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		<title>Quirky Dutch Summer #8 Guest: Bethany Kartchner</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Do you have no idea what &#8216;Quirky Dutch Summer&#8217; is all about? Read this post first. All the posts &#8211; newest at the top, oldest down below &#8211; can be found here. There is a flickr group for sharing right here. Quirky Dutch Summer is an event that wil run from June 12 &#8211; [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><img decoding="async" class="alignleft  wp-image-6802" title="dutch-delight-badge-groot" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dutch-delight-badge-groot-150x150.jpg" alt="quirky dutch summer, badge," width="150" height="150" srcset="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dutch-delight-badge-groot-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dutch-delight-badge-groot-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dutch-delight-badge-groot.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></p>
<p>Do you have no idea what &#8216;Quirky Dutch<br />
Summer&#8217; is all about? Read <a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/?p=6801" target="_blank">this post</a> first.<br />
All the posts &#8211; newest at the top, oldest<br />
down below &#8211; can be found <a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/?cat=458" target="_blank">here</a>. There is a<br />
flickr group for sharing right <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/quirkydutchsummer/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Quirky Dutch Summer is an event that<br />
wil run from June 12 &#8211; August 14. 2012.<br />
You will find an inspiring blogpost up on<br />
this blog every Tuesday during the Summer.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>If you use the given inspiration as a jumpstart for your artwork and you have<br />
blogged about it, or shared your work in the flickr group, please leave a link in<br />
a comment with the relevant post on this blog.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Heb je geen idee waar &#8216;Quirky Dutch Summer&#8217; (Grillige, Hollandse zomer)</span><br />
<span style="color: #000080;"> over gaat? Lees dan eerst <a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/?p=6801" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080;">deze post</span></a>. Alle &#8216;Quirky posts&#8217; kun je <a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/?cat=458" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080;">hier</span></a> op een</span><br />
<span style="color: #000080;"> rijtje vinden (de laatste post staat altijd bovenaan.) Quirky Dutch Summer<br />
heeft ook een eigen flickr groep, die</span> <span style="color: #000080;">vind je <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/quirkydutchsummer/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080;">hier</span></a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Quirky Dutch Summer is een online inspiratie blog-event waarbij 10 weken</span><br />
<span style="color: #000080;"> lang (van 12 juni t/m 14 augustus) elke dinsdag een inspirerende post op dit</span><br />
<span style="color: #000080;"> blog zal verschijnen. Heb je iets gemaakt n.a.v. één van de inspiratie-posts,</span><br />
<span style="color: #000080;"> zet je werk dan in de flickr groep en/of laat een link achter in een berichtje</span><br />
<span style="color: #000080;"> bij de betreffende post op dit blog.</span></p>
<p>I was only blogging for a few months when in 2009 I bumped into Bethany Kartchner and her artwork at the online SIS community. At that time, both Bethany and I concentrated mainly on scrapbooking. After SIS retired (btw, I still miss the SIS community!) we lost sight of each other for a while. I concentrated on art journaling but every now and then I visited Bethany&#8217;s blog and noticed that she too was exploring all different kinds of creativity. She developed from &#8216;scrapbooker&#8217; into a versatile &#8216; mixed media artist &#8216; and her blog is definitely worth a visit!</p>
<p>One of the techniques that Bethany is very good at (and that I know nothing about) is &#8216;plaster&#8217; and all kind of techniques known as &#8216; Encaustic &#8216; (working with texture, beeswax etc.) I am very happy that she wants to share her knowledge and even made a tutorial video about working with Joint Compound. I hope that the ones of you that never worked with thicker stuff than paper, paint and glue take this challenge to dip your toes in techniques with plaster. The floor is all yours now, Bethany!</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Ik was nog niet zo lang aan het bloggen toen ik in 2009, via het online scrapforum SIS, kennis maakte met Bethany Kartchner en haar werk. In die tijd waren zowel Bethany als ik voornamelijk bezig met scrapbooking. Na opheffing van SIS (een community die ik nog steeds mis!) verloren we elkaar een beetje uit het oog en bewandelden we andere wegen, maar zo nu en dan bezocht ik haar blog en zag dat ook Bethany haar creativiteit uitbreide en andere manieren van creëren onderzocht. Ze heeft zich de afgelopen jaren ontwikkeld tot een veelzijdige &#8216;mixed media artist&#8217; en haar blog is zeker een bezoekje waard!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Eén van de technieken waar Bethany goed in is (en waar ik zelf niets van weet) is &#8216;plaster&#8217; en technieken die bekend staan als &#8216;Encaustic&#8217; (zoals werken in bijenwas.) Ik ben heel blij dat ze in deze post een tip van de sluier oplicht zodat wij ook allemaal eens aan de slag kunnen met dikker materiaal dan verf en lijm&#8230; ik geef dan ook graag het woord aan Bethany!<br />
