March is always a busy month for Art Exhibitions, thought I would let you know what I have been working on for the next month.
Art at the CRANE, St Philip
Presence - Mixed Media Art Painting - Amanda Trought
Mixed Media Art Paintings for CRANE Exhibition - Amanda Trought
Caribbean Fine Art Fair (CAFA), Grand Sal, Barbados
I will also be taking part in the CAFA Fair with some Art Fabric Wall Hangings.
Mixed Media Art Wall Hanging - Amanda Trought
Retentions' Exhibition
Until 24th March 2018
Moving Forward, Looking Back - Mixed Media Art Amanda Trought
Lots more activities going on around Barbados this month so it is a good idea to check out the monthly magazine - Barbados Visual Arts Magazine published by Corrie Scott.
Check out this video on some of the stamps in my supplies
Thank you for joining me in my studio for the Art Studio Essentials Daily Series.
I had hoped to have finished at the end of January, but you are in for a treat as it will go on for a couple more weeks into February. I hope that throughout the series you have felt that this has been a way to kick start your creativity as you check out some supplies that I have and sort through ones that you have in your stash.
Today I will sharing with you my Stamp supply, ones that have been brought, free gifts and then ones I started making. They come in all designs and sizes.
It is quite easy to get sucked into purchasing lots of supplies and then you end up only using a few because you realize that you just don't need quite so many - you can't use them all at once.
We all have 5 minutes that we can give to creative play, why not see how you can fit creativity into your every day, and dig out those stamps you may have and see what you can do with them!
Handmade Stamps and Embossing Powder
If you are just starting out and on a budget I would suggest you think about what projects you might need to use the Stamps for and how else you might be able to use them - with Mixed Media the ideas are endless! Some stamps work good on their own but equally as part of a background, you can get great patterns from the whole stamp or use just a part of it. You can also use a variety of other things like embossing powder as above, on fabric, there is no limit to what you could try.
You can check out discount stores that may have a good supply, I have listed some below, and also check out my Resources page, for current discounts. You can also get free stamps on some of the Craft Magazines on sale, so it is a good idea to have a look in some of these.
If you are researching how to be more creative on YouTube then check out the tips and advice on ways to be Creative and regaining your Creative spark, sign up to my Mailing list and receive the publication 25 Ways to fit Art and Creativity into your day!
I am also Teaching on the BADASS Art Journal Course which started on the 5th February, so you can still sign up. I am giving away this Bonus when you sign up - Check it out HERE
Stay blessed and be a blessing!
Check out some of these Craft/Magazine and Book resources below. There are some discounts available on each, and also check out the Resources page for updated discounts.
It is great to have you join me for another day in my studio. I kind of got a bit backed up, life happens and you roll with it, so I will be running slightly over into February with the Series. You will still get 31 Art Studio Essentials in this Daily Series, so I hope you will hang in there with me. Even in those times where stuff happens, what are you doing with your time? There should always be time spent for something creative even if you only have 5 minutes to spare, and what you do with it is vitally important.
Directory waiting to be altered
Today I will be showing you a selection of Altered Directory Journals. This is a great way to recycle and you probably have a directory laying around that could be put to a creative use.
I also did a series on my blog called 31 Art Journals showing you a variety of cool Art Journals that you can make. It is great to check out the different shapes and sizes that directories and catalogs come in and the ideas you can come up with as you re-purpose them. When your running low on time you can break up the tasks in small chunks and say stick some pages down, or add gesso to a selection of pages.
In this directory I prepped the pages when I had time with gesso. I could then go back and either add images, journaling or whatever took my fancy.
Check out the Video and get a closer look at the Art Journals created.
If you are researching how to be more creative on YouTube then check out the tips and advice on ways to be Creative and regaining your Creative spark, sign up to my Mailing list and receive the publication 25 Ways to fit Art and Creativity into your day!
I am also Teaching on the BADASS Art Journal Course and will be giving away this Bonus when you sign up - Check it out HERE
I am glad that you could join me in my studio for the Art Studio Essentials Daily Series today to help you kick start your creativity and to check out some supplies. Today I will be playing about with my glue gun stencils which I created in a wide range of sizes and shapes.
What Art Supplies have you neglected? I had these stencils in a box hidden away, and it isn't until you get them out do you realize how much you enjoy using them. Today I will show you how you can deal with those times that you feel stuck by using your Glue gun stencils.
You don't need to spend a whole day in your supplies and can find the odd 5
minutes or so that we can give to creative play, this is what I did to create the stencils.
Using a Teflon sheet I created the glue stencils in a variety of shapes, making sure that the ends joined together.
Create your favorite shapes
You can create whatever you like and this is great cause you then don't have to worry about using other peoples designs, and you never know where creating your own designs will take you.
Create unique designs
This is a face stencil that I created and a square shaped stencil and I used spray paint with these stencils as they are thicker than the norm. What you can then do is to go in and define some of the shapes with additional materials.
Check out the video to see how I used them in my Art Journal.
The Video
Glue Gun Stencils
About This Video: In
this video I cover how to
spend more time being creative
with your glue gun stencils
If you are
researching how to be more creative on YouTube then check out the tips and
advice on ways to be Creative and regaining your Creative spark, sign up to my
Mailing list and receive the publication 25 Ways to fit Art and Creativity into
your day!
I'm Teaching on the BADASS Art Journal Course and will be giving away this Bonus when you sign up - Check it out HERE
Art Supplies - Check out some discounts with the following:
Realityarts - Creativity Book Shop - Some really great titles for you to dive in
Creative Resources
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