Mixed Media hearts #31hearts

For a few years now, I have been running a fun and cute heart challenge. Find or create hears in July. You can make one a day, but  as many as you can are fine too, the thing is to looks around and see if we find hearts in Nature or we can creat them as well.
Here are some I made in a page, I hope you enjoy the process! I used collage, washi tape and Lumiere acrylics.

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Painting hearts with acrylic paint

I'm doing again the #31hearts in July challenge, and this is  one of the videos  I made in a journal page. Fun to paint with interference paint!

 Make as many hearts as you want, it is fun!

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How to paint a Sacred Heart

Come paint hearts with me! In this video I made a Sacred Heart in my art journal. I hope you like the video. I had some paint trouble lol

https://youtu.be/IoBkolj2kRg

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More hearts

The world needs more heart and love. Lets all make it more loving and beautiful ♥
#31hearts

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heart art!

I am inviting everyone that wants to participate again in making #31hearts in July.
Sorry  for the late invitation but I have been SO crazy busy with organizing, packing and getting ready to move.... BUT come along, make as many hearts as you want, click in my tags to see some from the past and if you are in other networks, see if there are others playing along, using the hashtag.
I started to do do hearts in July to celebrate my anniversary and this year --because of the move-- my DH and I won't spend it together :o( But we will celebrate a couple of days early ♥ ♥ ♥
Anyway, come play along! Any materials, size, or experience level are welcome!

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Hearts in July

Hey guys! Like in every July for the last few years, I will be making "Hearst in July".... if you want to join me: find, make, photograph any and all hearts you find around... Have fun! Any number of hearts, although in the past I made 31, this month I have a full plate so I will make what I can ♥
My 1st one is also part of PPF and SOC "red red + metallic"
The photo is not showing the colors so wonderfully at this late hour, but you can still see them ;o)
I also want to let you know I am finishing details in a new online workshop, keep an eye over here!   (°‿~ )✌

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More gelli hearts

This one is so sweet but the colors are softer in person, my scanner got dramatic again :o)

Are you doing any hearts too?

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A Frida, a heart

Making random Fridas for the month July, along with more hearts!
I'm going to add color to her, just not sure if manually or digitally. Maybe both?

More gelatin mono-printing. I'm in love!

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Hearts!

One more time I'm running to chase myself and can't keep up hahaaha
I posted in FB an invitation about the "Hearts in July" project/activity. -Formerly known as 31 hearts- I don't call it a challenge necessarily, but I think I should since it seems to be a challenge just to come scan and post! (°‿~ )✌

Anyway, for those that did not see it in FB, feel free and totally invited to paint/create/find hearts around you. I picked July because it is our wedding anniversary month, and also because it is not fair that only February is all decorated with hearts ( ♥‿♥)

Here is one of my hearts, gelatine mono print, and digitally modified a bit just for fun:

Let me know if you make any hearts to go see them!
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Still the one

Today we celebrate our 21 year anniversary, my husband and I.
21 years in this roller-coaster life; Can't imagine a better partner to go through it, together. ♥

Our hands

Last year I made a whole month celebration with hearts, remember? HERE
But this time I am in so many things I can't even see my nose lol  Never the less... let's find hearts where we can!
That saying about to stop and smell the roses? It works. We must do it, -stop and enjoy- because life really goes fast.

This art is a re-post from my hearts:

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End of challenge

My last heart of the challenge:

And look what I found! I love this video!
... I guess some ideas are just in the general conscious mind ...?


Now I feel inspired to make some hearts like in the video. Like the pasta sauce on spaghetti! yummm

Thank you so much to the bloggy friends that participated! Which by the way, my blog anniversary is coming up soon! 7 years blogging. Wow.


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Almost done...

We are so close to the end of this challenge! Where did the month go?
Here's another cut paper, over textured paper, scanned, digitally messed up, I mean, enhanced, and cropped. I think it looks cool, in all the colors like that. Kind of pop-art.

