Out of the Journal Challenge (weeks one and two)

When Dina posted this challenge, I knew I wanted to participate. I wasn't sure how many canvases I would manage to get done, as my art time is a bit limited these days, but I was eager to try.

I had piles of canvas boards laying around. I really hadn't painted on them since high school. All of them had some amount of paint on them already so the first thing that I did was to paint over them with white or black paint. I decided to play with one of my favorite silhouettes and combined her with my favorite pattern, polka dots. I like that even though each piece looks different there's still a cohesiveness to them from using the same silhouette and the same pattern.

These were done over the course of the first two weeks. Once I started I couldn't stop! The ideas were coming faster than I could keep up. The first canvas is 8" x 10", the other three are 9" x 12".

Next up I want to explore this same silhouette really BIG and really small. I also want to play with her on fabric and create an art quilt. I want to play with my molding paste and crackle paste. I love this feeling of the wheels turning and the ideas just flowing.

This last one is a work in progress, I'll share her again when she's finished. The canvas is 14" x 18".
Go see Dina's canvases on her blog, she also has a list of participants here and here.