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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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Sleeping Mermaid Self-Study Class by Marla L. Niederer |
To
see more of my self study classes click on the picture below.
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| 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
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| Free Video Tutorials by Marla L. Niederer |
To
see all of my free tutorials you can click on the picture below
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| Free Tutorials by Marla L. Niederer |
To
find out more about me click on my picture below
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| About Me |
Until
next time……….
Warm
hugs,
Marla
