Art Inspired by Social Media

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I'm playing and sharing how social media inspired my play! Click on over and join the fun!

I love looking at all the inspiration on social media such as Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and Google+. When I was stuck and just couldn’t decide what to do in my art journal, I turned to that inspiration to help me get out of my head and start creating.

How exactly did I do it? I scrolled through my various news feeds and when something grabbed my attention I used that as a jumping off point. I kept doing this until I was totally out of my own way and feeling free to play. I share the process in the video below…but be warned…that art journal page gets ugly in the middle!

Social media is always more fun with friends…hence the name social…love for you to stop by and say hello on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter or Google+!

Watch Art Inspired by Social Media on YouTube.

A huge thanks those who inspired me today! Corrine Gilman got the whole thing rolling with this photo on Facebook.

How I used social media to inspire my art play

Rae Missigman sparked my color choice when I just couldn’t decide with this glorious paint brush on Instagram!

Thanks to Lorrie Takeda for getting me using some rubber stamps! I’ve really been enjoying see all her carved stamps that she’s been sharing over in the Google+ community, A Colorful Playground.

I looked through my art journaling board on Pinterest and Marjie Kemper’s page jumped out at me. She inspired step #4!

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I'm playing and sharing how social media inspired my play! Click on over, enjoy the video and join the fun!

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Playing it Loose with a Stencil and Leftover Paint

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Video playing it loose with a stencil and paint on a junk mail envelope with Carolyn Dube

I’m playing it fast and loose with a stencil and paint on a junk mail envelope. It was the end of the day and I wanted to use up my leftover paints. When time is short, anything within reach is fair game for me…and this was what I grabbed! When I go loose…there is usually an Oops or two…okay, there is always an Oops with me.

In the video you’ll see how I handled 2 Oopsies.

Watch Junk mail meets a stencil on YouTube.

My fancy canvas for today’s play- junk mail envelope!

My Coming and Going stencil with a quick hit of a permanent spray ink.

I knew what colors I had to use since it was all about using up the leftover paints on my palette. But in my haste, my plan did not go as planned. And that is more than okay with me!

I needed something for in that window and my Are We There Yet stencil gave me just the word I needed…and an Oops too.

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Use It or Lose It Destashing with Spray Paints

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Playing around layering spray paints and a stencil to create patterned papers

There isn’t enough space in my studio. A common problem for me since I seem to collect all sorts of things. To remedy this situation, I have given myself a deadline to use it or lose it. Whatever spray paints from a long ignored drawer I don’t use up today, get donated to a local art studio that works with kids. What freedom to destash this way!

Why did I have such a build up of spray paints?

I only saw spray paints at WalMart and the such and they didn’t have the exact colors I wanted but I kept trying to find colors I loved. They weren’t expensive at all so it was easy to just try a new one.
These are oil based which means they really build up on stencils (but I can’t resist using stencils with them!)
They leave my hands super sticky if I don’t wear gloves. I hate wearing gloves.
They stink of spray paint chemicals. Not a surprise, but still a strong odor.

At some point I learned a better way to spray paint.

A water based spray paint had less of an odor, would wash off of stencils after being soaked in water, washed off my hands with soap and water, had my colors and always had my colors available, not just for one season. Here’s the brand I use most often now.

With the attitude of “Use it or lose it” I was totally free to see what happened, to experiment, and to have fun with color even if they weren’t my usual rainbow colors. Here is just one of papers I made with the Dream Landscape stencil while attempting to use up 30+ cans of spray paint. You can see more of what I was up to over on Instagram. I’ve recently jumped into that and am becoming quite enamored with it! @carolyn_dube

Reality check after a full day of play.

There’s a lot more paint in one can than I expected, let alone 30+ cans. The cans that were full enough to donate have been given away and I extended my deadline by a day to use up the last remnants in the almost empty cans. Off to play some more!