tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39157253097496972062024-03-12T23:29:03.939-05:00Melanie Douthit Art StudioFun, whimsical and colorful art by Louisiana artist Melanie Douthit: New Orleans French Quarter scenes, colorful floral paintings, and mixed media collage pieces. "Happy art with a twist of funky!". All photos, art, content, etc Copyright © 2010-2020 Melanie Douthit - All rights reserved.Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888105951203396760noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-31236426133596284412020-04-01T15:51:00.000-05:002020-04-11T15:53:16.446-05:00Downtown Art Crawl - Cancelled Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the Downtown Arts Alliance has cancelled the April Art Crawl.<br />
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Looking back in past art crawl. Enjoy the photos!<br />
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Hey - Have you heard that I have been offering live event painting? If you are in the Northeast Louisiana area and need a wedding painter - contact me!<br />
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Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-26574174437094536962019-12-02T15:58:00.000-06:002020-04-11T16:01:43.504-05:00Hand painted nutcrackers <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I painted a few nutcrackers and they were a hit. I had several 3" boards in the garage. They fit great. </div>
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The Santa was painted on an old cabinet door. The hardest part was getting the oil paint off the door.</div>
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<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-60731689908202313032019-10-09T14:00:00.000-05:002020-04-11T15:34:59.857-05:00InstagramI have been posting regularly on Instagram. If you are looking for my most recent art projects - feel free to follow me there.<br />
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<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-24644540760316038092018-11-30T16:06:00.000-06:002020-04-11T16:12:13.228-05:00Wedding Painting! I was so happy to have been asked to paint at the wedding reception for this sweet couple.<br />
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It was held at the Hamilton House Inn in West Monroe, Louisiana. The historic building has been completely renovated to a beautiful reciption area downstairs and a bed and breakfast upstairs.<br />
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If you are looking for a live event painter, or wedding painter, contact me now to book.<br />
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Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-44995552094881389182017-06-01T00:00:00.000-05:002017-06-01T00:00:07.898-05:00Mixed Media Flower Art and Upcycling<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love using mixed media in my art. There's just something fun about the unexpected outcome. Lately, I have been using old frames for my art as well. Upcycling!! Making something old - new again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129;">I used patterned paper on wood for the background / collage. Then I painted the lines for the flowers with black paint. I painted the background with white paint. Then I used aqua on the bottom and misted it with water and let it trip towards the top (of course I turned it upside down). It's really quite simple to do. The collage papers make the image so interesting. The frame is something we found at a thrift store. I repainted it to make it "new" again.</span></div>
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For my project, I created a collage over the wood. My hubby cuts wood to fit reclaimed frames. I loe using wood for my projects. After I collaged the surface, I painted in my flower design and covered the background with white paint. Then I added blue and green in the sky area. The butterflies are stamps from TopFlight stamps. I stamped the images on patterned scrapbook paper, then cut them out. I also used a textured stamp from Top Flight to stamp random scratch mark in the background with deep green StayzOn ink.<br />
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<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-33939912026466132952017-04-01T00:00:00.000-05:002017-04-01T00:00:08.998-05:00Playing around with mixed mediaI love playing around with collage and painting on top of it. The results are always so surprising. I had a blast with this one. I did the papers several weeks ago and wasn't sure what it was going to be. It actually has the words "giggle, laugh and play" scattered throughout and it wasn't my intent to cover them up, but they are.<br />
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The theme this month is "Superpower" and I feel like mine is collage paintings, mainly because I love it. What is yours? If you play along, Stampers Anonymous is sponsoring the prize!
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My creation for this challenge is my collage piece.