</span></p>
<h3>Bethany Kartchner</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bethany-portrait.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7935" title="bethany-portrait" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bethany-portrait-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>Bethany Kartchner is a highly<br />
published professional mixed-media<br />
artist and mother of six. Not only<br />
has her work appeared in numerous<br />
art magazines, but she has also been<br />
on exhibit at the <em>Buell Children&#8217;s</em><br />
<em> Museum</em> in Pueblo, Colorado.</p>
<p>She is a proud member of the<br />
<em>Laveen Art League</em> and frequently<br />
exhibits in their gallery. Bethany<br />
enjoys working with many medias<br />
including fabric, paper and paperclay.</p>
<p>Lately, her focus has changed from<br />
that of a die-hard scrapbooker,<br />
creating layouts to be placed in an<br />
album, to a mixed-media artist.<br />
This is a very exciting transition.</p>
<p>Yet, whatever media she chooses, her style can be defined as whimsical<br />
freestyle. The majority (if not all) of her work is cheerful and fun with<br />
bright colors and happy themes.</p>
<p>You can get to know Bethany better via her blog: <a href="http://www.creativeruminations.com/" target="_blank">Creative Ruminations</a></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Bethany Kartchner is een professionele mixed-media kunstenaar en moeder<br />
van zes kinderen. Niet alleen verscheen haar werk in talloze kunsttijdschriften,<br />
haar werk werd ook geëxposeerd in het <em>Buell Children&#8217;s Museum</em> in Pueblo<br />
(Colorado).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Ze is een trots lid van de <em>Art Laveen League</em> en haar werk is vaak te zien tijdens<br />
exposities in hun galerie. Bethany werkt met diverse media, waaronder textiel,<br />
papier en paperclay.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">De afgelopen tijd is haar focus veranderd. Van een &#8216;die-hard&#8217; scrapbooker &#8211;<br />
ze maakte traditionele lay-outs die in een album bewaard werden &#8211; veranderde<br />
Bethany in de mixed-media kunstenaar die ze heden ten dage is. Zelf noemt ze<br />
deze ontwikkeling een &#8216;spannende overgang.&#8217;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Echter, m</span><span style="color: #000080;">et welk materiaal Bethany ook aan de slag gaat, haar stijl kan altijd<br />
worden gedefinieerd als grillig en vrij. De meeste (zo niet alle) van haar werken<br />
zijn speels en levendig met heldere kleuren en vrolijke thema&#8217;s.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Leer Bethany beter leren kennen door haar blog te bezoeken:<br />
<a href="http://www.creativeruminations.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080;">Creative Ruminations</span></a></span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>#8 Playing with Acrylic and Joint Compound /</h3>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">Spelen met Acrylverf en &#8216;Joint Compound&#8217;***</span></h3>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><em>*** In Nederland moet je denken aan muurvuller zoals Alabastine of een goedkopere soort.</em> <em>Ik had zelf nog een restje, merk Perfax, liggen &#8211; maar ik vermoed dat ze bij winkels als de Action vast wel goedkope tubes hebben<br />
~ M. B.</em> </span></p>
<p>This summer, I&#8217;ve been experimenting with a variety of interesting materials including encaustic, watercolors and oil-based paint sticks. However, my new favorite material is joint compound. Judy Wise and Stephanie Lee&#8217;s <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Plaster-Studio-Mixed-Media-Techniques-Painting/dp/1440308152/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1343422002&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=plaster+studio" target="_blank">Plaster Studio</a></em> inspired me to try this amazingly versatile product and I&#8217;m hooked. Joint compound is very inexpensive, readily available in a home improvement store and accepts paints beautifully. When wet, you can add texture by drawing into it or by stamping into it with food container lids. When dry, you can sand it, scratch into it and paint it. It can be applied with a trowel, palette knife, or a stencil. Because of its thickness, it can even be molded! What&#8217;s not to love?</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Deze zomer heb ik geëxperimenteerd met een verscheidenheid aan interessante materialen met inbegrip van bijenwas, aquarelverf en olieverf. Nochtans, is mijn nieuwe favoriete materiaal joint compound. Judy Wise</span> <span style="color: #000080;">en Stephanie Lee&#8217;s<em> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Plaster-Studio-Mixed-Media-Techniques-Painting/dp/1440308152/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1343422002&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=plaster+studio" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080;">Plaster Studio</span></a></em> inspireerden mij om</span><span style="color: #000080;"> dit ongelooflijk veelzijdig product uit te proberen en nu ben ik verslaafd aan het spul! Het is heel goedkoop, verkrijgbaar in elke doe-het-zelf zaak en het neemt prachtig verf op. Als het nog nat is kun je er heel gemakkelijk textuur in maken door in de substantie te tekenen of er bijvoorbeeld doppen of dekseltjes van blikjes in te stempelen. Als het droog is kun je het schuren, er in krassen of met verf bewerken. Je kunt het verwerken met een troffel, een paletmet of een stencil gebruiken om vormen aan te brengen. Vanwege zijn dikte kun je het zelfs gieten, kortom &#8211; het heeft alles om van te houden!</span></p>
