Orange Spiral Arts

Simple. Meaningful. Powerful. Art Journal Page and FREE PRINTABLE POSTER (An artistcellar Design Team post)

Good Day Folks,

 

I have an art journal spread to share with you that I’ve also turned into a FREE PRINTABLE POSTER! Who doesn’t like free art, right?

 

So, here’s the step-by-step process, and at the end you’ll find the 8” x 10” printable poster. Enjoy!

 

SUPPLIES USED: Dina Wakley acrylic paints; Sacred Geo 2: Seeds of Life stencil; Sacred Geometry: Sri Yantra stencil; Virtues Words Pocket Stencils: Grace, Hope; Strathmore Visual Journal Mixed Media 9” x 12”

 

 

Step 1: Gather your paints, art journal, and stencils. Also grab a cosmetic wedge, a paint palette, and a paint scraper.

 

Step 2:

Apply two paint colors and scrape them across your journal page.

 

 

Step 3:

With a new color of paint, use the cosmetic wedge to dab paint through the Seeds of Life stencil in two places on your page.

 

 

Step 4:

Use a fourth color of paint and apply it with your finger around the edges of the stencil shapes. Consider drawing into the wet paint with the end of a paintbrush or toothpick.

 

Step 5:

Use the Sri Yantra stencil with white paint and a cosmetic wedge.

 

Step 6:

Add two of your favorite Virtues Words stencils.

 

 

Simple. Meaningful. Powerful.

 

And now for your printable poster!! (Right click-Save Image As to your desktop-Print)

 

 

May this post find you well.

 

Blessings and Peace to you!

 

Briana of OrangeSpiralArts.com

 

 

Cyber Monday Deal-Mixed Media Online Class Set-Winter 2017

Explore mixed media art in 2017! Learn new ideas, techniques, and simply have fun while playing with a variety of art supplies. Creative expression is good for your soul, spirit, and life force energy. Are you in?

Each class is priced individually at $20 each, which is a steal if you compare this price to other online workshops available. 

Grab the class set at a reduced price!

And for this weekend only (Nov. 27-28, 2016), save $20 and get the whole set of classes for only $40! 

How it works:

Each class will be posted to a private class site. You will get the log in details and site password via email, at least one day prior to class. Please keep these log in details in a safe place. You will have forever access to each class. A supply list will be posted on the class site and/or emailed to you.

Each class will feature video demonstrations, photos of art work, and written instructions.

IMPORTANT: Be sure your email address associated with PayPal is correct. If it is not, make a Note to Seller upon check out, with the correct email address. Thank you!

Orange Spiral Arts Winter Class Release Dates:

Friday, January 13, 2017-Ink and Oil Pastel

Friday, February 10, 2017-Magazine Mixed Media Collages

Friday, March 10, 2017-Abstract Watercolor Patterns

CYBER DEAL NOW THROUGH NOV. 28, 2016

ORANGE SPIRAL ARTS MIXED MEDIA WINTER CLASS SET

            $40

CYBER MONDAY IS OVER, BUT YOU CAN STILLL PURCHASE THE CLASS SET AND SAVE $10

JUST CLICK THE HERE, SCROLL DOWN, AND CHOOSE YOUR CLASSES!

Mark Making Monday-FREE Printable Post Card and Pictures from my Grateful heART Journal

Howdy Everyone,

Today I would like to share a FREE printable post card. We all need to receive more love in the mail.

Here it is! Right click, save to your desktop, and print on matte photo paper! Write a message of love and hope, and send it off to someone who may need to read your wisdom.

And here are a few pages from the Grateful heART Journal I am working on through Alisa Burke's online class.

Feeling and expressing gratitude is a lovely and healing way to live for me.

Sending warm wishes, love, and gratitude for all of you who are doing good work in the world!

Blessings and Peace,

Briana

I Am Grateful for Art Journals

So, yesterday I "shampooed" my hair with conditioner, and "conditioned" my hair with shampoo. It took me a few minutes to figure out why my hair still felt all tangly!

Yup! It's been one of those weeks, well months, really.

In the hope of spreading some joy and light, I am sharing a few journal pages I worked on this morning.

If you don't know it already, I am all about creative exploration, creative expression and playing with art supplies.

One of my most favorite things to do is to take online classes to learn new techniques, gain inspiration, and keep my hands moving.

Today marked the beginning of two online classes I am participating in. One is Alisa Burke's Grateful heART Journal. Today, Alisa just happened to launch her biggest sale of the year on some of her art and online classes. I highly recommend you take a peek to see if anything interests you. All of her online classes have unlimited access, which I so, so appreciate. I find myself going back to some of my favorites over and over again.

Here's what I created for the Grateful heART Journal class today.

I also started in Diane Culhane's "Between Speech & Silence (Remake)" featured on carlasonheim.com

Today's lesson is inspired by the art of Paul Klee. I just happened to have a journal that I made years ago. The pages are made of brown kraft paper, and the cover is a print of Paul Klee's art! I decided I had to use this journal for Diane's class.

Here's what I created today for "Between Speech & Silence (Remake)".

