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Eli~The Craft Roam
@eliharlan.bsky.social
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Sharing bsky art joy daily🍇 mixed media 🩷 art journaling ⭐ zentangle czt 💦 travel ✳️ thrifting ⚜️ LGBTQ+ally ☮️ retired in France 🇫🇷 nearly always waiting for paint to dry...
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It was a pleasure to visit the reconstructed Notre Dame. I created this #artjournal entry to feature my sketch, surrounded by collage, photos, and inks.
#Artadventcalendar #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #photos #journaling #sketch #ink #draw #doodle #Paris #notredame #onlybeautifulthings
Art journal spread with a background collaged with papers in neutral tones. The focal image is my hand-drawn illustration of Notre Dame's facade. 4 photos are on the spread that were taken inside. The design is enhanced by ink, decorative papers and journaling.
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Art journal spread... Thoroughly enjoyed the process of creating this wild garden of delight!
#artadventcalendar #artjournal #artyear #artsky #eomensary #mixedmedia #acrylicart #collage #expressive #flowers #grass #purple #pink #yellowochre #green #onlybeautifulthings
Art journal page featuring mixed media harden with pink- purple flowers, green leaves and grass, yellow buds. The garden was painted over collaged and white gesso.
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Fête des Lumiere! Dress rehearsal night. #holiday #Lyon #onlylyon #placedesterraux #lightshow #christmas #lights #fetdeslumieres #celebrate #food #ravioli #broccoli #tomato #fdl2025 #onlybeautifulthings
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Thanksgiving prep
No can opener? No problem!
#thanksgiving #kitchenskills #pumpkinpieproblems #bakinginfrance #pumpkinpie
Making pumpkin pie. This picture has a metal bowl filled with pumpkin pie ingredients: egg, pumpkin puree Top of canned pumpkin has a ragged rectangle cut in it with pumpkin remnants on top. A hand us holding a pair of kitchen scissors
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Painting in the art journal brings such freedom-- just try it. Try anything you want. I went with big flowers and used colors out of my regular zone. So much fun!
#mixedmedia #floral #acrylicart #paintpens #markmaking #artfreedom #tryit #originalart #artjournal #humanart #expressive #abstractart
An art journal spread with loose, large flowers in a variety of colors such as purple, white, red, or yellow, white, green. The corners of their page are painted dark and in the center of the whole spread are the words "try it." It's a fairly abstract and expressive art piece.
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
This is the biggest piece I've ever worked on, 12x12 feet. It's painted on a drop cloth. It is going to hang in an activity center.
#acrylicpaint #acrylicart #mural #tree #bird #birdsnest #birdhouse #stenciling #flowers #brown #green #dropcloth #artyear #artsky #onlybeautifulthings
This is a 12 by 12 feet drop clock. That is painted with a large tree. The trunk of the tree is painted with several different colors of brown in patterned stencils. There are green leaves. The ground has some green swirls representing grass, there are three flowers on the right-hand side. There is a window into the tree trunk. There is also a hanging bird house and on the left a bird's nest with a bird and an egg in it.
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Finished!
#mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #girl #colorful #collage #watercolor #watercolour #neocolorll #Derwent #inktensepencils #gesso #acrylic #paint #acrylicart #artjournal #polkadots #stripes #stars #hearts #pigtails #artyear #onlybeautifulthings
In art journal, spread, which is turned sideways with a little girl in pigtails with orange bows. She's wearing an orange, striped t-shirtand a pinnafore dress with sleeves that are like little angel wings the shoulders. The dress is white with bubbles in purple, orange, pink. The background is pale with washes of color in orange, pink with some patterns peeking through the underlayers. There's also a few strands of fairy lights at the top left and the top right has three hanging elements, a heart, a star and a flower. The whole page is outlined in dark purple.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
eliharlan.bsky.social
WIP~a class from Tam! @tamaralaporte.bsky.social
#mixedmedia #paint #painting #watercolor #watercolour #derwentinktense #neocolorll #collage #washitape #whitegesso #pigtails #girl #bows #wip #art #portrait #acrylicart #artclasses #artyear #onlybeautifulthings
A mixed media sketchbook work in progress of a little girl. This shows primarily the face which has been painted with watercolors. The rest of the portrait is sketched out. 2 Derwent Intense pencils, along with a blending stump and a small paintbrush sit on the lower, center A mixed media sketchbook work in progress of a little girl. This shows the face and hair which hve been painted with watercolors, She is wearing a dress with small flowers and big bubbles, sriped orange sleeves and bright orange bows.