This is how it started:

With all the trouble my thumb has been giving me, I am tempted to do a month of hands, but I am missing painting portraits already, so not sure if I am running another challenge, or just take it easy till the kids go back to school and my thumb is more cooperative.
There is a lot of video to edit, so I better work on that as well...

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Sunday hearts

I bumped into this interesting Matisse painting from 1939, and since the leaves look like hearts, well, it was necessary to include it as my posting for today.

I am always and forever overdoing my paintings because I like defining edges. That is my obsessive natural default I guess, but I have been working on it, to leave a more picturesque/ stylized/ abstracted forms, so I have mixed feelings about this artwork. My first impression is that it looks like a WIP to me :o)
But once that thought is left on the side, it is a fun piece, full of "broken rules".
What do you think?

In other topics, I am rather upset that I can't follow any more blogs. I have been trying to figure out what to do and seems that besides bookmarking or adding extra links on a gadget, I will also maybe have to clean my follow list, and take all the dead blogs off (there are some dormant for about 2 years), and the doll related can be moved to my dolls blog. That should give me more space.
Why should they give a limit, I wonder? It probably has to do with programming and someone's concepts. There's certainly room in a server  or application to add a bazillion of tiny markings. At least I think so!

OK, have a great rest of the weekend, or a good Monday, where ever you are!

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Love is all you need...?

I'm having fun with this hearts, can you tell?
For today, the design is also cut paper and digital play, plus a little whimsical silly mix of words by moi.

And the end result is:

"All you need is LOVE. And some paint, canvas, paper, brushes!
maybe a few stamps, ink... Definitely some medium to make texture with.
Oh! And a cellphone/camera/online thingie!"
 :oP

I hope you are having a fun creative beautiful weekend.


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Collage paper and digital

I made this heart with some awesome paper I bought from a local tiny shop. It is more expensive but hey, we have to help our local businesses! Plus is not like I was buying a truckload or anything :oD
So anyway, I cut a heart shape in white, scanned it with the fun paper...

then I went to play with the digital editing tools....

 

The end result is nice and soft, what do you all think? My two neurons were squeezed really hard to come up with those words lol

I hope the images are not shown too big, please let me know if they are over the border on the sides, i know every display is different.

There's more collage and digital play in the making, see you tomorrow!


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Kitties and hearts

I have slowly being painting the portrait I started and also am making a video as well, but it will be a while till it is ready. Here is a little peek of my WIP

For the hearts challenge I have this cute image with a bunch of kitties. Someone posted and re-posted in in FB so I don't really know where it came from, but since it is hearts I wanted to share it here as well:

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Wooden Heart & Video

I found this cool carving, from some old carvings made over a century ago

I love it! All woodcarvings are awesome, Whenever I see an angel carving I add it to my collection, well, if I can afford it! Some are very expensive, but I window shop just the same, for fun :oD

Also I want to share this video called "Heart's a mess". I love Gotye and this song ♥




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Keeping up

Wow, no idea why, if this challenge seems easier, I just can't keep up!
Maybe because of all the stuff that happens at the same time? No idea.
Well, my son had the cast removed, my thumb is been bugging me, I have been painting and making a new video, and I watched (again) the movie The Artist... love it!
That is the fast speed post for today, with bits of useless info and  unrelated random updates.
Here is the heart:

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Before the day is over!

Late I know... but it is still Sunday here! :o)
Well, these past couple of days have been busy, super hot (ranging from 116 and 102 -42 to 46 in Celsius), and I just made time to sit at the desk for quick comments and not a blog post. I still managed to chop some plants in my front flowerbed, came back in melted :oP

Here is a paper heart:

I love this new collage paper with big bold letters!
As soon as my thumb is better I will do something more elaborate. And I have to take pics of the portrait I'm working on too...
Have a good Monday ♥
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Kind of out of commission

This is the heart I made last night at the restaurant:

 

My right hand is out of commission for today. I went to the acupuncture and  I left with 2 tiny needles still stuck on my thumb. That's ok, they don't hurt as long as I don't move them, so I am keeping all artsy (or cooking!) activity to a minimum.

I was thinking to add a picture of my hand but some people will feel squirmish :oS

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