MaryJo McGraw
five acre forest, a new playground for old friends
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Monday, May 22, 2023
Stuff just stuff
It has been so long since I have written much of anything . I find it hard to write. With the advent of FB reels and Tiktok my world has become even more visual than it was in the past .
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
well i am back again
I had a few issues there for a bit. After a med change/ reduction, I feel better than ever. So I try again to get back on the Art horse and try to do a few things.
Lately I have been using the Gelli Plate and really just messing with it ,trying to make
paper. As you can see from this screenshot I let my hair go gray, actually, that was a 2- year process
. It seemed like forever. Much easier to deal with in many ways.
Monday, June 14, 2021
Oh my it's been a while
A very long while. Some of you know that I had a heart attack back in 2017. I recovered from open heart surgery that May and did very well immediately following.
Having said that there was no way I could have known how difficult the next few years would be and how those additional illnesses would take away my ambition, energy and stamina. I must admit until 2018 I really had no real idea what fatigue really was. You must know at this point that I thought I did, having been a legitimate sufferer of insomnia since 1985. After several years of this I had a few realizations....
#1 I could no longer teach. I could lift any weight. I could not maintain speaking for long. I could not remember basic techniques
#2 Somedays I barely had the energy to get up. Needless to say this killed my ambition which was ever present in my life up to this point in my life.
#3 I had to focus on my health.
So that really is it why I have not been around.
Now I would like to try to get back to it just for me....we shall see! No promises
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Pages with Distress Oxides and Crayons
So last week Tim ( http://timholtz.com/tim-holtz-products/) sent me a bunch of Distress Oxide pads. I was curious and wondered how they were going to stack up against all the old pads I had loved for like more than 20 years.
Well I was very pleasantly surprised and pleased. The colors are great and the blendabilty was excellent! This is a fusion ink which has properties of dye and pigment. I have always loved that the color line of all Distress products has a good array of neutrals which many stamp pad lines do not have.
When I put the first color down I thought they felt a little dry but I was working on Mixed Media Strathmore paper so any pads would feel dry. I put a couple more colors down and pulled out the awesome Distress Sprayer. I really like this Sprayer!!!!! It's very easy to use and that little on/off button makes it great for travel.
Once I started spraying I could see what the fuss is all about. The colors blended really well and stayed very bright.
Then I pulled out the blenders......
and used one of my favorite stencils from A Colorful Life Designs. ( put MaryJo10 on your order for a discount) WOW, I loved that look!
Dripping was fun too since the color stayed well one on top of the other.
I blotted a bit and the got out the Distress Crayons. I just colored in a bit and rubbed them in.....see more soon I am still playing.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Dylusion sprays on tough surface.
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Friday, November 17, 2017
This Blog VS the SECRET BLOG
including old dyes and paint.
Just filling in the stencil with color
at the end of the page I flipped the stencil and created an eye from the design.
More on this particular page soon......Lots more on the secret blog with the other pages.
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