Welcome! I’m Carolyn Dube – This colorful journey is all about the freedom of play!
A leftover transparency made my black lines. Take an ordinary transparency. Notice this is a dirty, junky one. Use an Exacto knife to slice lines in it. 
Take paint and rub it around on top of the lines. 
Your paint will seep and be wonderfully splotchy in a random way.
Here are 3 that I did with just one application of paint. 
I then turned the stencil and did 3 more to create grids.
Soon I’ll be heading off to my first Art Is You in Danbury, CT. There’s a Seussian theme to this art event so my elementary teacher supplies came in so handy! I had a bunch of Seuss buttons that inspired my trades. A few stencils, a die cutting machine, plenty of paint, an old typewriter, paints, and viola! Trades.
Here’s the status of the art from my trip to Valley Ridge Art Studios for a the Raising the Bar weekend workshop with Michelle Ward:
2 are finished.
These 2 are waiting – waiting for me to decide if I want to leave them as they are or add more. I usually add more than these have but I just like looking at them. I may enjoy them for a while then I might be ready to add more to them….
This one is waiting for something silly.
This workshop pushed me out of my comfort zone and exposed me to things would not have on my own. Thanks Michelle for a great weekend of learning and great conversations.