tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266732582024-03-12T19:14:54.662-04:00Happy Little StudioCindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.comBlogger560125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-36431136829846505622014-09-22T08:00:00.000-04:002014-09-22T08:00:01.025-04:00From the Pages of my Sketchbook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Do you remember the spatter paint craze of the 80s? When I was a tween, one of my girlfriends got to spatter paint her bedroom walls. They were <i>totally rad</i>. I'm not sure why I never thought to incorporate spatters into my artwork back then, but I'm having awesome fun doing so now. There is just something so enjoyable about the spontaneity of spattering paint.<br />
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I wonder what other 80s trends will show up in my art...I <i>am</i> loving the neon colors that other artists are using. <i>Hmm...</i><br />
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Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-28669473430576995822014-09-17T09:58:00.000-04:002014-09-17T09:58:35.151-04:00From the Pages of My Sketchbook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-83009248644409441122014-09-15T08:00:00.000-04:002014-09-15T08:00:02.621-04:00From the Pages of My Sketchbook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Geese are definitely <i>not</i> my favorite bird. We have a pond in our neighborhood, and therefore, a lot of geese. They are loud and leave a mess everywhere, and when they land on your roof it scares you half to death - you wouldn't believe the noise! <i>But in the wild</i>, they're not so bad.<br />
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Regardless of my feelings towards this fella's (or gal's) kin, he (or she) was fun to sketch.<br />
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Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-6901807416662616162014-09-03T08:00:00.000-04:002014-09-03T08:46:40.992-04:00Building a watercolor palette.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Up until I painted <a href="http://cindytobey.blogspot.com/2014/06/watercolor-greetings.html" target="_blank">these cards</a> I had been using <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/items/00378-0249/#description" target="_blank">student grade watercolors</a>, which are great for sketching, but not for art that will be displayed. <i>Student grade watercolors usually fade over time</i>. Before painting the cards in the above link, I set up a watercolor palette with <i>artist quality</i> paints. I searched the internet for tips on creating my own palette, and while there is <i>some</i> information out there, it wasn't as much as I'd hoped for - so, I thought I'd add my own process to the mix of what's online. <br />
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I needed to keep this as cost effective as possible, so I selected <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/items/03095-4033/" target="_blank">a fairly inexpensive palette</a>. The quality seems to be pretty good, but the palette, including the mixing tray <i>does</i> stain, <i>which is not ideal for mixing transparent color</i>. I may purchase a non-staining mixing tray in the future.<br />
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Thankfully, I still had many tubes of artist quality watercolors from about ten years ago when I dabbled in the medium for a few months. I did have to buy a few colors to round out my palette. Many watercolor artists use a more limited palette, but <i>I love having a lot of colors to choose from</i>. I'd actually like more than the <i>thirty-three</i> that this palette holds. I'm sure once I've used these colors a while I'll find ones that I'm missing and will create another palette of color. <br />
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I started by roughing the palette up a bit with a slightly abrasive cleaner. I used Soft Scrub. I read that this will help the paint stay-put in the wells and keep your paint from beading up when mixing it in the tray. <i>I rinsed, and rinsed, and rinsed the palette to make sure all the cleaner was off - Soft Scrub laced paint - not good. </i>Once the palette was dry I started filling the wells with paint. As I filled the wells I noted what color was in each well on a sheet of scrap paper. <br />
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Once I had filled all the wells with paint, I left the palette open for a few days so the paint could dry and harden. Some paints may not dry completely, so if you want to travel with your palette you should research what brands and specific colors will dry hard and which ones will not. <br />
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Once dry, I lifted color from each swatch below the black line. To lift color, simply rewet the surface with clean water and blot with a clean rag or paper towel. This will show which colors stain. Most watercolorists use lifting regularly in their painting, and staining colors will not lift <i>completely </i>which is important to know when working on a painting.<br />
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Finally, I added the color name and brand to each painted swatch. <br />
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<i>I love my new palette!</i><br />
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If you have any questions, let me know in the comments. I'll leave you with the aftermath from building my palette. ;-)<br />
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<br />Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-57471637993695783932014-09-01T08:00:00.000-04:002014-09-01T08:00:10.816-04:00From the Pages of My Sketchbook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-82427740467712674562014-08-25T08:00:00.000-04:002014-08-25T08:00:10.080-04:00From the Pages of My Sketchbook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another flower sketch inspired by the beauty at <a href="http://www.meijergardens.org/" target="_blank">Frederik Meijer Gardens</a>. <i>I love that place</i>. <br />
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Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-62081122160024685762014-08-20T08:00:00.000-04:002014-08-20T08:00:05.162-04:00Crochet Coasters<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BFkals3kA_M/U-0wIG7kURI/AAAAAAAAFfM/Fk2IyYNZVoQ/s1600/Coasters%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BFkals3kA_M/U-0wIG7kURI/AAAAAAAAFfM/Fk2IyYNZVoQ/s1600/Coasters%2B3.jpg" /></a>Last week I shared <a href="http://cindytobey.blogspot.com/2014/08/mixed-media-daffodil.html" target="_blank">this card</a> that I painted for my sweet friend, Amy's birthday. I also made her these coasters. <br />