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It's mixed media on wood, and framed in a reclaimed frame that I painted with a faux weather finish.<br />
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If you are here for the <a href="http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.com/2017/03/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-34-buttons.html" target="_blank">March Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog</a>, this month is one of my favorite's - buttons! My mom still has a tin filled with buttons that I used to play with as a child. I would sort them and line them up for hours. Our sponsor and guest designer this month is May <span style="font-family: inherit;">Flaum. Play along and one winner </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">winner will receive a goodie box filled with an assortment of 28 Lilac Lane embellishment mixe as well as a spot in May’s next online class focusing on embellishments! How fun is that?</span><br />
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I used patterned scrapbook papers on birch wood, acrylic paint, and buttons!<br />
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We strolled the quarter, ate beignets at Cafe Dumond, listened to jazz music, ate more food, and then went to see the Lion King. We even ran into some folks from back home in the lobby!</div>
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Since we were there on twelfth night, we HAD to get some king cakes. Well, we actually brought back three (from two different bakeries). What a way to ring in the New Year. The temps dropped drastically during the night, and we woke up to rainy cold weather. On our way home, we ran into sleet and ice. In fact, the airport was shut down and our guests couldn't fly home the next day, so we spent one more afternoon together and took photos of this beautiful frozen fountain.</div>
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Our guest were able to experience three of our four seasons on their short trip: spring, winter and Mardi Gras! </div>
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Since our theme is "sweet inspiration", I didn't have a problem getting inspired. I have Mardi Gras on the brain. I don't know how I looked at the adorable stamp set I used and thought "Mardi Gras" (it must have been the king cake), but this is what I came up with!</div>
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I had a blast creating something for this month's theme.</div>
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Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-8834548814581634202017-01-01T00:00:00.000-06:002017-02-21T11:32:13.171-06:00January, Winter and New Art<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I always get a new sense of direction with the beginning of a new year. New goals, organization and a surge of energy - only sometimes the cold dreary days that come can try to slow me down. We have had some pretty nice spring-like days during the last few weeks of December, so I'm hoping to get some things going before Louisiana gets too cold!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <a href="http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.com/2017/01/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-32-put.html">January 2017 Mixed Media Monthly Challenge</a> theme is "Put a Stencil on It" and the sponsor is <a href="http://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/">"StencilGirl</a>", and the guest designer is Mary Beth Shaw of StencilGirl products. The prize will be a $25 gift certificate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Design Team is welcoming a new member. <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;">Our September Guest Designer Lynne Forsythe has joined our team. Welcome Lynne!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This theme . It fit me so perfectly because I had an order for a painting that I happened to need to finish in early December, so I used the stencils with this painting. The geometric type circles look a bit like snowflakes in the background.</span><br />
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<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-59127594337661236432016-12-01T00:00:00.000-06:002016-12-01T00:00:12.091-06:00Tis the SeasonFa La La La La....<br />
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As usual, the Christmas season is here and I'm looking for the pause button.<br />
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So - for the December Mixed Media Monthly Challenge, our theme is "Merry and Bright". The design team members are using Sizzix die cuts from our sponsor this month <a href="http://www.eileenhull.com/">Eileen Hull</a>. The winner of our challenge will receive one of her dies.<br />
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I made a gift box and treat tray using some various holiday papers from my old Christmas scrapbook paper box, and some ribbon and trim I had. I also have some older Stampin Up stamps and punches that I still love using.<br />
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You have until 11:55 pm EST on December 31th to enter!Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-14140153554322113462016-11-27T15:33:00.001-06:002016-11-27T15:33:25.949-06:00Back at the Coast one more time...The Mister and I enjoyed our second time at Cruising the Coast this October. We enjoyed watching the car parade along the Beach Boulevard as well as visiting the various car shows.<br />
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And now the Christmas Season is here! OH MY!!!</div>
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<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-90846188517887870592016-10-01T00:00:00.000-05:002016-10-01T00:00:24.303-05:00Louisiana Life and Cool Breezes!I'm loving the cool breezes that have been working their way into Louisiana. It's been a hot summer, as usual, and the nice chill in the morning is so welcome. My husband's co workers decorated their breakroom with Halloween decor back in August - so I think they have been ready for cooler temps, too.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stampotique sent me some of their stamps to use on this challenge. I received <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px;"><i>C.U.Later Gator, Picket Fence, Vintage Script, 3 Daisies.</i> I love the gator because I live in Louisiana and so I went with a Halloween theme.</span></span></div>
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<br />Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-54243980668114094952016-09-01T00:00:00.000-05:002016-09-01T00:00:11.105-05:00Coastal Wall Decor Mixed MediaSummer is never over for me, at least in my heart. I'm winding down as school starts up by making this coastal themed wall canvas.<br />
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The theme for <a href="http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">September's Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog</a> is "Rustic".<br />
