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Class Prep

31 Tuesday Jul 2012

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cereal box paper dolls, paper dolls, watercolor transfer painting

These last few weeks I’ve been preparing for my two online classes, set to start next week. The above image is an abstract “something” using painted t-shirt transfer paper and pencil and pastel additions for the Watercolor Transfer Painting class.

Below is a little set of Cereal Box Paper Dolls of my son, daughter-in-law and grandson Liam:

And the mixed media backdrop/housing unit (click to enlarge):

And, since I’ve got you, a recent photograph of those beautiful “kids”:

Have a great week!

Cereal Box Paper Dolls • ONLINE CLASS • Registration Now Open!

03 Tuesday Jul 2012

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cereal box dolls, cereal box paper dolls, dolls, Girls, paper dolls

August 6-10, 2012 • Watercolor Transfer Paintings

August 13-17, 2012 • Cereal Box Paper Dolls

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C e r e a l  B o x  P a p e r  D o l l s

Summer Camp is back! One-Week intensive workshop: August 13-17, 2012

NOTE! Even though the class has started, you are welcome to sign up and catch up at your own pace.

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“What did you do as a child that made the hours pass like minutes? Here is the key to your earthly pursuits.” — Carl Jung

It’s fun to play with paper dolls! (It’s even more fun to see grown men play with paper dolls, which happened in our household recently.)

In this class you will create set of stand-up paper dolls and a unique, interactive artist book using cereal boxes as your substrate. Your paper dolls will fit into the pockets of the folded book structure, which becomes the backdrop for your characters when folded out. Fun!

You will create your characters based on a fairy tale, a fable, your family, or your imagination. (Can’t draw? No problem! We’ll spend the first day doing fun drawing exercises to build your confidence and get your ideas flowing.)

We’ll also explore other ways to house your dolls, including altering an old book:

And on the last day you will receive tips and tricks for photographing your 3D project by Guest Teacher Steve Sonheim.

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To Sign Up, Click HERE

Supply List: 

3 medium-sized cardboard cereal boxes (you can flatten, but don’t cut down yet)

mechanical pencil

pink or red water soluble marker

white paper for drawing exercises (can be regular computer paper)

a #12 round watercolor brush (or similar)

a ½” flat brush (or similar)

brayer (to lay down gesso)

small white cotton rag

white gesso

small watercolor set (cake or tube is fine)

Fine line white gel pen or paint pen

Scissors

gel medium (to use as glue)

Ribbon or string (to tie book closed)

spray fixative

Optional items (I will demo these things but are not necessary to participate in the class):

small set of water soluable crayons

red pastel (chalky)

heat gun

white FW acrylic ink

a couple of Copic markers (or any alcohol-based marker)

an old book to alter

Muffins

11 Monday Jun 2012

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birthday card, Girls, greeting card, happy birthday, Leanin' Tree, paper dolls

I would like to lose about ten pounds. I’ve given myself the summer to do it (seems a reasonable goal, you know, “do-able”), and my plan of attack is merely to walk or run daily and to stop eating muffins. Easy!

Except today on the way home from the bank I ended up standing in front of a bakery for more than five minutes trying to talk myself OUT of getting a muffin.

I managed to remain un-muffined for today (so far).

But the DRAMA!

These two images were recently licensed to the Leanin’ Tree card company.

I Get Mail

11 Wednesday Jan 2012

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cereal box, etsy, Girls, paper doll, paper dolls, tutorial

I get the most wonderful mail! Yesterday I received the following from Mary, age 12:

Thank you, Mary!

As for the paper dolls, the idea for those came when I was working on other things, perhaps even with the cereal boxes themselves, just messing around. Perhaps I had seen some paper dolls at the store that day. In any case, I had been working on a series of girls with their animals on wood, and it was easy to transfer them to the cereal boxes!

Here’s a link to the tutorial, featured on etsy.com last year!

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