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| photo by Marla L. Niederer |
I love to create and surround myself with pretty little things and I thought I would share a few things that have been on my work table lately with you.
I designed and created this pretty little art journal to work in while watching different art videos and trying out new techniques. I recently signed up for Ivy Newport’s Studioworks which gives you access to her online art magazine and art classes. So far I have been having quite a bit of fun with it. The theme for this month’s magazine was flowers so the journal I created has a flower theme too.
I used my silhouette design space to design
the journal and cut it out except for the signature pages inside it. For the front cover I used a print of a watercolor
painting of flowers I did to embellish it.
Pretty Little Art Journal by Marla L. Niederer
For the inside cover I used some public domain
images from the Smithsonian as part of a collage. I also used some stamping and vintage lace.
Pretty Little Art Journal by Marla L. Niederer
I
used some vintage sketching paper for most of the signature pages. For my first two page spread I created a
mixed media piece inspired by my beautiful Valentine’s Day flowers that I
received from my awesome son.
Pretty Little Art Journal by Marla L. Niederer
For
the center spread of the signature I used a black and white print of one of my
paintings.
Pretty Little Art Journal by Marla L. Niederer
I
created a little pocket to keep some paper ephemera in the back of the
journal. I used some public domain
images from the Smithsonian and vintage wallpaper for the floral designs in the back of the journal. I also used seam binding tape to reinforce the spine. I used some of my rubber stamps to embellish the seam binding before attaching it to the journal.
Pretty Little Journal by Marla L. Niederer
I’ve
also started to work with air dry clay again.
I’ve been working on creating this sculpture called Seher which is the same
theme for the shadow box I created in the last paper doll exchange that I
participated in. I’ve never used LaDoll
clay before and am really enjoying the smooth texture it has.
Seher clay Sculpture in process by Marla L. Niederer
I
also saw a clay over wooden clothespin Grodnertal inspired doll made by Rhonda
King on facebook that intrigued me so I had to try my hand at it. I actually used a drill to make the holes in
the clothespin since my beloved husband bought me one for such things but I hadn’t
really used before. So instead of having
him drill things for me I did it myself and I know it’s silly but it was such
fun! So this is the armature for my own Grodnertal inspired clothespin
doll.
Grodnertal inspired clothespin doll armature by Marla L. Niederer
I
also wanted to share with you that my Sleeping Mermaid Class is now a self
study class. You can find out more about
it by clicking on the picture below.
Sleeping Mermaid Self-Study Class by Marla L. Niederer
To
see more of my self study classes click on the picture below.
Self Study Classes by Marla L. Niederer
To
go to my OrsinisAngels YouTube Channel where all of my free video tutorials can
be found, click on the picture below
Free Video Tutorials by Marla L. Niederer
To
see all of my free tutorials you can click on the picture below
Free Tutorials by Marla L. Niederer
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find out more about me click on my picture below
Until
next time……….
Warm
hugs,
Marla
