Painting Rocks

 

 

Painting rocks has become a fun activity to share with children and adults.  Paint a rock, hide a rock, find a rock and re-hide a rock can be all part of the fun.  This is one of the activities in the
Sharing Creativity Project.

I decided to paint a base layer of white on my rocks. I used an inexpensive acrylic paint that one could find at Art & Sol, Hobby Lobby, Target, or Walmart.

Here's the fresh paint.

And I wrote a little saying on the back.

I sprayed a fixative over the rocks and they are ready to hide in fun places for others to find!  Hope you find a rock in Winona, Minnesota and it brings a little smile or joy for you.

Sharing Creativity Mixed Media Cards

 

This set of Sharing Creativity cards was created with watercolor paints. When the paint was dry I glued printed images that I gathered from magazines, pamphlets, etc. Hand written text was added last. 

I like the color way of this set.  The magazine images are from the Minnesota Conservation magazine.  The dark blue is ice as it is breaking up with light shining through.  The turtle card "You're Doing Great," is going to a friend who just had a baby.

These colors of blue and gold are quite fascinating.  More ice images.

If you have good

  thoughts they will

shine out of your

   face like sunbeams

                  and you will always              

                                                                      look lovely.

            Roald Dahl

                                                                        Easy Does It

                                                                                hope

Feel the caress 

of the Universe.

Listen

                        Do you hear magic?

Expect the Unexpected

To learn more about Sharing Creativity  click here.

Sharinig Creativity

 

 I joined a group called Sharing Creativity to help myself and others feel more connected in the time during a pandemic when we need to stay socially distant.  This project is part of Artists Respond: Combating Social Isolation, a project of Springboard for the Arts.  Jamie Schwaba, Managing Director for Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts is leading Sharing Creativity.  She got us thinking about how to share by introducing four projects that we can share with the community.  We each got a bag of materials and last Wednesday, November 11th, we joined her for a zoom meeting to learn more. We've started this week by making tiny notes that we will leave for people to brighten their day.  If we run out of people to pass them to, the Friendship Center will help us spread joy to those in need.

Here are some cards that I finished and are ready to give someone a lift.

I plan to leave this one on my neighbors door knob.

 

These two are going to dear friends who used to live in Winona.

Another friend is caring for her parents and I thought a little light may bring them joy.

 

 

Words to bring joy.  This is the first set.  The next set will have a more mixed media feeling with collages of images along with words and paint. I'm posting some of these on Instagram and Facebook, #sharingcreativityproject.  Stay tuned!  If you'd like to receive one of these little cards, send me a message at mleischen@gmail.com with your address or where you'd like me to leave you a note. 

 

I'm grateful for this project.  It's getting me using my hands and imagination and making again.  Some new fiber art pieces are going to be coming too.

Be well, be safe.