And what about yellow, orange and red...?

I wanted to explore some colours that I rarely use. Most of the time I turn for different blues and greens and these aren't "my colours" in the same way. It was really interesting how clearly I could feel the difference while painting. I felt so much more insecure and I wasn't at all sure where I was heading.

But I am so glad that I challenged myself and I like the result. I am also happy that I came up with the idea to use the green wall in Linus' room to take photos. :)

Size: 20x30 inches (approx. 51x76 cm)

I just have to add the other two as well, against the green. :) The light wasn't perfect though, and they are a little too dark at the top compared to the bottom part in these photos...

Size: 18x24 inches (approx. 46x61 cm)

Size: 12x24 inches (approx. 30x60 cm)

Have a wonderful weekend!

And then I painted some more...

...exploring the same shapes, but different colours...

Size: 18x24 inches (approx. 46x61 cm).

The painting...

It measures 30x60 cm, which is approx. 12x24 inches. I mostly used acrylic paint, but also some collage and a marker and probably something else that I have forgotten about... :) It's tricky to get a good photo of it! The edges of the canvas are painted blue but I cropped the image because of the messy background. I should find a not-so-messy spot to take photos where the whole canvas is visible. :D

 

I actually made a drawing with this kind of shape while being at the University and listening to a lecture a few weeks ago. Being a student is good for your creativity... :D

 

 

Some paint in my journal...

Art Education

Tomorrow I'm leaving for the second meeting at the University in Gävle, for my course in "Art Education". One of the first things we were told was that "it's all about the process and not about the product" and that felt soooo good!

This is something I made a few weeks ago, during that first meeting. :) After drawing/painting the same object five times with different supplies I wasn't very happy with any one of the pieces, but I really tried not to think too much about it. Process, not product... :) ...but I actually do like the final result, where pieces of four of them were combined into one.

...more paint...

...on a canvas this time...! I can't wait to paint more and to go even bigger! :) I'll show you the whole thing when I've been able to take a decent photo. It's not huge, but about 30x60 cm (approx. 12x24 inches).

Have a fab weekend everyone!

Paint, paint, paint...

Playing with paint in my journal...

Cocoa Daisy September Project Art kit

The September Project Art kit from Cocoa Daisy contained Liquitex String Gel, two “fragments” designed by Ronda Palazzari to use as masks, an exclusive Cocoa Daisy stamp “little dots”, a Fude Ball pen, a tube of Dina Wakley acrylic paint “ruby”, a graph card and a piece of sewing pattern.

I really love String Gel! It's so fun and messy! :) You can use it as it is (it's white, but dries clear) or you can colour it with paint. Here I used the red Dina W paint and Liquitex Acrylic Ink in gold.

For more images, ideas and info, please visit the Cocoa Daisy blog.

I also tried making patterns with gel + black paint and then filling some of the spaces up with other colours.

I made some green grass...

I used mist and then rubbed some acrylic paint on top of the gel, to make it stand out.

I created this very simple layout with this three year old photo of baby Tuva! :)

I also created this page in my journal, practicing some writing with the gel + black paint.

Art journal pages...

Hello....! I'm still here!

My studies at the University have started and it's been really busy. I will be doing most of the studying from home, but we do meet up at the University a few times during the term and I had a very intense week when it all started. I'm taking courses at two different Universities and we had our first meetings at both of them the same week. Now I've had two weeks at home and it's crazy how fast the time goes by! I admit that it's a bit difficult to find the balance between studying and "everything else", but I hope I'll do ok. :)

When I was looking at my poor neglected blog I realized that I have forgotten (again) to post my latest work with the Project Art kits from Cocoa Daisy. The kits are now available as a subscription - if you sign up you know that you'll never miss out on a kit!

The July Project Art kit contained eight Promarker pens, and two Maya Road mists and this is my favourite project made with the July kit. I've been curious about "zentangling" for quite some time, but this was the first time I really gave it a try. There are a million tutorials and instructions out there and I watched YouTube-videos to find inspiration for the patterns that I used to fill up the outlines of my hand. I then coloured the patterns with the Promarkers and used a pencil to add some shadows.