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There are a lot of crochet coaster patterns online, and while I did a lot of searching, I couldn't find <i>exactly </i>what I was looking for, so I improvised.<br />
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Simple rounds of single crochet are the base of my coasters, topped with two rounds of top stitching inspired by <a href="http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2013/12/super-simple-crocheted-coasters-are-the-perfect-tiny-gift.html" target="_blank">this pattern</a>, and wool stars inspired by <a href="http://sweetsweetthings.blogspot.fi/2012/12/glogia-ja-joulutunnelmaa.html" target="_blank">these coasters</a>.<br />
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You might have already guessed it, but with the top stitching and wool stars, these coasters make a slightly wobbly surface for narrow based glasses. They are, however, <i>perfect </i>for wider based vessels, such as coffee mugs.</div>
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<br />Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-47037095051372161182014-08-18T08:00:00.000-04:002014-08-18T08:00:09.319-04:00From the Pages of My Sketchbook<br />
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Yellow tulips. One of my favorite flowers. I kinda sorta love them.<br />
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This summer I have probably taken hundreds of flower photos. Yep. <i>Hundreds</i>. I see a beautiful bloom and I want to paint it. I'm just drawn to them. The colors, shapes and awesome textures get me <i>every single time</i>. Allan is constantly having to wait for me while I take another flower photo. Thankfully he doesn't mind. He's awesome like that. I'm saving most of these photos to paint from this winter when it's gray and gloomy here. I think that's a pretty good plan. ;-)<br />
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This daffodil, however, demanded to be painted right away on a greeting card for my dear friend Amy's birthday. <br />
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I'm taking a quick break from the fun and sun to share some of my summer artwork.<br />
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To celebrate our 19th wedding anniversary I painted this piece for Allan.<br />
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This year, rather than purchasing or paper crafting Mother's Day cards, I decided to paint them.<br />
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This Goldfinch for my mom.<br />
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And butterfly for my mother-in-law. <br />
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The end of the school year is <i>always</i> straight up craziness. Final projects, exams, recitals, parties, and for Moya and me (this year) a springtime cold/flu bug. Things are <i>finally</i> settling down a bit, though, Moya would disagree as she still has one more week of school and her finals, <i>but</i> I'm actually able to sit down and type up a blog post. <i>The first in over a month</i>. <br />
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Allan and I have been enjoying this spring by getting in lots of walks. This photo was taken over a month ago at <a href="http://www.eastgr.org/index.aspx?NID=170" target="_blank">Reeds Lake</a>, one of our favorite places in town.<br />
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We don't always walk down to <a href="http://gogaslight.com/crazy-charlies/" target="_blank">Crazy Charlie's</a> for fries when we visit Reeds Lake, but it's a fun treat every once in a while. <br />
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I'm really enjoying my Mother's Day gift, and I've gotten lots of great bird photos to paint from, but I've got to tell you, I had no idea how <i>fast</i> the birds would empty this feeder. <i>One day</i>. One! Sadly, it spends much more time empty than full of seed. <br />
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Allan chaperoned Elijah's field trip to Chicago. <i>They had so much fun</i>. The museum of Science & Industry, Willis Tower, The Bean, Giordano's pizza for dinner, and a historical boat tour of the city. All in one day. <i>They were so exhausted</i>. <br />
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This girl has been enjoying the warm weather as much as she can, even doing her homework outside. <i>Yes, that's our field of dandelions, er, backyard I mean.</i> <br />
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Elijah had a belt test a couple weeks ago. This was his first weapons test. He was <i>awesome</i>. <br />
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Now he is a Green Deputy. Only two and a half more years to first degree Black Belt status.<br />
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Elijah turned twelve on Sunday. Twelve. <i>Sigh.</i> <br />
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He always chooses donuts for his birthday. Since we are all gluten and dairy free I decided to make them this year. I added some strawberry puree to the batter and drizzled them with strawberry glaze. <i>Yum</i>. They were a success...which is not always the case when baking gluten free. ;-)<br />
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More sketches from last summer's adventures.<br />
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These seagulls were <i>relentless</i> while we ate our lunch...of course, my son and brother tossing them food<i> may </i>or may not have had something to do with that. At least it provided some good photos to paint from.<br />
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Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-41241671506953194442014-04-30T08:00:00.000-04:002014-04-30T08:00:09.906-04:00Sketchbook: Ludington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I'm sharing some more sketches from my 2013 summer vacation sketchbook.<br />
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My brother took us down some really awesome trails in his Jeep.<br />
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He also took us on the Silver Lake dunes in his Jeep, which was a first for me and <i>so fun</i>!<i> </i>He's pretty good at driving on those sand dunes. We had lunch on the beach there, which is where I spotted this pretty drift wood.<br />
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This floral sketch was inspired by some gorgeous blooms at <a href="http://www.meijergardens.org/" target="_blank">Fredrick Meijer Gardens</a>.<br />
