Thanks to everyone who came out to A Work of Heart last night. I had a great time painting, catching up and chatting about my art process, sharing tips and ideas. If you missed it, follow me on twitter, to find out the latest updates for my Creativity Unleashed open studio tour.I'll be at various studios around the bay area in the coming months.
some painting fun...a few pics of some of the paintings I started last night...
{techniques for the base layers. these are the first layers of many to come...}
TOP: graffiti print on parchment. monoprints with transparencies using scribbles of TULIP dimensional paint in white and red paint.
BOTTOM: fabric sprayed with Tulip Fashion Sprays and buzz and bloom chipboard. I HEART buzz and bloom. I've been using their heavy chipboard shapes as stencils and masks for backgrounds.
PAINTING ON TOP: part of my new graffiti GLAM girlz series. scrapes of paint. dabs of paint thru sequin waste. girlie glam face drawn with a sharpie. i only used the three primary colors and white paint on this painting. many more layers of markers, pens and paint will be added to this...
some of my FAVE tools & stencils...buzz and bloom chipboard...Collage Pauge..TULIP fashion sprays & the NEW Fashion Graffiti Taggers. Oh and my NEW FAVE snack Pistachio crisps.
{a few more painted backgrounds}
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS at AWOH...
I'll be teaching two workshops at A Work of Heart in November...
the SPILLING canvas
Friday~ NOVEMBER 6~ 4:00pm - 7:00pm
to register for this workshop click hereCreate a colorful art canvas..spilling…dripping…PAINT plus words. You will explore creative jumpstarts to let your words and ideas spill across the page creating a-one-of-a-kind canvas painting. Make marks with handmade stamps and tools, spray through hand cut stencils, layer scrapes of paint, incorporate collage and scribbles of words with markers…making YOUR own graffiti background.
Graffiti GLAM girlz


Sunday ~NOVEMBER 8~ 12:00 - 5:00pm
to register for this workshop click here
Colorful. Rich. Vibrant…layers of
collage…learn about creative visualization, color mixing and how to create art
with ONLY three colors {plus white & black}. You will start out painting
colorful graffiti style backgrounds and monoprints, spilling paint, making
marks…take the papers to make a freeform collage background, then draw and
paint the graffiti GLAM girlz.
xoxo~treiC















Love the bright colors!
Posted by: Carole | October 23, 2009 at 11:36 AM
I love the way you paint with such wild abandon. You are a true inspiration.
Posted by: Kristeena Crabb | October 27, 2009 at 02:09 PM