We are all connected

I made this picture last night while on the phone with a friend.  All I could think about was how we are all connected in so many ways - whether we like it or not.

Created with acrylics, gelli pad, paint marker, and gel pens.

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Weekly Challenge 180 - The Window

 

I was ridiculously excited to do the challenge on http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/ this week. Pens and markers were prepared!  I pulled out paper! 

So, this week we were to use MacDee by Anneke Van Dam; instructions are here: http://anneke-merrygoround.blogspot.nl/2013/02/new-tangle-pattern-macdee.html

When I first saw it, I immediately thought of plaid...until I started actually drawing it and realized my version looked nothing like plaid! It reminded me more of a window, so that's what I am calling this piece.

Paper is a blank note card.  Used a Gelli Pad with acrylics for the background.  Gel pen and paint Sharpie for the lines.

 

Gelli Arts and Reverse Coloring

 Gelli Arts certainly seem to be the new trend in mix-media art and I can definitely see why!  Before this I had no done any sort of mono printing, but have always loved acrylics.  Acrylics dry fast, mix well, and last a long time.  They are one of my favorite mediums.

The pads from Gelli Arts allow a sort of mono printing while allowing the pad to be used over and over for different results.  

For this creation, I used the Gelli pad on a pain index card, used ink to outline the shapes, and then colored in a bit more with gel pens.  Very fun!