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Nature

6/28/2020

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This is where I took a walk this week — the Denver Botanic Gardens.  My first in-person "visit" with my friend Karen in 3 months. 
I can see the gardens from my apartment balcony and very few people are walking around.  That made me feel better about going there and seeing they required everyone wear a mask made me feel even safer. Staying 6 feet away from other people was easy and just seeing all the beautiful flowers in full bloom raised my spirits.
I took lots of photos in preparation for an online nature journaling class I am taking from my friend Judith Cassel-Mamet in July. The class is full but she will launch this class on Teachable soon.  Check out her schedule at https://www.jcmamet.net  
I'm not into drawing/painting from nature but I know I will learn something I can apply to my artistic expression.  And, I'm interested to see what it's like learning on a platform like Zoom instead of in person.  So many changes in our lives, so quickly!

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Masks to Masks

6/19/2020

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When I decided to end my "mask factory" I had a list of things I wanted to do when I returned to making art.

The funny thing is, I wanted to make masks!  I didn't connect the two ideas until today.

So, in mixed media art, there are "stencils" and "masks".  If you have a stencil, the areas that will print are cut out.  With masks, the area you print will be the outline of the image.  I had this photo of my nephew who was wearing a cowboy hat and  his shadow was projected on the ground.  I loved the image.  So I printed out the photo and traced it on a sheet of overhead transparency plastic I had in my stash.  (you could use anything -- mylar, etc).  I cut it out and painted the edges with acrylic black paint.

The image on the left is the mask, on the right is what it looked like on a journal page.

Simple, easy to do and fun.  So look through your photos and make some original masks for your self.  A fun day of art-making.
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    Carol Ann Waugh

    I am a mixed media artist and love color and texture!

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