Bluetini

Two for the price of one.  So, I used this one for my Whale-A-Day blog too.  Cheating?  No!

At first the whale wasn't showing because using the black mastic really changed the color of the glass surrounding it.  But a little bit of white grout helped bring it out.

I am definately learning.

Still working with new medium

I did start a mosaic two days ago.  A small one.  You know I went and bought all my supplies and now I can't find my caulk gun.  Not like it is small. I am hoping it is buried in the trunk of my car that needs to be cleaned out. I will do a thorough search tomorrow and will find it.

I needed to use the silicone to finish this mosaic.  Funny, I finally bought my mastic to use and the two mosaics I come up with in my head, I need my silicone.  I am using the mastic on this project too, and that is turning out to be very messy.

I think mosaic is a somewhat messy artform, but using the mastic is super messy, especially since it is black.  Not sure I am liking it so far.  It certainly changes the color of the glass and does limit the glass I can use in a mosaic, which I don't like so much.  I am not giving up on this tool yet, I will keep playing with it.

New Focus

Well, this 365 mosaics isn't working for me.  I still want to mosaic, but I don't want to force myself to create something everyday...although maybe I should.

So, rather than doing a small mosaic everyday, I am going to start on one of the projects that has been in my head for years; and, the one that I sketched out just before I began the 365 Mosaics project.  since the blog's url is LisaKirbyArt, I think that I should be able to create whatever I want.

Some days I feel like doing mosaic, some I feel like dong other things, so I don't want to not do the other things because I have to create a mosaic (they do take hours).

I will use this blog to just express my artmaking and to show you my art.

I will continue to do my whale a day. (although I missed two days in a row--not making that a habit).

Art needs time to breathe

Well, another day without a mosaic.  Tomorrow is the day.  I swear!  I am going to mix the black acrylic paint into the entire tub of white mastic and then it will be on like Donkey Kong.  I am no longer afraid of the new tools and am ready to conquer them.

My head was all over the place yesterday, I wanted to journal, I wanted to draw, I wanted to mosaic, and I wanted to clean my closet.  I drew...and then played my seek and find game on my computer to just mellow the head.

This was a stressful week, and an irritable one too. I think I am coming out of it though.  Soooo looking forward to the weekend.

Mosaic Something

I've been a little busy.  These mosaics take hours, so some days I just don't have the time.  But I am beginning one (and hopefully finishing) tonight for posting tomorrow. 

I know today, when I was conjuring up an idea, a title of "stress" seemed appropriate, and I could somewhat picture what it would look like. But that was today; this is tonight.  

New Tools and No Art

I bought some supplies last night.  Pre-mixed mastic, pre-mixed adhesive/grout, black acrylic paint to color my premixed stuff, non-sanded grout that needs to be mixed, craft sticks, clear silicone and a good sponge for mosaics.

Then I got home mixed some black paint into my white mastic/grout (oops, meant to do just the mastic) and realized that when you use mastic, it will cover the lines drawn as a guide for the mosaic design.  

So there I sat staring at my mixed mastic and no design in my head.  Learning curve with the new tools.

No time today to figure out the new tools--have a busy day planned.  Tomorrow perhaps.

3 Whales

This one also counted for my Whale a Day project!

Click here to read the posting about this mosaic.