<p>The project that I&#8217;m demonstrating today is a simple one designed to jump start your own creativity. I hope that it gets your creative juices flowing!</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Het project dat ik vandaag laat zien heeft een eenvoudig ontwerp en is vooral bedoeld om jullie creativiteit te stimuleren. Ik hoop dat jullie vingers gaan jeuken om ook met dit materiaal aan de slag te gaan!</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-framed.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7966" title="Zoey-spots-framed" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-framed.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="598" srcset="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-framed.jpg 900w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-framed-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Materials:</p>
<ul>
<li>Joint Compound</li>
<li>Trowel</li>
<li>Background paper</li>
<li>Acrylic paints (I used DecoArt Americana brand.)</li>
<li>Baby wipes</li>
<li>Acrylic glazing medium (optional)</li>
<li>Stylus</li>
<li>Acrylic spray sealer</li>
<li>Sharpie (black)</li>
</ul>
<p>Materialen:</p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #000080;">Joint compound <em>(muurvuller ~ M.B.)</em><br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000080;">Troffel <em>(paletmes of oude creditkaart werkt ook ~ M.B.)</em></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000080;">Achtergrond papier </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000080;">Acrylverf (ik gebruikte het merk DecoArt Americana)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000080;">Baby doekjes</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000080;">Acryl beglazing middellange (optioneel) </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000080;">Schrijfstift <em>(bv embossing pen ~ M.B.)</em></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000080;">acryl spray sealer <em>(iets om je werk te &#8216;vernissen&#8217; bv gel medium of mod podge ~ M.B.)</em><br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000080;">Sharpie<em> (of andere permanent marker ~ M.B)</em> &#8211; zwart</span></li>
</ul>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gsERJJrSusg?rel=0" frameborder="0" width="420" height="315"></iframe></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Technique / <span style="color: #333399;">Techniek</span></strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Apply joint compound to the background paper using a trowel.<br />
If you&#8217;d like to smooth it out, remove excess joint compound<br />
from the trowel and lightly wet the trowel.<br />
Allow to dry about 24 hours.</li>
<li>Decide on a focal point. Apply acrylic paint circles randomly.<br />
The circles should be smaller near the focal point and get larger<br />
as you leave the focal area. Dry completely.</li>
<li>Using a stylus, scratch into the surface. This is hard. Work randomly.</li>
<li>Add color to the grooves either by adding paint and wiping away<br />
excess OR by using a black Sharpie marker.</li>
<li>Seal the piece with a glossy sealer.</li>
</ol>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ol>
<li><span style="color: #333399;">Breng de muurvuller met een troffel aan op de achtergrond.<br />
Als je het oppervlak gladder wilt hebben, verwijder dan het<br />
overtollige materiaal van je troffel en maak deze nat.<br />
Laat je werk ongeveer 24 uur drogen. <strong>LET OP:</strong> maak je gereedschap niet onder de kraan schoon, muurvuller kan de leidingen verstoppen! Veeg je gereedschap liever af met papier/oude doek.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333399;">Beslis waar het centrale punt van jouw werk moet komen te liggen.<br />
Breng vervolgens met acrylverf cirkels aan die kleiner worden<br />
naarmate ze in de buurt van het &#8216;focus punt&#8217; van je werk komen.<br />
Laat je werk daarna goed drogen.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333399;">Maak met behulp van een embossing pen of schrijfstift krassen<br />
in het oppervlak. Dit gaat nog niet zo makkelijk.<br />
Werk hierbij willekeurig.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333399;">Voeg kleur toe aan de groeven door ze met verf te bewerken en<br />
de overtollige verf weer weg te vegen. Je kunt ook met een marker<br />
de groeven benadrukken.<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333399;">Werk het totaal eventueel af door het (glanzend) te vernissen met<br />
een &#8216;sealer&#8217;<em> (je zou hiervoor bijv. gel medium of mod podge voor<br />
