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Work in Progress from my little studio

By Marcia Beckett | February 6, 2011 - 10:59 pm |July 5, 2024 personal artwork

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In a little studio, a colorful mandala with intricate geometric patterns in red, blue, green, and orange unfolds on a white background.

Scrapbooking

By Marcia Beckett | February 2, 2011 - 5:46 pm |July 5, 2024 personal artwork

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A scrapbook page with three family photos from Christmas 2010, showcasing a visit with Santa. Perfect for DIY crafting enthusiasts interested in memory preservation!

New Christmas scrapbook pages. I have a Christmas scrapbook where I make two or three pages every year with pictures from that years’ Christmas. I have done it for about 6 years or so now… it’s fun to see how the family changes.

Collage Journal Pages

By Marcia Beckett | January 28, 2011 - 11:05 pm |July 5, 2024 personal artwork

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A vibrant collage features green scribbles in the center, bordered by pink and purple wavy and floral shapes on a yellow background.

Many of these are pages in progress and I’m trying to figure out what to do with them. For now they are saved in my journal, waiting for another day. I have a bunch of photographs I “warped” with bleach spray which I may put on top of the pages. We’ll see…

Sketchbook Pages

By Marcia Beckett | January 27, 2011 - 6:32 pm |July 5, 2024 personal artwork, sketchbook assignments

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An open sketchbook reveals an illustration of a dog on the left page and a woman with text on the right page.

Sketchbook Pages

By Marcia Beckett | January 26, 2011 - 4:07 am |July 5, 2024 personal artwork, sketchbook assignments

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Colorful abstract art with flowers, leaves, and text that reads "and under my feet here, and love in our hearts, today is the happiest birthday," as if painted on the pages of a sketchbook.

These are two pages I made while “taking” the online Strathmore Visual Journaling Course. Pam Carriker led us through the process of using photocopies of some of our old collages, cutting them up and adding layers of gesso and paint prints. The top one uses portions of old collages and the bottom page does not. With the bottom page, I started by painting circular shapes with watercolor paints. I did some writing with white pens and smears of chalk pastels. … Read more… →

Crusade #47

By Marcia Beckett | January 13, 2011 - 6:06 pm |July 5, 2024 personal artwork, sketchbook assignments

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A colorful journal page features red and green peppermint candy drawings with the words "under the tree," and "Christmas 2010.

Another challenge I recently discovered is Michelle Ward’s street team crusade. There is a new technique every month and then you post your results. This month the challenge is “It’s a Wrap”. You are supposed to incorporate wrapping paper, tags or cards into your artwork. This is some Christmas wrapping paper, combined with my own drawing and painting. Overall, for an experiment I am fine with how they turned out. I would like to have been able to glue down … Read more… →

Sketchbook Pages

By Marcia Beckett | January 10, 2011 - 6:04 pm |July 5, 2024 mixed media, personal artwork, sketchbook assignments, watercolor

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Abstract painting with colorful patterns, flowers, and geometric shapes on a light blue background. Spiral-bound sketchbook.

This last one will have text added to it later probably.

99 followers!

By Marcia Beckett | January 9, 2011 - 1:36 pm |July 5, 2024 personal artwork

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Wow! I have 99 followers! I decided that when I reach 100, I’m going to have a special giveaway. It will probably involve an art book or magazines from my stash. 🙂 And here is another sketchbook page, because i cannot post a pictureless entry!

Sketchbook Page

By Marcia Beckett | January 8, 2011 - 8:07 pm |July 5, 2024 personal artwork, sketchbook assignments, watercolor

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A colorful abstract painting with vibrant shapes and patterns in hues of red, orange, yellow, green, and blue, resembling an artful page from a sketchbook.

watercolor sketchbook page

Sketchbook Pages

By Marcia Beckett | January 6, 2011 - 4:13 am |July 5, 2024 mixed media, personal artwork, sketchbook assignments

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Watercolor painting of a brown bird with outstretched wings flying against a blue sky, captured on the pages of a sketchbook with spiral binding.

I’m following along with the Strathmore Visual Journaling Workshops and here a few of the pages I created so far. The first workshop is about taking copies of your previous artwork and cutting them up and reusing them on your journal pages. There are blank spaces left because I think she will be talking about writing and doodling next.

Sketchbook Challenge

By Marcia Beckett | January 2, 2011 - 6:06 pm |July 5, 2024 personal artwork, sketchbook assignments

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Illustration of a figure holding a giant paintbrush next to the text "The Sketchbook Challenge" with a purple border, highlighting the artistic journey.

I’m following the Sketchbook Challenge blog, as well as a couple online Strathmore Journaling Workshops. The theme of January for the Sketchbook Challenge is “Highly Prized”. What is most prized to you? To me, I started drawing scenes from around my home, which is the most prized thing in my life. Just sitting on the couch, petting my dog, watching my baby girl play on the floor is the most enjoyable part of my day. … Read more… →