles but also good things that would keep us moving forward during this year. She also wanted us to choose a word that would be our word to concentrate on for the entire year. I already chose that word for the Art Journal Caravan 2013. My word for this year is "hope." As usual, my mixed media piece ended up being crazy, but as my new motto says, "Aim for the concept, not the reality."