Florence Turnour's Blog

I made the Junque Journal in  Julie Balzer's Make Your Own Junque Journal class.  I've made a bunch of junque journals, and a couple of books with watercolor paper, which I love working in. It's full of random gelli prints, nothing finished, and nothing that I'm unwilling to paint over. I'm hoping to add a lot to it during Creative Jumpstart. Today I painted a bird in my new Junque Journal, after watching  Mystele Kirkeeng 's video in Nathalie Kalbach's  Creative Jumpstart Workshop  series. Unidentifiable bird atop a branch of a mysterious variety of fruit.   Thanks for looking!

Day 30 Day 31 Day 32 Day 33 Day 34: Gant Gator Graduates (1) Day 35: Taking a look at a Gator photo Day 36: Gant Gator Graduates (2) Day 37 Day 38: Emergency backup drawing for a day I was too lazy to put on my paint pants Day 39 I made a couple of them into buttons. I'm going to have to think "round" when I design the next few. I definitely need buttons of these.  My projects from these 10 days were inspired by Ed Emberley's collage work on books he wrote with his daughter. Thanks for looking!

Here is my next batch. Day 20: Collage Day 21: Cardboard birds Day 22: Collage Day 23: Collage Day 24: Acrylic ink (dip pen) Day 25: Acrylic ink (dip pen) Day 26: Acrylic ink (dip pen) Day 27: Acrylic ink (brush and dip pen) Day 28: Acrylic ink (brush and dip pen) Check out them 2 mm pigs. Day 29: Acrylic ink (brush and dip pen) Most of these days up to day 29 are inspired by these books: Thanks for looking!

I made some new stencils to Gelli Print though. On this one, I drew on the print with black and white pen. I like the tree stencil, but I'm enjoying using the cut-out portion of it as a mask more. And last, here are some birds. I know many people use their Gelli Plate prints for collage, so this isn't revolutionary, but after printing with my stencils for a while, I notice that the masks look like they'd make great collage elements. Does anyone cut and then print on the little bits? Or does everyone print and then cut? I make my stencils from overhead projector slides. These are the masks Thanks for looking!

I decided it's time to get the photo references out for wings and legs. I started this one and realized that feathers are also an issue. This is my dunlin, in transparent watercolor (no gouache this tine).

Here is my second stack of birds inspired by  Carla Sonheim 's  Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals: A Mixed-Media Workshop . Yes, that's a yo yo. Thanks for looking.

I am enjoying my new book, Carla Sonheim 's Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals: A Mixed-Media Workshop . Here is my first stack of blob birds. Birds on a Twig