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In addition to scrapbook products, they have canvases, totes, fabrics, etc! They send me a generous supply of products that are just up my alley. One of them was a 12" x 24" burlap covered canvas and some heavy weight paper that looked like worn wood. I used some of the coastal themed patterned papers, glimmer mists and paints and created this fun coastal themed wall canvas.<br />
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I loved using the glimmer mist products. I "dyed" the "paradise" tag turquoise with it so it would coordinate with my color scheme. I even used it to "paint" the sides of the canvas. So much fun. I went through my stash of "summer 2016 seashells" and found some with natural holes in them and strung them up and attached them to my canvas twine. I glued another shell on one of the tags. So many endless possibilities!!<br />
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So, everything had been laundered a second time (to make sure the dye was washed out) and here are what my new pieces look like.</div>
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This is my Lucky Brand shirt. I just love it. It's so soft.</div>
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This is the Old Navy cami. I wore this to a store right after taking the photo and the clerk immediately said "I love your outfit". </div>
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And so for the final photo - the sale rack cold shoulder dress that started it all. I had decided that I wanted a coral color for my clearance rack ivory dress. I picked up some Rit dye colors that should have given me a coral, but instead came out pink - still pretty. My daughter was intrigued with this, so she wanted a dress and believe it or not there was ONE LEFT at the store (Target) on the clearance rack. Since I had already used the indigo kit - she wanted - you guessed it BLUE - so I went with more Rit. (note -after the fact, I realized that I should have bought the dye for synthetic fabrics since the nylon slip it came with would have taken the color. Still learning!) So here we are on Father's Day with our (first ever) Mother / Daughter dresses. </div>
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I found a white Lucky Brand long sleeve shirt that I loved just as it was... but alas, I had to offer it up for the experiment. I also found an Old Navy spaghetti strap cotton cami . Again - I loved it as it was but had to use it. </div>
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Aren't they just gorgeous? When my sister-in-law heard of my adventure - she offered up several willing victims. So, I read up on the Shibori tie die methods. The folding, the wrapping on poles, the threading - all of it. I gathered all my pieces up one morning and began folding, wrapping and tying everything up. A friend gave me a large PCV pipe to use, and I found a smaller spare rod so I could try different things. Here's my pile of willing victims.</div>
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So, I moved this experiment outside. I had a tin tub, and a large white bucket. I mixed the dye according to directions and let it set. The following are some random photos my daughter took while I worked.</div>
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This is my Lucky Brand shirt. Isn't this stage pretty?<br />
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The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog has embraced the travel theme for this month's challenge. I found this one quite easy to do. I went with a simple beach scene. Who wouldn't want to be there now?</div>
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Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-68559793174030429392016-07-01T00:00:00.000-05:002016-07-01T00:00:17.060-05:00July Mixed Media and StarsMixed media is one of my favorite things to work with as of late. I also love words and letters. I have had the background on this piece for several months and the letters for "dream" sitting on it waiting for some time to devote to it and actually finish it. This month's Mixed Media Monthly Challenge "Reach for the Stars" was perfect. <div>
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Summer is here, but for me - summer was here way back in the spring. It started off in early May with a few of my girlfriend's from high school. We rented a beautiful condo on Seacreast Beach just west of Panama City on the beautiful 30A scenic highway. We spent most of our days talking and laughing on the beach that was almost empty except for a few people. I took my morning walks completely alone on the beautiful sandy beach. Here are my foot prints. </div>
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One set coming and one set going. I never met anyone while I was walking. Just a few sandpipers who I enjoyed annoying by following them.</div>
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Crystal blue waters that on some days didn't even have a wave. I picked up large seashells just by looking down and seeing them in the shallow water. </div>
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We didn't get out and explore the beautiful community like I would love to do, but I did go to Grayton Beach area to visit Andy Saczynski's art studio. I bought this beautiful print. He's such a nice guy. Drop in and see his beautiful art if you are in the area.</div>
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Evenings were cool but beautiful. And yes, we saw dolphins.</div>
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Then a month later I went to Orange Beach in Alabama as the photographer for a ladies retreat. I got up around 5:30 every morning to see this beautiful sunrise.</div>
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I had the most wonderful mornings on Orange Beach. I found a sanddollar, starfish and an embarrassing amount of seashells. I have never in all my beach combing days have seen so many shells in one place. I had the ladies so excited they all came out the last morning to collect shells. </div>
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I had three very wonderful ladies agree to be models for me one evening at sunset. I had to let my creative juices flow and I think people on the beach thought they were models - well, they were. It was so much fun.</div>
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It's approx 16" x 36" on birch using paint, papers, gold leaf, corrugated cardboard. Coated in resin and framed with a repurposed mirror frame (which was also sanded and painted). The beak and the foot has the gold leafing on it.</div>
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April showers brings May flowers. I can't wait to see all the beautiful flowers in this great state of Louisiana. My next door neighbor has a very young magnolia tree and I noticed yesterday that it has almost 30 new budding magnolia's on it. It's going to be beautiful!<br />