kunnen gebruiken ~ M.B.)</em></span></li>
</ol>
<p>(Click on each picture to enlarge / <span style="color: #000080;">klik op de foto&#8217;s voor vergrotingen</span>)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-CU1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7969" title="Zoey-spots-CU1" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-CU1-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" srcset="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-CU1-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-CU1.jpg 900w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-CU2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7970" title="Zoey-spots-CU2" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-CU2-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" srcset="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-CU2-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-CU2.jpg 900w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-black.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7968" title="Zoey-spots-black" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-black-300x204.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="204" srcset="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-black-300x204.jpg 300w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zoey-spots-black.jpg 900w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Thank you, Marit for inviting me to participate in your Dutch summer!</p>
<p>Bethany</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Dank je wel Marit, voor je uitnodiging om deel te nemen aan je &#8216;Dutch Summer.&#8217;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Bethany</span></p>
<p>&#8230; Well, thank YOU Bethany, for introducing me and my blogreaders to this technique! We don&#8217;t know the name &#8216;joint compound&#8217; here so I tried working with a similar material myself last weekend to find out which stuff to buy in the Netherlands &#8211;  &#8230; (that&#8217;s why the Dutch translation show extra comments, made by me M.B.) It gave indeed the same results and I love it!</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Omdat ik geen idee had wat bedoeld werd &#8216;joint compound&#8217;, heb ik voor jullie afgelopen weekend even een klein onderzoekje gedaan. Ik kwam tot de conclusie dat dit materiaal in Amerika gebruikt wordt om scheuren in muren te repareren en toen was de conclusie snel getrokken: het is muurvuller! Laat ik nu ook nog een tube van dat spul in huis hebben&#8230; zo kon ik het mooi meteen testen! Hier het resultaat van mijn werk en bevindingen.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/01-encaustic-QDS.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7988" title="01-encaustic-QDS" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/01-encaustic-QDS-290x300.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="300" srcset="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/01-encaustic-QDS-290x300.jpg 290w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/01-encaustic-QDS.jpg 800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px" /></a></p>
<pre>Joint compound with creditcard on thick cardboard.
Scratches: wet - embossing pen, dry - bookbinding awl.
Acrylic paint: red, brown, white, black.
Text: white sharpie.</pre>
<pre><span style="color: #000080;">Muurvuller met creditcard op dik karton.
Krassen: nat - embossing pen, droog - prikpen.
Acryl verf: rood, bruin, wit, zwart.
Tekst: witte sharpie.</span></pre>
<p><a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/02-encaustic-detail-QDS.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7993" title="02-encaustic-detail-QDS" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/02-encaustic-detail-QDS-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" srcset="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/02-encaustic-detail-QDS-224x300.jpg 224w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/02-encaustic-detail-QDS.jpg 500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px" /></a></p>
<p>Thick scratches on the left were made with an embossing tool while the joint compound was still wet, the thin lines/scratches (on the right) were made with a bookbinding awl, which has a sharp point like a needle. Grooves are coloured with black paint (see tutorial Bethany)</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">De dikke krassen links zijn gemaakt met een embossing pen in de nog natte laag muurvuller. De dunnere lijnen rechts zijn in de droge laag gekrast met een prikpen. De krassen zijn opgevuld met zwarte verf op de manier zoals Bethany in haar tutorial uitlegd.<br />
</span></p>
<p>Hope you have as much fun with this (new to me) technique as I had!</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Ik hoop dat jullie net zoveel plezier zullen hebben met deze (voor mij nieuwe) techniek als ik!</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #993300;">P.S. I will be back with an extra post tomorrow&#8230; stay tuned!</span></strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve made the deadline for Creatief met Foto&#8217;s , I wrote 17 articles (60 pages!) in twenty days and today was my first day off. YEAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess what I did 😀 I spend the afternoon creating! I worked in four different journals at once. None of the pages is finished yet, but I have something [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve made the deadline for <a href="http://www.creatiefmetfotos.nl/" target="_blank">Creatief met Foto&#8217;s</a> ,<br />
