"Sew Quick Sew Cute" Giveaway Results

Sorry I'm late with the giveaway results.

I had 169 entries in all. The winner of "Sew Quick Sew Cute" by Fiona Goble, picked by random is entry #:

Here are your random numbers:

129

Timestamp: 2014-05-26 00:16:49 UTC

This works out to be Anna Novello.  Congrats Anna and thanks for being so patient everyone.

Gail

Giveaway Winner

Hey everyone, time for the giveaway.

I had a total of 284 entries and Random Org picked the following:

Here are your random numbers:

6

Timestamp: 2014-04-17 18:58:50 UTC

That worked out to be Heidi Newsome.  Congratulations Heidi and thanks everyone for entering.

Have a great Easter everyone!

Gail

"Mastering Mosaics" Giveaway Results

Just a quick post to let you know the winner of "Mastering Mosaics" by Rayna Clark.



I had a total of 201 entries (wow!) and the winner by random draw is:

Here are your random numbers:

110

Timestamp: 2013-10-26 19:12:18 UTC

That works out to be,

Dessa Shepherd who left this comment on the blog:

Just came by your site and found exactly what I was looking for! A fun and easy way to create mosaics with my students. I have fourth graders and they will love this! Thanks :-)
P.S. The book would be well used in my classroom!

Congratulations Dessa! Please email your shipping address to:  thatartistwoman@shaw.ca so I can get that out to you right away.

Thanks everyone for entering, there are more giveaways to come!

Giveaway Results: Too Much Glue

Just a quick note to let you know the winner of the Too Much Glue giveaway.


I had a whopping 366 entries and the winner by random draw is:

Here are your random numbers:

72

Timestamp: 2013-08-24 17:51:04 UTC

Which works out to be Doreen Bailey-Bergman who left a comment on Facebook.
Thanks again everyone for entering.

Happy Canada Day and Giveaway Winner

Hope everyone is having a great Canada Day weekend.

Just stopping in to let you know the winner of the "Understanding Art: Hidden Lives of Masterpieces" DVD set.




I had 121 total entries.

The winner picked randomly was #28 which worked out to be Heather Gary.

Congratulations Heather and I'll see you all later in the week with some summer art activities.

Giveaway Winners

 
Never fails at this time of year.....I was hoping to give you the tutorial on the Grade 5 Christmas project but I have lost my light and can't take that cover shot.....that 1st photo I put at the beginning of the post to entice you.

The sun goes down at about 4:30pm this time of year (that's Canada for you) and I need that natural light.

So it will have to wait till tomorrow but here is just a little peek at part of it in process.

But we can still do the draw. This week we have 2 copies of the new book "The Complete Photo Guide to Beading" by Robin Atkins to giveaway.

I had a total of 87 entries and by random draw the winners are:

Here are your random numbers:

68
20

Timestamp: 2012-12-08 00:19:31 UTC




Which works out to be Susanne Terrick who sent me an email and Christine Symmes who commented on my Facebook page.

Congratulations ladies!


Thanks everyone for entering and check in tomorrow for the new tutorial.  Thanks again to Creative Publishing International and Quarry Books for sponsoring this giveaway.

CD Book and Giveaway Results

Well it's been one of those weeks....crazy busy and I totally missed the Friday post with the Giveaway winner.  My apologies, the winner will be announced at the end of this post.







This is a cute little book that fits in a CD cover. 

When you open it up the CD case keeps it standing upright for display.

You can click on the photo to see larger.











MATERIALS REQUIRED:

- CD case
- regular copier paper, 11x17 works well if you have it
- ruler
- scissors
- glue stick
- assorted scrap papers
- embellishments
- tacky glue
- liquid and disk tempera

PROCEDURE:

You have to make some careful measurements when making this book.  You want the book to fit perfectly in the case so you can close it.

Measure the dimensions of the case excluding the spine and take a 1/8 to a 1/4 of an inch off those dimensions.

Here I took a sheet of 11x17 paper and cut 2 strips that are 12x36 cm or 4 3/4"x 13 3/4".  This makes a 5 page book not counting the front cover.

Fold each strip into 3.

Using a glue stick glue the last page of one strip to the first page of the other strip.

You want them to completely cover one another.

Your book should fit perfectly in your CD case.  In order for it to close the paper must be under those little plastic flaps at the top and bottom of the case.

I prefer not to secure the front page to the case, like by taping or gluing, as this can make it harder to close.  When you open the book you just slide that front page back in place if needed.

For the front cover of this "SNOW" book I painted the paper blue, added some snow drifts with some paper that had white streamer glued to it as well as some newspaper that was painted white and then coated with glitter glue.

The letters were cut from white paper and outlined on the edges with silver sharpie.

I punched some holes out of white paper and glued those on for the snow.

When the cover is dry paint the backgrounds for the pages on the other side.  I did a light blue with dots made in white paint and the end of a paintbrush.

