Hi all! Tina Walker here with my latest collaboration challenge! I challenged artist to use the song lyrics of the 1967 song 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds', by the famous Beatles. I often am inspired both creativity and personally by song lyrics and will use the words as quotes on an art journal page or by the overall feeling of a song. I think what initially drew me into to this particular song is the hidden, and broadly interpreted words. They are psychedelic and wild, which I really love.
Artist could create any type of project, art journal pages, assemblage, weavings, multi media, textiles, and more, just as long as they use the lyrics as inspiration, and (of course) show innovative ways to use StencilGirl® stencils. You will LOVE what they created. Let's get to it!
"When i read the lyrics to the song, i knew I needed to incorporate as many of the pieces of the song as possible. I sketched up about 4 different versions of my project and had help from the family on final ideas. I love the final piece!"
Now this is a acid trip assemblage piece, jammed full of fun little bits. :)
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"My painting is about capturing the mood of the song Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. Of the many vivid images mentioned in the lyrics, I chose kaleidoscope eyes, sky, and diamonds. I painted a purple-haired hippie-type girl and gave her round stenciled shapes for eyes, hinting at both glasses and a kaleidoscope and giving her a dreamy feel. There is a subtle stenciled diamond in the background, and surrounding her head are tiny gold-embossed stenciled stars and words about reaching for the stars."
She is quite beautiful and unique. I can DEF see the inspiration.
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"What a fun challenge! Not only do I love trying to illustrate song lyrics, I love the Beatles and I love SG. I challenged myself to use as many SG stencils as I could and not much else. I used a Beatles album as my substrate. Funky song, wonderful challenge!"
STUNNING! The composition on this is so so stunning!
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"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is such a nostalgic song, reminding me of carefree days. When I listened to the song it evoked images in my mind which I then transformed into art in my journal- a boat on a river, cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head, and newspaper taxis to name a few."
Ann always has so much attention to detail. I can hear the lyrics now.
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"A recent interest in encaustic work inspired me to create this collage on a vintage book cover. I knew that the Jeanne Oliver stencil would be a perfect focal point to top off layers if book pages, wax, resin, oil paints, and stenciled pages. "
Oh be still my encaustic heart! The layers are so yummy!
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And now, my project. I went FULL ON ASSEMBLAGE and just couldn't stop. I used a variety of products and techniques, in addition to SG stencils and am absolutely thrilled with how it turned out.
I used almost every line of the song to incorporate the smallest of details....
her 'kaleidoscope eyes' were created with stencils Tiny Medallion and Decorative 6 petal, alcohol ink, and Shrinky Dinks. Yup, went back to my younger days and pulled out the OG of supplies. I created an eyeglass 'rim' with wire and am OBSESSED with the final look.
This project has jump started my return to assemblage art. I really love combining so many different projects, mediums to make OOK pieces. Make sure to zoom in to check out all of the lil' bits and details.
That is all for today. Be sure to check out my IG page to stay up to date on all of my happens....you might even see an additional Lucy in the sky with diamonds project. (MEGA HINT HINT)
See ya around...keep creating the mayhem!
These are fabulous!! That assemblage is Wooooooowwww!
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