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The <a href="http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.com/2016/05/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-24.html" target="_blank">Mixed Media Monthly Challenge</a> Design Team members have been creating some awesome floral creations for this month's mixed media challenge. The theme is "Butterflies and Blooms".<br /><br /><br />
Our May Guest Designer & Sponsor is Ken Oliver! Ken is offering our random winner a set of Caribbean Brights Color Burst and a Best Ever Craft Mat!!<br />
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Here's my painting. It's 20" x 20" on canvas. I used some vintage ledger papers (real ledger papers, not manufactured printed paper) from the basement of the Sugar Art Gallery which I co-run. The basement used to be a Wholesale Drug company and those old papers are great for collages. I also used modeling paste, crackle paint, scrapbook papers, stencils, paper doilies and acrylic paint.<br />
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This piece and several of my new paintings will be at "Blend of the Bayou" in North Monroe, Louisiana this afternoon.<br />
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I've been getting new art ready for this event as well as finish up some commissions. Then in the morning I'm going coastal with some old friends. Will post photos when I return as well as some new art. If you are on facebook - follow "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MelanieDouthitArtStudio/" target="_blank">Melanie Douthit Art Studio</a>" for more current art photos.<br />
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Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-62802012231635657632016-04-22T14:06:00.001-05:002016-04-22T14:06:47.803-05:00April Downtown Gallery CrawlOur April Downtown Gallery Crawl in Monroe and West Monroe Louisiana was fantastic. The weather was beautiful and the crowd was amazing.<br />
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My husband, Jeff, debuted his photography for the first time ever in my gallery space. He sold three of his photos and I couldn't be more excited. He is so humble and would never have done this if I didn't nudge him. He is a radiologic technologist by day so we titled his show "A Difference Kind of Exposure". clever, huh?<br />
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Hubby and I (above) in front of his show, and next - some friends that came out to the crawl.<br />
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Monroe artist Sue Sartor with her husband, Walter, who was one of the band members that played with Code Blue and the Flatliners on our street during the crawl. Walter is also a physician. Sue was showing her beautiful paintings in the Upstairs Gallery.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-67449804910210441622016-04-01T09:04:00.000-05:002016-04-01T09:04:22.318-05:00No fooling! It's mixed media challenge time...Happy April 1! For those who love mixed media challenges - we have a fun one for April.<br />
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<a href="http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.com/2016/04/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-23.html" target="_blank">The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog </a>has a new challenge this month. The theme is "dimension"! It's my favorite in my art - either the illusion of dimension or actually making layers. It's so much fun.<br />
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This month we will have TWO lucky random winners!! Each winner will receive a fabulous Wendy Vecchi stamp set and stencil!!<br />
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Here's my painting for the challenge. I started with a layer of random color. After it dried I added thinned paint and misted with a water bottle. More dimension. I added papers and crackle medium (more dimension) and then (why not?) I added painted chipboard. Then I created the images.<br />
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<b>"Enchanted Poppies" 16" x 20" by Melanie Douthit</b></div>
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Our April Guest Designer is Wendy Vecchi - Ranger & Stampers Anonymous Signature Designer!!<br />
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Wendy Vecchi is a full time artist/designer/educator and owner of studio 490.She is a signature designer for Ranger, and Stampers Anonymous and a past member the Tim Holtz and Maya Road design teams. In addition to designing rubber stamps, stencils, embossing pastes, archival inks and embossing powders, she loves discovering new techniques & she loves to use those techniques to make art.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253807682117031813noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915725309749697206.post-86612540139102128562016-03-01T00:00:00.000-06:002016-03-01T00:00:17.253-06:00Spring InspirationI just spent the weekend with my husband in New Orleans. The weather was perfectly spring-like and I have come home full of artistic inspiration. We spent the majority of our time in the Marigny District dining and listening to live jazz music on Frenchmen Street. We always pick a different home rental in the area and "live like the locals". This time we were on Frenchmen Street in a wonderful old home with a beautiful courtyard. We brought our bicycles so we rode each morning to various cafe's for breakfast, and also rode into the French Quarter to browse art galleries. For those of you still in winter climate - I want to let you know that Spring is just around the corner.<br />
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Here we are at one of the Frenchmen Street outside art markets. It's always fun to visit because the set up is different every day.</div>
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We rode down Royal in the French Quarter and yes - that IS a guitar-playing unicorn. One night after dinner we were walking down the street and my husband asks "Do you think you'll run into anyone we know tonight?" I said - "I doubt it". Then 45 minutes later I hear my name being called and up walks an artist that used to live near me. We ended up going to an upstairs dance hall with her to see an internationally known Cuban dancer. You really just never know what or who you will see here.</div>
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So - are you here to play along with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge? We have a fun spring-themed photo for inspiration.</div>
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Our March sponsor is <a href="http://www.waffleflower.com/" target="_blank">Waffle Flower Crafts</a>. They have donated a $25 gift certificate for our challenge winner. Our guest designer is Tessa Wise from Waffle Flower Crafts.</div>
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Here's my take on the challenge. I was inspired by the colors in the inspiration photo. I used papers, cardstock, tape, paint, ink, paper doilies, stamps and stickers on this 5.5 wood block.</div>
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