masking tape Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/masking-tape/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Sat, 07 Apr 2018 20:41:56 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-site_icon3-32x32.jpg masking tape Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/masking-tape/ 32 32 Painting My Mind’s Eye – Abstract Color Fun! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/abstract-color-fun/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/abstract-color-fun/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:06:32 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=10105 I call this art journal spread “My Minds Eye.” It has one central element that resembles both an eye and a compass. Isn’t that how things are for visual people: seeing interesting things evokes all kinds of thoughts and lead to all sorts of paths? Like this morning when I had to stop on a […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/abstract-color-fun/feed/ 4 Intarsia in Watercolor https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intarsia-watercolor/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intarsia-watercolor/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:10:50 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=4235 Last week I visited a fascinating exhibition. The gallery displayed Yoshinobu Nakamura’s wood intarsia art. Yoshinobu Nakamura is a Japanese artist living in Finland. He creates masterpieces by combining tiny wooden pieces. I was deeply impressed how the characteristics of various tree species and specimens showed in his work. I wanted to try the subtle color scheme and some kind […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intarsia-watercolor/feed/ 27 Masking Tape Magic https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/masking-tape-magic/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/masking-tape-magic/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:19:00 +0000 http://whm11.louhi.net/~peonyand/?p=30 While reading the morning paper I saw this painting from Paivi Takala. It is made using masking tapes. Masking tapes! Surely I can do something for my art journal with them … I made a page about Japan and wrote how I love all the tiny stuff they produce from bonsai trees to small boxes. […]

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