Author Archives: Mama Cormier
New Flower (Sept. 19, 2019) – Coral Zinnia
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Five Small Paintings
….in lesson three after making stamps from a kneadable eraser
After playing with my homemade stamp I proceeded to create a bunch of small paintings using all the techniques taught by Carla Sonheim in Crazy Flowers 2, up to this point; watercolour scraping, abstract flowers using a Pilot Pen, mark making with unusual tools and stamps made from a kneadable eraser.
The lesson only wanted three paintings but I got a little carried away and did five. The first on is a bit busy but I quite like the rest.
Wordless Wednesday – Sept. 18, 2019
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New Flower (Sept. 18, 2019) – Pink Heritage Rose
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Tuesday Photo Challenge – Fuzzy
….thanks to Frank for hosting the Tuesday Photo Challenge





Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Pen, Pencils, Markers and Crayons
…thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge
New Flower (Sept. 17, 2019) – Obedient Plant
Eraser Stamping
….another interesting technique from Carla Sonheim’s ‘Crazy Flowers 2’ lessons
Instead of buying expensive stamps you can make stamps from kneadable erasers. Simply knead the eraser into a tube or cone shape and flatten one end till it’s about the size of a quarter. Then press the flat surface into something with texture or add marks with a pointy tool or the edge of a knife.

Pick up some ink from a stamp pad and try it on a scrap piece of paper first. You can play around with ghost printing and overlapping colours. Here is my sample sheet of flowers made using this technique.
The next assignment is to use all the techniques taught so far and create three small painting of abstract flowers.
