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
ATCs, its been a hot minute. I'm glad to see you again. (lol, this new set had 18 but I cut one too small, oops)
#mixedmedia #ATC #artisttradingcards #smallart #purple #pink #blue #stencil #handcutstencil #collage #journaling #acrylicart #cutandpaste #artyear #words #onlybeautifulthings
A set of 17 ATCs or artist trading cards in purple, pink, and blue backgrounds with some collage elements on top.
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Lesson in creating tiny art by Kate Crane from the UK. I added mine to my art journal. #QUOTE Laugh as much as you breathe. Love as long as you live. ~Rumi
#mixedmedia #artjournal #artclass #repetition #ribbons #circles #stickles #flowers #butterflies #acrylicart #paint #acrylicpaint #words
November 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
October is for CANDY CORN!!!
Or, maybe not, if the shipping is just over twice the price of the bag 🎃🍬🎃🍬🎃🍬 ugh!!! Note: it'll take a month to get here... Mmm, that'll be fresh!
#candycorn #candy #October #spookyseason #trickortreat #shippingcosts #lol #halloween #traditions
Image of a webpage featuring a bag of Brach's candy corn for purchase. The price is €8.07 and shipping is €19.43 and will take nearly a month for delivery.
October 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Art jounal spread that began as 2 pieces from a #mastersheet (aixed media page that is decorated intuitively, turned over, and cut. The pieces bring a surprise, and can be stand alone or #fodder pieces. Can you find them?
#mixedmedia #paint #stencil #markmaking #collage #doodle
An art journal spread featuring two rectangular pieces that were created from a master sheet. A master sheet is a mixed media creation using paint, collage, stencils, markers, anything you can think of to create a random abstract background. The piece is then cut into a number of smaller pieces usually on the non-decorated side so that you get a surprise when you reveal the pieces you've cut. The rest of the page is just more mixed media creating an abstract decoration.
October 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Messing around with stencils and paint. So much fun. #mixedmedia #mixedmediabackground #paintedpapers #stencils #acrylicart #acrylicpaint #turquoise #purple #orange #copper #doodle #checkerboard
An old calendar/agenda page, framed in orange, is covered with patterned stencils using turquoise paint. A checkerboard was then created using purple squares with copper doodles in them.
October 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
A little drawing from the deck of our AirBnB: #London!
#mixedmedia #artjournal #architecture #londoneye #skyline #watercolor #watercolour #draw #sketch #paint #paintonpages #onpaper #colorful #altetedbook #makingart #makesmehappy
Art journal spread of part of the London skyline. Drawn with black ink and painted with blue and purple buildings. The London eye is visible on the left side.
October 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
When the thoughts in your head leak out... Lol. Just a fun online class with @dyanreaveley. She's a hoot.
#mixedmedia #collage #onpaper #artjournal #friends #colorful #magazinecutouts #cutandpaste #thoughts #images #artistbrain #handlettering #onlybeautifulthings
Art journal page with artist's head cut from a magazine. Out of the top of the head is a jumble of collaged images: trail, paint brushes, house plant, woman reading in a boat, mountain, heart on a string, cake, flowers, stacked tea cups, a hand with a heart, butterfly wings, pancakes, sun. Handwritten words say, "a spoonful of friends" and is written under a spoon with 2 girls in it.
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Since we moved into a new home recently, I thought this was the perfect quote.
#mixedmedia #acrylicart #artonpaper #onpaper #quote #text #doodles #home #heart #gelliprint #handlettered #handmade #purple #blue #gellyroll #zentangle #onlybeautifulthings
You'll find where air you roam that marble floors and gilded walls can never make a home. But every house where love abides and friendship is a guest is surely home and home sweet home for their the heart can rest. Henry Van Dyke
October 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Another #artjournal spread following a #wanderlust25class The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff~Carl Sagan
#mixedmedia #watercolor #watercolour #stars #cosmos #starstuff #stencils #onpaper #nightsky #artyear #ransomletters #quote #acrylicart #paint #acrylic #art #draw
Art journal spread with a backgrounf of purple, black, dark blue, watercolors. I stenciled paints over a magazine page and cut out stars from that painted paper. The quote from Carl Sagan, "The cosmos is within us. We are made of star stuff" is written in ransom letter style.
