Would you like...

...to see some more of my Creative JumpStart 2020 projects?  I hope so, 'cause that's what we're up to again today.

I just loved the video by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, as usual.   Her prompting to follow the 'what if's' is so closely aligned with my own process I feel like she could be hard-wired to my brain.

Carolyn Dube's video of creating art tape was a blast, and quite addicting I might add.  There are probably more than a few of these strips in my stash now.

I just loved the process shown by Marlene Meijer-van Nierkirk; it was simple as promised and oh. so. rich.

The video presented by Riika Kovasin was great fun.  Doing a journal page with some constraints produced this spread.  What I like about it was that it utilized what was on the table, and that included the failed pieces from Natalie's video.  I so love using everything up!

Jodi Ohl encouraged me to try another drawing (and you know how much I love that...ha!).  I really must do more, and more.....and more.

It would be hard for me to explain how much I enjoyed Creative Jumpstart 2020, so I'll just keep on showing you, shall I?  Check in next week for more!  And in the meantime, your comments can tell me how you're jumpstarting your 2020!

From studio...

...to kitchen, summer is one colour hit after another here.

In the studio, I'm working on a scratch-back piece of claybord, liberally covered with alcohol inks...and it's taking forever  (Alice, I'll get you back for this madness!).  Note the subtlety of the colour combination.

 In the kitchen, I'm seeding mashed raspberries for later use.

Back to the studio, where I'm experimenting with heavy acrylic gel, squished through a stencil over a plastic wrap background - yummy effect.

In the kitchen again I'm stirring chocolate and some of that raspberry puree together to make some chocolate raspberry sauce.  WARNING:  Yummy to the nth degree, and very addictive.

This 3 x 3" miniature painting includes a Gelli printed background, a sticky dog-hair removal strip used to clean up the Gelli plate, and a paper towel that soaked up a beet juice spill in the kitchen...nothing goes to waste in either location!

The first batch of salsa came out of the garden this morning;  unfortunately it doesn't come ready-chopped or -canned.  

 Back in the studio, I played with Carolyn Dube's colorful twist technique just for fun.

 Even the pantry gets in on the act, as the sauce section starts to fill

and compete for space with the jam section.

Watch this space for further additions by summer's end, since the tomatoes have barely started to come on.

Meanwhile, I steal as much time as possible in the studio just to keep my sanity...bless those Gelli plate inventors!

I tell myself I'm getting my exercise climbing up and down the stairs between the kitchen and studio. What stories are you telling yourself about your summer?