Ashley's Art Closet: christy tomlinson

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BlOg HoP-the art of WILD abandonment

YOU made iT!

I am guessing you hopped over from

craftydscreations. That's my buddy who made

"coffee time" art journal page.

You can check it out over

at her blog! I am sure it's a few

blog post down by now.

WeLcOmE, WeLcOmE

to my little world, ashley's art closet!

I am so, so glad you are here! To learn more about me

you can click on the about me tab at the top of this blog

or simply click here-about me.

As most of you already know

I've been taking the Art of Wild Abandonment

online workshop by Junelle Jacobsen

and Christy Tomlinson

so can you click here:

the-art-of-wild-abandonment-workshop

Each week Junelle

teaches the class and

Christy shares her take on it all

one time a week. Below

was inspired by

Christy's week one...

These are my watercolor crayons,

I used for the above picture.

Junelle uses Neocolor Water Soluable Pastels.

I wish I would have

waited and purchase like what

she uses but my local art store

doesn't carry them. And actually didn't

know the difference in the two

until I got home looking at them.

Same thing on this one

sketch and watercolor

crayons...

Take time OUT:

1. Laugh! Laugh again...

2. Let others know where your light comes from!

3. Look at what's in front of you, not the person next to you!

Another take,

another day in Junelles class,

walk a day in my shoes....

created by me

as a stay home mom this one

came straight from my heart.

I can so see this one as my next

book cover. Walk a Day in my

Shoes: stories of a stay home mom.

I tell myself all the time if I had

all this time to create all the art,

write all the books and take

all the pictures that come to my mind

would be so awesome then I stop and think...

I already have a job...

One of the things Junelle

teaches is looking at what's around you

and sketch it. This woman is known

for her sketches now..

While at a local sandwhich shop one

afternoon, my eyes were wondering,

kinda like they do when I am

looking for a picture to take,

I saw the cutest little girl!

So I used a napkin and a pen from

my purse. Isn't it so

stinkin cute!?

So I did more once

I got home...

aren't these just the cutest girls ever,

I can't keep my eyes off of them...

more thumbnails sketches...

One of the big things about taking

Christy's classes is her

online mix media store.

She gives discount when you

Above are

things I purchased this go around

from Christy.

Thanks so much for stopping in..

I hope you will visit back some time soon. If you would like look

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click follow this blog to add yourself to the list.

Oh and leave me a comment below,

I'd love to hear what you have to say...

To continue on in the fun of this hop

click on journeyofamermaid to see what

she's up to. I also see she is doing the 29 face challenge!

What fun, wish I had the time

to join that fun!

Want to join the fun!?

Jump on over to clairesmillie

for more of this blog hop!

p.s. I want to be

Junelle

and

Christy

when I grow up!!!

Puppy Chow Recipe

I entered in on a chance to win a Jeanne Oliver
camera bag over at Christy Tomlinson's blog!

I had to share a family tradition and the first thing that
came to mind is the famous PUPPY CHOW. We make it
every year. My youngest daughter would eat it all year if
I let her...so I wanted to share the recipe with you!

Puppy Chow

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/4cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
9 cups of Chex cereal(whole box/any variety)
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

In a large bowl, melt the choc chips, peanut butter and butter
in the microwave on high 1 minute, stir. And then 30 seconds or until
mixture can be stirred smooth. Stir in vanilla.

In a large bowl place cereal.
Pour chocolate mixture over cereal, gently stir
until evenly coated.

Then pour your powdered sugar over and gently stir until evenly
coated. If the bowl has a lid you can shake it around for a fast easy
coating...

You also can find this recipe on the back of Chex boxes
this time of year. Some people call it Muddy Buddies!

She Art fun

Remember the online art class She Art

(click on images for an up close look)

This one was done in my art journal on my youngest daughters

birthday. Both my daughters made one as well, they were

really cute!

Knowing Christy was offering an ornament workshop soon, it got

my wheels to spinning...so I created this ornament! Isn't she cute!?!?

and then some She Art face ornaments, cute!

all of these ornaments are on my tree this year, they look great

along with everything else!

Art Workshop

In an effort to continue to find me,
myself as an artist, I purchased the
She Art and She Art 2 online workshop
combo by Christy Tomlinson.

This is the first workshop
I've ever done! I found Christy's workshop through
another artist friend. Christy's constant style
of mix media art is so ME!
If I were to tell you of someone
who totally inspires me it would be
Christy. You can visit her over at her
blog, http://christytomlinson.typepad.com/christytomlinson/

She has a few videos under tutorials
you can watch of her work - Christy's tutorials
I watched all of them in no time. That's one reason
I choose to purchase these workshops, so that I
would have something to watch that held my attention
while I walk on the treadmill. My mother says there's
no way, she doesn't understand how I do such stuff on the
treadmill. But hey, if it works, it works!

Seeing her work, even prior to purchasing the workshop,
has shown me a different path to my art-stuff I already knew, but
has encourage me to apply. Usually, I am all
about abstract. It's been good! Mix media allows me
to be messy, like with my simple abstract and I like MESSY.

I hope one day to use some of my photography for some
mix media projects!

Christy's badge
from the workshop