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To render these flowers, I first used a water soluble marker to add all the purple line work in the petals. Next, I went over the lines with a water brush to both soften the lines and color the petals. Finally, I added highlights with a white paint marker. Now I totally could have painted the petals and gone back in to add the line work with paint and a detail brush, but, using a marker is a <i>whole lot faster</i>, which is <i>great</i> for sketching. If I were painting this as a final piece of art, I wouldn't use the marker, I would only use professional quality paint...and these flowers would take <i>a lot longer</i> to finish! :)<br />
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<br />Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-83664557237011446592014-04-23T09:00:00.000-04:002014-04-23T09:00:07.992-04:00Making Bracelets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bracelets have always been one of my favorite accessories, so when I came across <a href="http://makebraceletsblog.com/make-bracelets-video/" target="_blank">this Beaded Wrap Bracelet tutorial</a>, I knew I had to make one. Of course after I made one and realized how fun and easy it was, I had to make another.<br />
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Triangles. They are everywhere right now aren't they? Jewelry, clothing, home decor...I'm <i>loving</i> this trend. I really want to make a triangle quilt, but for now, decided to play with triangle pattern in my art journal. <br />
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This spread was created by cutting triangles from two of my bird drawings, notebook paper covered with handwritten Bible verses, and plain grid paper. After gluing the triangles down, I covered the spread with watered down gesso, and then added paint and doodling on top.<br />
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It was really fun to play with pattern on this spread. A lot more fun that I thought it would be. I just might need to recreate this on a canvas.<br />
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<br />Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-12233040979057944922014-04-16T09:00:00.000-04:002014-04-16T09:00:11.693-04:00From the Pages of My Sketchbook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, I'm back with even <i>more</i> bird sketches. I think they are my favorite subject to paint right now. On a side note, the birds outside our house were chirping like crazy this morning. I think the freak April snow confused them. <i>Poor little birdies.</i> <br />
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For this colorful fella I used <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/derwent-inktense-pencils/" target="_blank">Derwent Inktense Pencils</a> blended with a water brush. I love how vibrant the colors are and that the pencils blend so well with water.<br />
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Since I started focusing on painting again, I have <i>finally</i> filled my first sketchbook. It might sound silly, but this is a <i>big accomplishment </i>for me right now. I'm sticking with it and fitting...no, <i>making time</i> to make art <i>almost</i> every day now, which has been my intention for well over a year. I have several different sketchbooks that I'm currently using, but this is the first one with filled pages. <i> </i><br />
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My completed pocket Moleskine sketchbook. Started December 2013 and completed March 2014.<br />
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This little sketchbook will probably always hold a special place in my heart. Pages filled, a goal achieved, and hopefully the start of something much bigger.<br />
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We visited the butterflies at <a href="http://www.meijergardens.org/" target="_blank">Fredrick Meijer Gardens</a> again, and this time we brought the kids.<br />
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It was a <i>gorgeous</i> day, so after seeing the butterflies we took a walk outside. One of my favorite things about FMG is the art. They have a wonderful <a href="http://www.meijergardens.org/attractions/sculpture-collection/" target="_blank">sculpture collection</a>, mostly outside.<br />
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Siblings being siblings in front of this cool sculpture made out of letters. It's part of a trio titled, "I, you, she or he..." by Jaume Plensa. <br />
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Allan and Elijah especially like this one, "Neuron" by Roxy Paine.<br />
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The waterfall and koi pond is one of my favorite places at the gardens. If you ever get a chance to visit <a href="http://www.meijergardens.org/" target="_blank">FMG</a> you really should. <i>It's such a fun and beautiful place</i>. Moya and I have decided we'll be using our family membership to go for a walk here at least once a week this summer. <i>I can't wait</i>.<br />
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And I'm back with more feathered friends.<br />
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Interesting windows can be difficult to find, at least they are where I live, <i>but so fun to paint!</i> This window is from <a href="http://www.thinkdunes.com/little-sable-point-lighthouse-19/" target="_blank">this lighthouse</a>. I was there last summer and snapped the photo that inspired this painting, on the long climb up to the top.<br />
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Looking for interesting windows, that I can photograph and later paint, will definitely be on my agenda this summer. <br />
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<br />Cindy Tobeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14221627421328876491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673258.post-40763177358305229592014-04-02T10:00:00.000-04:002014-04-02T10:00:03.827-04:00From the Pages of My Sketchbook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This morning I awoke to birds chirping. <i>What a welcome sound it was! </i><br />
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Soon it will be warm enough to get outside and do some sketching. <i>Yay for spring!</i><br />
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This art journal spread was all about layers. <br />
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Layers of handwriting in waterproof ink, layers of fluid acrylics and layers of watercolors.
I'm still not super comfortable using the fluid acrylics. I need to watch some online videos about how to
use them. If you know of any good ones, please share a link in the comments. Thanks!<br />
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