Teabag Art

I thought I would share with you this week what I did with the teacup that I showed you a few weeks ago.

 

Since I have all of these teabags I painted, I was trying to figure out a way to display them.

 

Painted Teabags by Marla L. Niederer

I also have quite a collection of pretty teacups and saucers also.  So I decided to make a painting of one of my teacups and saucers using watercolors and then mount one of my painted teabags on it.  I may have to paint some more teacup and saucers with watercolors to mount the rest!

 

Mixed Media Painting by Marla L. Niederer

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Marla 

Left Handed Painting

 

Due to a flare up of an old injury I had to give my right arm a rest this week.  Sometimes the universe gives you a little push to get out of your comfort zone and try something different.  I decided to do a painting with my non dominant left hand.  I thought I might share with you the different stages the painting went through.

 

Water-soluble graphite  sketch by Marla L.. Niederer

I started out using water soluble graphite pencil.

 

First layer of watercolors by Marla L. Niederer

After shading the graphite with water, I added a layer of watercolors.

 

Second layer of watercolors by Marla L. Niederer

I kept adding layers of watercolors.  In many classes that I have taken, other artists encourage the use of your non-dominant hand to loosen up your artwork.

 

Table salt added to another layer of watercolors by Marla L. Niederer

 I like the effect of using salt sprinkled onto watercolors and did this on several of the layers.

Another layer of watercolors by Marla L. Niederer

I kept adding layers of watercolors until I was happy with my work.  I also added  some fine details such as the trees growing out of her hair and roots growing into her hair.

 

Completed Left handed painting by Marla L. Niederer

Hopefully after some rest my arm will heal as good as new but until then its non-dominant hand painting for me.

 

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More Painted Teabags and what I’m reading today

 

I thought it was an appropriate time to read  Alice in Wonderland again.  I don’t believe I have read it since I was a child and that was more than a few weeks ago!

 

I have also been painting more little teabags.  I am having such fun doing this.  Not sure when I will stop.

 

Painted teabag by Marla L. Niederer

I also thought I would share a picture of one of my teacup and saucers.  I’m going to use it in a project but am keeping that a secret for now.

 

I hope in the midst of all that is going on you are able to maintain some peace and calm.

 

Painted teabag by Marla L. Niederer

For me, creating art works well for this.  I hope you are able to find something creative that works for you as well.

 

Painted teabag by Marla L. Niederer

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Self Study classes with Marla L. Niederer

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Art Doll for Sale

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Welcoming in a New Year

 

Each New Year seems to bring with it a time of reflection, a time to look at what has worked during the past year, and what needs to be changed.

 

Journal page by Marla L. Niederer inspired by  Lucy Cooke Lesson 

At the beginning of 2020 I started to take a yearlong figurative art online painting class presented by a multitude of talented artists on Kara Bullock’s website.  I had hoped that it would give me the incentive to continue to develop my watercolor painting practice.  I had no idea what a dumpster fire 2020 would become and what a gift it was to have a new art project to look forward to each week from this online class.

 

Journal spread by Marla L. Niederer inspired by Katrina Koltes Lesson

Although I didn’t complete all of the lessons, I really enjoyed the ones that I did.  I still have more of the lessons I wish to complete but chose to take my time and study them at my own pace.  That is the beauty of online classes. 

 

Journal page by Marla L. Niederer

One of the artists that gave a lesson as part of the yearlong class was Jean-Marie Webb.  I really enjoyed viewing her lesson and looked up her website.  She had completed a project of painting on teabags and then decided to share this project with a class called Tiny bags of love.

 

Teabags in process painted by Marla L. Niederer

About two years or so before I had seen an article on Modern Met about another artist, Ruby Silvious, who also painted on teabags.  I was fascinated since I absolutely love drinking tea and absolutely love art.  I actually was inspired enough by the article to start saving teabags to paint some day. 

 

Teabag painted by Marla L. Niederer inspired by antique Japanese button

I never really got around to painting the teabags until I decided to recently take Jean-Marie Webb’s class.  I guess I needed to take the class for that extra bit of incentive to start painting my teabags.

 

Teabag painted by Marla L. Niederer

One of the lessons from Jean-Marie’s class encourages you to paint several teabags at a time to loosen up your painting style.  I have been enjoying this process and have been doing this for all of my teabag paintings.

 

Teabag painted by Marla L. Niederer

I think painting teabags is kind of getting addictive!

 

Teabag painted by Marla L. Niederer

I don’t know what this New Year will bring, but my hope is that it will bring you comfort, good health, good food, and the ability to be surrounded by those you love.

 

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Self-Study Classes by Marla L. Niederer

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Little Lion Art Doll by Marla L. Niederer

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warm hugs,