And since I was on a roll of working in various art journals, I decided to pull out the journal I worked in for Juliana Coles' Initiation: An Introduction to Visual Journaling online class. I believe she just re-released it. Juliana's art is incredible. It's raw and expressive, and I adore looking at her journal pages. If you are ready to dive into the grit and the grime of your life and art supplies, take her classes for sure!

Here are a couple of shots from the page spread I worked on in my altered Initiation visual journal:

Can you kind of understand now, why I have so many different art journals? Each one holds a certain energy for me. Each one inspires me in a different way. Some journals I use for a specific online class I am participating in.

For more art journal inspiration, I have several things to share:

First, I am going to be brave and share one of my first ever videos I made in 2013! We'll call it an oldie, but goodie!

I am still working on becoming more brave in front of the camera. I mean, who isn't, right?

Second, 2016 was a great year for me to tackle that fear of creating more videos. I am a featured artist in two amazing online collaborative programs.

In Spectrum 2016, I offer the "Forgiveness Art Cards" workshop. This workshop contains tons of fun mixed media techniques, demonstrated via photos and video. Of course, I also talk about forgiveness, and why it might be something you may want to consider.

In 21 Secrets-Color, Color, Color, I offer the "Draw, Paint, and Print Artful Color Patterns" workshop. In this workshop, I first take you through several of my most recent art journals, page by page. Next, I show ideas for drawing, painting, and printing patterns in your art journal. I have to share that it has been so uplifting to see people sharing their art via the 21 Secrets Facebook Group. Their artful color patterns have inspired me to no end. If you are a class participant reading this, thank you for sharing your art with me!!!

Finally, I invite you to take a look at the above online class offerings. If you register with the link from my site for the programs where I am a guest teacher, I get paid as a teacher. I would like to thank you in advance for your support. It means the world!

In case you are interested in expressive painting and writing, may I recommend The Beautiful BEing Program? (This is my baby from 2016. It's deep, nourishing, and encourages you to experience more self-love.)

If you need to set your intentions and clarify your dreams and wishes for the future, Vision Board the E-Course can't be beat!

Thank you, thank you for being part of my community.

If you are local to the Twin Cities, please share any thoughts you have for future classes you'd like to see me offer, including day of the week, and time of day. Send me an email at orangespiralarts (at) gmail (dot) com. Again, thank you! I appreciate you!

Blessings and Peace,

Briana

 

 

Freedom through Painting on the Day After the United States Presidential Election

Hello Beautiful Human Being,

I want to share how inspiration led me to painting and expressing myself in my art journal this morning, after hearing who won the United States Presidential Election. I am grateful to Hali Karla for sharing a flip through her art journal. You can see it for yourself right here.

After watching Hali's video, something, like life force energy was moving inside of me. I heard the message to go paint in my art journal. Move paint and color around before going to the computer. Put on some music and paint. 

So, that's what I did. You will see Hali's artistic style influenced my pages.

I did not go digging for supplies. I simply used what was right in front of me. One thing I had within reach was a bottle of ink and a nib holder with a nib already attached. (For more information on nibs and nib holders, here's a great article on Jetpens.com)

I took a photo of my pages and realized there was one more important thing I wanted to add-Love. Love Above Fear.

May you take good care of yourself today. Art journal. Get it out. Sing. Dance. Breathe. Practice self-care. Pray. Write. Shake it out. Move that energy into something positive. Love above fear. Seek peace, love, and understanding. 

What inspires you? What nurtures your spirit? Enhance your life force energy. Be in the now.

Sending Blessings and Peace to you,

Briana

Painting on Paper-Inspired by Jane Davies-A Post Written by Briana for Artistcellar

Howdy All!

One of my most favorite things to do is to paint on paper. There are many

uses for painted papers, but mostly the process is what thrills me. There is

an artist I admire, who also adores painting on paper. Her name is Jane

Davies . Like Jane, I love to use stencils and paint to create patterns,

textures, and marks on paper. So, I immediately thought of Lynn

Krawczyk’s Marked Series stencils , and I got to work painting on some

paper!

In addition to the Marked Series stencils, I am also using craft acrylic paint,

Dina Wakley acrylic paint, a paint scraper, a paint brush, and crayons from

the Dollar Store. Oh, and I am painting on 50 lb. drawing paper, nothing

fancy.

First, I scraped on some turquoise paint in two different shades.

Some of the scraping happened with the stencil underneath the paper. This

creates an interesting texture. (See below)

I started adding some other colors of paint, as well as some crayon.

As I am working, I am thinking about color, pattern, texture, and contrast.

I definitely needed some orange in there. Not only is orange opposite of

blue on the color wheel, but it’s my favorite color, and it was just Halloween in the

USA, so there you go; orange.

More painted lines and shapes . . .

Now back to the paper with yellow. (I worked on two papers at once).

That was fun!

Here are the two painted papers side by side.

For more artful color patterns and inspiration, I invite you to check out my

workshop in 21 Secrets Color,Color, Color--Draw, Paint, and Print Artful Color Patterns.

I hope this post encourages you to take some time for yourself to play with

stencils, paint, and pattern!

Many Blessings!

Briana of OrangeSpiralArts.com