Graffifi-Town

I painted this background the other day while enjoying Alisa's class and loving all of her fun and funky images. I really didn't know what to do with it, whether to write a big graffiti word on it or not. So today Mattie Lou muse suggested I paint Graffiti-town on it so ok, Mattie Lou is always wild and crazy so I followed her advice. It's a happy little Graffiti-town. Look closely over the door posts.

Imagine---progression

These two above and below are just the closeups of the Golden crackle paste. I added some darker glaze and wiped it off so the crackle would show. I think it kinda got lost in the final one but you can still see it if you look closely.

Now for the first layer of writing. I did this quickly (as you can see!) with a brush.

Then (----time passes...) more layers and stencils. Maybe I should have stopped here...but it doesn't have a focal word element as I had planned.

But here it is...I think it is finished. If I did anything else to it I would probably paint over some elements to tone it down. Hummm...the challenge is--when to call it finished. I guess if I did many of these I would get to know that but I am not sure how long this journey will stay in graffiti-town. It sure is fun though.

The quote says:
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will get you everywhere." -Albert Einstein

Whew! I'm tired now. Time for chocolate!
And here is my thought for the day:
"If anything is worth doing, it's worth overdoing." That might be appropriate for me today. I will look at this piece tomorrow and see if this thought really is true. If they don't sell then I can always paint over them and pretend like it never happened! What happens in Graffiti town stays in Graffiti town.

Dream Graffiti on Wood

This is on a 24 x 24 piece of Birch wood. I have always wanted to work larger and this is the largest graffiti-like painting that I have done. It really was fun and it actually took several hours to create the layers. You have to walk away and look and think --or just walk away completely for a while. As you might notice on the top picture I decided to put that great quote by Thoreau since I already had the word,"DREAM". I am thinking that I might put this into an upcoming show in July called "Art-rageous." I think this would classify as artrageous. I am planning to paint another one and I have some crackle paste drying on that one. We'll see how it turns out. You never know until it's finished. And Bucky did his pose for you. He likes his summer hair cut.

Faith..Hope...Love

These are actually not very big (4x12) but these three canvases have been hanging around so I thought I would break them out of the package. It really is fun to sling paint but make sure where you sing it. You'll be surprises where it turns up! I actually did this in my little home studio---not a good idea. But a good time was had by all (me and Mattie Lou Muse that is!)

Graffiti-Town

I love to travel but i don't like to be away from home so here is a riddle for you that I just made up: How can you travel and still sleep in your own bed? You travel the art world that's how!! And the way I do that is through all the wonderful blogs and online classes from fabulous people that makes it possible to journey and explore new art techniques. As you see here I am traveling through Graffiti town right now and loving creating these fun and free pieces on scrap paper and cardboard. One is the top of a pizza box from our dinner the other night. I think the reason I love to explore all different kinds of techniques is just to find new ways to use color and paint. AND this is probably one of the most fun ways. This is from Alisa Burke online class "Graffiti Chic."
I'm not sure how long I will camp in this town but for now---it's way fun!

OK, I admit it....

I am a Mary Freeman wannabee. I just love how she does her paintings with all that yummy color and as I was spraying painting and splattering the messed up pants I decided to spray paint and splatter a failed canvas painting that I needed to paint over. I do love to look of graffiti with the bright colors and lettering---which I also wish I could do. It is very difficult to do that style of lettering. Anyway, Mary, if you see this...here's to you my friend!!!!