Cicada Moon Workshop

Well, it is week 11 at my "make something ANYTHING every weekend challenge" and it is time to make some changes :)

Of course!

It is summer and I am focusing my energy on my extravagant garage/craigslist/ebay sale ~ plus getting ready for 2 vacations and planning for lots of time in Nebraska to hang out with my parents.

So, my "make something" challenge is shifting for the summer.  I am going to be focusing all my creative energy on expanding my previous challenge and creating some art collections.  Then for the fall I will be moving forward full force with selling my art work ~ via Etsy or local art shows or possibly in a store setting.

For awhile there will be less focus on trying new techniques or projects and more focus on expanding my current art collections so I can move into my next phase of exploring art, creativity, happiness and joyful living.





To begin this adventure I returned to my most true form of artistic expression, the mixed-media collage:

The process:

1.  Using a thrift store canvas, I cover it with a vintage Canadian maps:





2 .   Then I take some antique white paint and begin to age the surface of the map:











3.  Then, I used a splatter paint technique with watered down burnt umber acrylic paint and an old toothbrush.  Followed up by painting several thin white layers in the lower right hand corner where I will be transferring an antique picture and a quote:





4.  I then added a hand-cut vellum cicada with hand-painted wings. Added a moon to the bottom part of the image and antiqued the map using Restore Walnut finish ~ 

"She's mad, but she's magic.  There's no lie in her fire."

And so the new adventure begins.

See you all next time at the Cicada Moon Workshop ~ in the meantime, embrace your moments, have fun, smile, dance, be grateful and make your art!