Among other things, the August Project Art kit contained a set of watersoluble crayons. This is my favourite out of my August pages. I love the little paper dots that came with the kit and I glued them down, covered them with gesso and then used the crayons to paint.

I also made a page about travelling... or about not travelling... :)

...and a really messy one, where I used a couple of the Heidi Swapp tags that also came with the Aug Project Art kit.

The September Project Art kit contained something that I really love - Liquitex String gel. The blog post is going up at the Cocoa Daisy blog today and I really hope to post my projects here soon.

Have a wonderful Friday and a lovely weekend!

My June Project Art pages

The June Project Art kit from Cocoa Daisy contained some Dina Wakley acrylic paints + black gesso. I was really looking forward to trying Dina's paint and I wansn't disappointed! The colours are wonderful and  vibrant, they have a lovely consistency and they dry matte - perfect for a journal.

Here are the pages I created. The first one is messy and talks about my goal to run 5 km.

Life is crazy... :)

 

 

About my garden dreams... 

 

I also painted one of the cute bags that holds the Project Art kits - so much fun!

Happy, lovely moments...

The Viewfinder kit from Cocoa Daisy is now on sale - go check it out! This is a fun and fab kit that has some travel themed items, but that is totally useful also for non-travel layouts, as examplified by my layouts below... :)

This is the main kit - I really love the stitching template and the floss!

 I used the template on this layout and then covered my stitching with gesso, paint and mist.

On this layout I stitched one of the words on top of my photo. I used a white mist to add a very subtle pattern to the background.

My third layout is a bit messy and a fab example of the strategy "if you aren't happy with what you've created - add more paint!". :)

More Project Art pages...

The journaling on the first of the pages I'm sharing today says "Sometimes I'm trying to save the world"... :)

 

There is some hidden journaling on this page and the arrows are keeping it closed.

 

 

The page above, as well as the next two pages below, were made using the October Project Art kit from Cocoa Daisy (it's still available!). The Ferro paint gives the pages a fab texture!

 

For the next two pages I used the February Project art kit + the main kit and add ons of course. The tree/hearts stamp is sooo pretty!

 Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Project Art pages...

I have so many art journaling pages using the Project Art kits from Cocoa Daisy that I yet haven't shared! 

Have you seen the totally new look of the Cocoa Daisy webpage? I really love the fresh design. Another thing that I'm very excited about is the Cocoa Daisy Online Magainze! The June issue is an abbreviated version but it's looking soooo good and I'm really looking forward to what is coming!

This page was made using the April Project Art kit, containing Silks Acrylic glaze...

It's not all that easy to take photos that show the shimmering but this is a try...

 

This is one of the pages I made using the March Project Art kit, containing PanPastels (it's still available!).

 

...and this one was also made using the March kit.

And finally I want to share one of the pages I made using the April kit. Here I didn't use the silks much, but the book pages were included in the Project Art kit and for all pages I've used bits and pieces from the main kit + add ons too.

More pages are coming...! I hope you all have a wonderful day!

 

 

Lots of messy paint...

I made the background for this layout when teaching a mixed media layout class at Pyssloteket in February - such a messy and fun class! :) I've used gesso, acrylic paint, mist, Posca pen, stamps, Glimmer Glam and Liquitex Glass Beads gel. Everything is available at Pyssloteket!

Project Art December

The December Project Art kit from Cocoa Daisy contains a fabulous travel set of Koi watercolours and a beautifully sparkling Iridescent Medium! The kit also contains vintage book pages, vintage flash cards, super cute vintage hair nets(!) and washi tape and Studio Calico cork arrows. I had so much fun playing with these supplies!

I played around a lot and for example made this tiny and simple drawing... :)

I painted over dry gel medium, previously applied through a stencil.

I experimented with some doodeling... and here you can see the amazing shimmering of the iridescent medium!

I made a page that I called "a wish list for my house"... about all the projects that I would love to get done.

I also used one of the fantastic vintage hair nets that come in the kit, to create a page about this new year. I had so many ideas for colouring the pattern created by the net! "twentyFOURTEEN" is one of the fab Cocoa Daisy stamps.

I experimented with painting a face...

...and I made a page about love... :) I love the "notes" stamp above and the "love lives here" stamp below!

For even more info, check out the Cocoa Daisy blog!

Have a wonderful day!