September 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
From a year-long course: Wanderlust 2025. Teacher @dinawakley is fabulous, always sharing tips, defining art concepts and celebrating freedom in creating. Fall inspired me to write a poem. (In ALT.) #mixedmedia #paint #acrylic #neocolorII #artjournal #poetry #fall #deepviolet #orange #turquoise
Art journal spread with a blue background with white stencilied images on top. Journaling is a poem I wrote The four stanzas were hand-written on brown paper and cut out to glue onto the spread: fall inhales summer's last breath. invigorated, he blasts a fierce gale dispatching summer's spent stipules which spring had long ago convened. The page is covered diagonally (upper left to lower right) with stylized leaves, flowers and buds.
September 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Creating another artist's work can be very insightful. Lois Dodd was my inspiration, from her painting "Cone Flowers."
#acrylicart #acrylicpaint #loisdodd #paint #painting #colormixing #colorful #coneflower #flowers #onlybeautifulthings
Inspired by Lois Dodd's painting, I painted "Cone Flowers". There are three blooms in pinks, purples and oranges. The background is green in varying shades
September 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Started by creating colorful alphabet letters and numbers. Then turned it into art as they became overall pattern and color.
#mixedmedia #neocolor2 #punchedletters #artjournal #alteredbook #colorful #paint #acrylicart #artyear #onpaper #draw #abstract #markmaking #onlybeautifulthings #originalart
It's an art journal page with an off-white background and punched letters from the alphabet going around the page. Starting at the bottom left, going straight up the side, across the top, down the right side, and across the bottom, and then there are numbers in the middle. The digits and letters form sort of an abstract spread of color and pattern.
September 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Acrylics R Us! Let's do this!
🎨🎨🎨
#repost3aday #supportacrylicartists #paint #colorful #turquoise #green #yellow #artyear #onlybeautifulthings #magazineclip #colormatching #flowers #scallops
September 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
This one went dark, fast. Inspired by an online #mixedmedia lesson by @jerneymarisha from the @everythingartuk 2025 classes.
#stormy #night #storm #mixedmedia #lightening #originalart #onpaper #artonpaper #artjournal #heart #prussianblue #violet #black #gold #clouds #sunset #onlybeautifulthings
This is an art journal page that features a black sky with slightly lighter blue clouds. The center has a two-strike lightning bolt and there's a smaller bolt on the left-hand side. The bottom has pink streaks that resemble the sun's last rays. There are stars in the upper sky and on the left lower half of the page there is a rainstorm.
September 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
What an incredible time spent in the mountains: hiking, learning, sharing, appreciating, remembering (grew up in #colorado mountains), eating, shopping. . . #chamonix #hiking #mountains #trail #clouds #photograpHER #phonetography #eastcoastkin #september #alpineadventure #france #onlybeautifulthings
Blue sky, mountain peaks with clouds hanging about, glacier looking like a river down the middle with 2/3rds of my face on the right side. Left hand is a grassy hillside in the sun with rocks in the foreground. Right is a dark mountain with clouds at its peak. Blue sky.
September 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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More mountain magic in the French Alps.
#photograpHER #eastcoastkin #chamonix #montblanc #getoutthere #cloudyday #layers #jagged #peaks #aiguilledumidi #altitude #mountains #mountainmonday
Picture of a mountain range in the French Alps that has many vertical striations. There are two layers of mountains, clouds in the left middle. The lower right is a glacier field. Photo looking up from the deck just below the peak of l'Aiguille du Midi in France. Top center is the summit. Sky is white with clouds.
September 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
eliharlan.bsky.social
Seriously!!! What an amazing day in the #alps Gorgeous- above the world and hiking in the mountains over #Chamonix
#stunday #bluESTsky #clearday #mountains #photograpHER #alpineadventure #france #getoutthere #takeahike #greatoutdoors #eastcoastkin
Blue sky over a jagged mountain peak covered with snow.
September 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM