A Little Something

I have spent many hours this summer working on my handmade journals and pouches to sell at the CREATE Mixed Media Retreat (which is coming up in a few weeks).  I haven’t spent much time creating new art, so I decided to try a quick, little project that I saw in Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine.

Tammy Northrup's article from July/August
issue of Cloth Paper Scissors

I started with a scrap piece of watercolor paper.  I put painter’s tape around all 4 edges so that the final painting would be quite small.  Following the directions in the article, I started “flicking” 3 colors of acrylic paint onto the paper.  It was not as easy as it looked (how many times have I said that about art??).

This project was all about instant gratification, so I just kept flicking until I decided it had the impression of a grassy field.  I added some flicks of red to represent wildflowers.

My little wildflower painting
2" x 2"

Is it perfect? No, but I smile when I look at my little tiny painting.  I added some shading around the sky to frame the painting and I think it looks a little like a stormy sky.  A happy accident.

I hope you find time to make a little art soon.  (Get it? “Little” art?)

- christina