Im guessing that alot of you will be visiting my blog on a Blog hop .. for Project 52 - Bad Girls..if So Welcome to my little piece of blog world! If you are not here for the Blog hop....why the heck don't you pop on over to the Project 52 Blog..and find out more about it! and Look at all the cool new stuff that's been posted over there!
This Week the prompt is
CHALLENGE #1 -Canvas (board, stretched, un-stretched, etc…)
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Theme – Hero (real, historical, fantasy, invented, comic, etc…)
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Required material - Natural item (dried flowers, skeletonized leaves, etc…)
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Challenge Group #1: Julie Ann, Aimee, Francesca, Kathryn, Tania
and here is my take on the Prompt .. i went for a Classic comic book hero for my canvas, and batman happens to be Sians Favourite so batman it was .. The sand is my Natural Item. and if you want to see how i created this piece I have done a step by step on my Tutorial Blog, pop over and have a look-see!
Ok now for visiting my blog today ... im going to show you 5 ways to apply paint without using a paint brush!
The brayer. Terrific for laying a thin layer of paint to a surface, and Looks great over surfaces with a bit of texture, as it only paints the raised surfaces.

A Palette knife. great for layering thick coats of paint, and paints mixed with texture paste. Used like a Bread Knife, to spread the medium onto the surface.

Foam Stamps .. great for applying paint, in a repetitive design.

Bubble Wrap is a great way to get a bit of variety in your paint. Simply brayer the paint onto the bubbly side of the bubble wrap and dab it onto your surface.

A credit card. (an old one preferably ....one that is maxed out will work as well :) ) simply pour a little paint onto your surface and pull the paint towards you using the edge of the card. Gives a great effect if you use two or more colours of paint.
And just one more, because this picture is too cute! ..
Finger painting .. get back to where our creativity started, those years where feet were allowed to come out the persons head, and they were allowed to have 15 fingers on one hand, the time before we were taught to conform. its time to get our fingers dirty , and release that inner child and create, Have Fun and create! No right ....no wrong .. just create!
It is our mission to provide a place for all artists to not only collaborate, but to join together in a journey that will enable a peaceful soul and a free spirit.....come to learn the true meaning of ART....
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Last 6 pictures from Google Images