I haven't painted on canvas for weeks. So this is my Black Friday Canvas!

I really love the yellows and oranges and aways love the shadows of the mountains against them.  I have never painted a barn before, but saw it in one of my painting books and decided to give it a try.   This is what I did.

Always painting something and at one point Tracy asked that we paint a one word dare so I did.

My one word dare consisted of one word and a number and a picture indicating "Time for Love"

November 2013 creative dare

My Creative dare came out a little different because I added  molding paste to the stencils and decided there was more room on the side for my flower.

Wow Talk about a month Gone by.

I have been so busy.  I am so excited to be preparing to go back to business school.  So I can open my own business.  I've been working on my new Web page, and reading up on having my own  business.   I am just so excited!!!

Snow Smiles! by MKLM 10/13

I ordered a really cool Multi Media Kit from "Frosted Designs" !! I just love it.  I got some "Faber Castell" Jesso, and Gellatos in Tropical color, Golden Molding paste, two stencils one by Heidi Swap with stars and hearts, and one by "My Favorite Things", "Artist Lofts" pallet knifes, "Maya Mist" White out,   some Umm WOW chipboard confetti that Barb added as a bonus... Sweet I love bonuses.!

And then she asked me to to share my creations, oh so my favorite part!!!  I'm so excited to say that I did play!

I used the Chip board confetti to make snowflakes, I used the the Molding paste with the floral stencils, I used the White out Mist with a chevron stencil I had, and I used Banner Flags & special wording from the Designer, "Teresa Collins" that I had in my stash.  I also incorporated Buttons from "Heidi Grace", "Michael's" Felt Embellishments & Ribbon,  and my favorite Deco Arts Americana Acrylic paints, and shiny bling. I outlined parts of the project with a black Deco Arts marker. :D

Here is the unveiling of my project!! I call it "Snow Smiles"! by MKLM 10/13

Multi-Media Art

What is it??

It’s using Different types of Mediums, i.e. Acrylic paints, Gelotos (water color crayons), Markers, Modge Podge, Jesso, bling, water, baby wipes, etc., and media, i.e. variety of papers,  chipboard, charms, letters, etc..., to create on a page for a Journal or canvas or even a scrapbook.   Then adding a special quote to inspire one to be positive. 

How is it created??

First you will want to jesso your page or not depending on your feeling, and you may even want to leave some texture behind.  Take it one color, one medium at a time and cover the canvas, sometimes I use modge podge and get all my scraps off the table and fill the page with them and other times, I just Create a picture.  It’s all in how you feel that day...  Be Spontaneous!!

 How do you get the medium to the paper??

You can use brushes, sponges, Baby wipes, your fingers, Stencils, cloth,  gelli pads, and more.

Different materials can be added too!!

Add Material, designer paper, chipboard.  Actually, any material that would make your design yours.

Background is Key!

You want a creative background.  I sometimes take my paint and add it to the paper at the top and let it drip down, other times I take a brush and dab it to the page and then swirl it around with baby wipes.  There are no mistakes in painting. Make it your own. 

Foreground is Unique!

Make it your own.  I add washy tape, stamped images, buttons, material, newspaper, pages out of old books, music, pages out of dictionaries, jewelry, Go hog wild.!!!

No Creation can be a Mistake, and what we view as a mistake is just apart of the creation!!

Add positive Messages!!

Each Design is your own, be creative and you will never go wrong, let it flow, look past the negative and find the positive and your creation will always be great!!!

Will be Demonstrating at the Washington State Fair

Saturday, September 7, 2013 4:30p - 6:30p  and

Sunday September 22, 7pm - 9pm 

After that:

For group Classes and prices

Love to teach kids too.

Mary Kay Lyons-McDonnell

(253) 471-9260

Deco Arts application entered.

Today i applied for the Deco Arts Blogger because all of the paint I use is with Deco Arts and I've found that they have a lot of ideas on their page and also I love their colors so vibrant and ready to use.

Here are some examples.: of color