painting ala carolyn

Inspired by Carolyn's 'Use Your Words' (it's a free series of inspirational and instructional videos) post, along with several others, I mimicked her painting.  You can see more contributions in the flickr group. A friend picked up a 12x12 canvas at a bargain and gifted it to me, just when I was feeling the need to try something other than collages and mail art.  Then I happened upon Carolyn's inspirational post......

  I copied this from Carolyn's Use Your Words (free tutorials) so please visit her to see how it's supposed to be done!  She has a button on her sidebar making it easy to find her lessons.

Version 1:

After living with this for a week or so, I've determined I need to make a few changes - I think the letters are too big and the top colors are too narrow and stripey.  So, a little rework is in order....let's see how it turns out....

Nope, still not feeling it.  Gesso to the rescue and going a whole different direction:

Maps, tissue paper and some of Karen's stamped tissue paper are the start of my next effort.  This 12x12 canvas may have LOTS of layers before I'm done!