I wrote 17 articles (60 pages!) in twenty days and today<br />
was my first day off.<br />
YEAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Guess what I did 😀<br />
I spend the afternoon creating!<br />
I worked in four different journals at once.<br />
None of the pages is finished yet, but I have something else for you.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the 15th, so today is a new <a href="http://oneyearartjournal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Year in the Life of an Art Journal</a> prompt</p>
<p>AYITLOAAJ offers you three-part-prompts every 15th and 30th of the month,<br />
including a theme, a technique and a song. You can use any or all parts as the<br />
inspiration to create something.</p>
<p>This prompt was brought to you by Rachel.</p>
<p><strong>THE PROMPT</strong>: Really?!<br />
<strong>THE SONG</strong>: Tell Me Something I Don&#8217;t Know by Selena Gomez<br />
<strong>PRODUCT/TECHNIQUE</strong>: Speech bubbles</p>
<p><a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/01-really.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1580" title="01-really" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/01-really.jpg" alt="" width="950" height="915" srcset="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/01-really.jpg 950w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/01-really-300x288.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px" /></a></p>
<p>I hardly ever use speech bubbles, and it sounded like fun so that was my main<br />
inspiration for this page. When I saw this photo in a magazine (a just-married<br />
couple of gay-guys  &#8211; yes, homosexuals can marry in the Netherlands) I knew<br />
that I would use my favorite stamp-guys-heads with the funny pose and suits<br />
they&#8217;re wearing. I cut out the figures, gave them new heads and it was only<br />
after I&#8217;d done that, that I looked at the lyrics to see if I could use any of the<br />
words. I was happily surprised that the lyrics contained a perfect sentence.<br />
Sometimes everything falls into place!</p>
<p>And I have another &#8216;Really?!&#8217; to show you&#8230;</p>
<p>A few weeks ago, <a href="http://mbshaw.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mary Beth</a> had a give-away on her blog.</p>
<p>The prize was a beautiful piece of art, made by her.<br />
She also wrote &#8220;<em>We better hope that my hubby doesn&#8217;t read this post<br />
cause he really likes this piece</em>.&#8221;</p>
<p>I was delighted when I found out that I won.<br />
But I was really speechless when it arrived and I opened the box.<br />
Really?! Is this what I won? Oh my goodness, it&#8217;s fabulous!</p>
<p>Because Mary Beth was at Art Fest at the time, her hubby had mailed it off.<br />
Inside the box I found a nice, little note from him, that said that he was<br />
sad to see this piece go but: &#8216;That&#8217;s what happens when your wife is an artist:<br />
the most beautiful pieces leave the house &#8211; but since she&#8217;s an artist, she can<br />
make another one for me.&#8217; (or words of similar import) and that he was glad<br />
to send it to a loving home.  The note made me smile!</p>
<p>My beloved is as much in love with this art piece as I am.<br />
I put it on our side-table opposite the couch.<br />
It&#8217;s there for two days now.</p>
<p>And you know what&#8217;s weird?<br />
It becomes more beautiful every time we look at it!<br />
We both are touched by it, and it&#8217;s as if this feeling grows.<br />
Isn&#8217;t it amazing, that art can do that?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/02-marybeth-encaustic.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1581" title="02-marybeth-encaustic" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/02-marybeth-encaustic.jpg" alt="" width="950" height="950" srcset="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/02-marybeth-encaustic.jpg 950w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/02-marybeth-encaustic-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/02-marybeth-encaustic-300x300.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px" /></a></p>
<pre>(8x8) Encaustic with Wood Icing and Tar</pre>
<p>I hope you can see how awesome the structure is on this detail photo.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/03-marybeth-encaustic-detail.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1582" title="03-marybeth-encaustic-detail" src="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/03-marybeth-encaustic-detail.jpg" alt="" width="950" height="713" srcset="https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/03-marybeth-encaustic-detail.jpg 950w, https://www.maritspaperworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/03-marybeth-encaustic-detail-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px" /><br />
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<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to a nice, sunny and &#8211; above all &#8211; FREE weekend!<br />
I wish you all lovely days too, dear ones.<br />
See you on Tuesday!</p>
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