Happy Paint Party Friday

Last year I kind of went crazy with altering live pumpkins. It was trial and error, between spray painting a base coat and gessoing and then collaging or painting. I think I did a bit of everything. I don't know if I will do this again this year to the extent I did last year but I did pick up some artificial pumpkins and a few gourds with my employee discount at AC Moore where I am teaching some art journaling workshops. I put a layer of gesso on that one. Gee, do you think I was tired? I just realized I uploaded this picture twice. Sorry about that. If I delete it I might wipe out the entire post and have to start all over again and I do not have the energy or patience to do it again........ Last year the live pumpkins were shellacked so they lasted until just after Thanksgiving.The artificial ones will be around for awhile. Has anyone else done this with a pumpkin? Live or plastic? Thanks for visiting. Happy Paint Party Friday. Thank you to Kristin and Eva for hosting this. Hope you have a wonderful creative weekend. Kristin if you are reading this I need your snail mail address to mail you the accordion book because you are the 75th person to follow my blog. :)

Dance of the Pumpkins- The Finale

I actually made a lot more little ones, but they didn't all make it to the photo shoot because some were given away, some started to get mooshy making little messes on the dining room table. I stamped, stenciled, gessoed, painted, collaged and doodled........Gel pens and sharpie paint markers worked well on the largest pumpkin. The smaller ones were ok but I found I had to use a lighter touch so as not to peel the paint off. I'm not sure if black gesso might have worked better than the quick black spray paint. Might have to try it again next year. Collaging in the round was a bit of a challenge. :) Thanks for stopping in..................................xoxoxo................jo