Darker blue with white circles from a toilet roll stamped in white paint.
Grey with painted on glitter.
Purple with white paint dropped in with an eye dropper and then blown with a straw for some snow covered trees.  Finally I used a white crayon to make some snow drifts, made dots in the sky with it as well and then painted in a sunset.  The crayon resisted the paint to make it look like it was snowing.



I glued on some snowflakes for the first page.  A little snowman made from painted paper scraps for the third, and then added text printed out from the computer and the cut and glued into place.

Embellish if you wish just choose fairly flat items so you can still close that case.

Now the giveaway winner for "Drawing Comics Lab" by Robyn Chapman.  A new release from Quarry Books.

I had 82 total entries and the winner by random draw is:

Here are your random numbers:

35

Timestamp: 2012-11-26 05:42:26 UTC

which is Lisa Wood who sent me this email:

"I would love a chance to win the Comics Lab book. Thanks for this new idea. I'm sure the students in my class would love it."

Congratulations Lisa and thanks everyone for entering.  Sorry again for the delay.

 

Happy Thanksgiving

So I'm off to the cabin for a few days but before I go I want to wish everyone a great Thanksgiving and if you are looking for something to do this long weekend you can always try one of these projects from the archives.


Fall Inchies

Paper roll Squirrels

Fall Banner (Grade 1 does this next week!)

Forest Gnomes

Paper bag Pumpkin


I have lots more Fall projects, just click on the word Fall at the top of this blog for a full listing and then click on the title of the project for full directions.

Before I leave let's pull the winning entry for this week's giveaway for "How to Make Stuffed Animals" by Sian Keegan.  Thanks again to my friends at Quarry Books for sponsoring this giveaway.  We had 83 total entries.

By random draw:

Here are your random numbers:

59

Timestamp: 2012-10-05 20:09:49 UTC

and the winner is

Melissa Roy Goodman who entered on Facebook.  Congrats!



See you next week with some spooky projects in time for Halloween.

 

In the Style of van Gogh: Painted Collage

One of my favorite paintings, especially this time of year, is "Siesta" by van Gogh, 1889 - 1890.  It also sometimes titled "Meridian" or "Rest".


I had the pleasure of seeing it in person at the Orsay in Paris and the texture of the brushstrokes immediately places you in that field.

What a good place to start with a painted paper collage.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

- wc or heavy sketch paper for painting
- newspaper
- brown kraft paper
- disk tempera, liquid tempera, and/or acrylic
- sponge
- scissors
- glue
- charcoal
- colored pencils or crayons
- reference photos

PROCEDURE:

So this is a 2 session project.  One for painting and one for cutting/pasting. 


Take your heavy sketch paper or wc paper, this will be your background substrate.

With blue paint  cover at least half the paper on the diagonal.  Now with kids I just have them paint the entire page.  Set aside to dry.

Newspaper is one of my favorite art materials.  You will need 3 1/2 sheets.

With the same blue paint you were using paint over one 1/2 sheet.  Add a little white so you have a page that goes from dark blue to light.


Set aside to dry.

Paint the next piece brown and one yellow.

Take the brown sheet.  Using liquid tempera and/or acrylic paint 1/2 of the sheet with darker colours and one with lighter colors.  You also want different brushstrokes for each half.


One side has skinny diagonals and one side has wavy.

It's up to you what you do just be consistent on the half.

Here on the yellow I'm using a piece of cardboard to make my lines.

Leave your newspaper to dry.

By now your background should be dry.

Grab your sponge.  Now it can be a sea sponge or a manufactured one.


Put a little white tempera or acrylic on a plate.

If using a manufactured sponge make sure your tear a chunk off.  You want an uneven surface on the sponge.

Sponge on some white paint on the diagonal.


I ask the kids to turn their hand each time they sponge so you get variation in the sponging.




Let dry.

Take your brown kraft paper and cut a rectangle that fits in the lower 1/2 or 2/3rds of your background.  I pencil in a mark on the kraft paper so I know where to cut.


Don't attach just yet.

Using the painted newspaper start cutting out the other parts of your background.


Here is the light field.

The medium value haystack.

The dark value haystack.

Using glue secure the pieces into place.

Add some pieces to the front, (foreground).







Now with crayon or

colored pencil add in some grass details onto the kraft paper.

With the blue paper you painted sketch out the figures.

Cut out and add to the collage.  For the faces, feet, and hands I used the reverse side of the painted newspaper.

Add some shading and details to the figures with charcoal and crayon/colored pencil.

You could also sketch out the figures on white paper.

Add colour and then cut and paste onto your collage.

That's it.

Onto the results for the giveaway of the DVD Series, "Understanding Art: Impressionism" with Waldemar Januszczak.

I had a total of 57 entries and the winner by random draw is:

Here are your random numbers:

33

Timestamp: 2012-09-28 19:35:59 UTC


Which works out to be Jess who left this comment,

"Hi Gail! I have you on my google reader and I always look forward to your blog. I teach art to grades 4-8. Would love to win the DVDs! Thanks for sharing your ideas. "

Congratulations Jess!  Please email me at thatartistwoman@shaw.ca so I can arrange delivery.   Thanks everyone for entering.

See you next week.