I may not have art done, but as you can see I have what it takes to get it done! I’m in the process of two paintings at the moment and they are both ever so close to being done… and then I got interrupted by this delicious delivery. We have before us, blender stumps… in a small size, I ran out of the little ones and was stuck using large ones on little pieces. We also have three yellow ochre primsacolor pencils. Mine was breaking every time I sharped it… and the lead was falling out. Very frustrating. I figured with three I’d get lucky enough to have at least one stay together.(I wrote to Prismacolor and explained my situation to them but I have not heard a word. I’ll be getting their physical address and mailing the busted up pencil and leads to them though) We have a set of gel pens for playing with on paintings. White is a MUST… sometimes paint brushes are just to big to add the white to the eyes so I use white gel pens. And with the variety of so many colors now I can play around with leaves, and flowers, and hearts, and butterflies, and, …. We have clear gesso, now I can take my Dr. art sketches and cut and paste them into my art journal and play with them there. And last but not least… We have Stonehenge paper. It’s truly like blending on butter. I was fortunate enough last year to be able to play in a journal made from this paper and I fell in lust. These pages are 8″x8″ which is exactly the size of the lumber my dad cut for me. SO!!!! I can spray my wood panels with adhesive and drop a Stonehenge paper on them and turn them into crazily ready to hang art pieces. I’m really excited about this. So after I finish up my last few 4″x4″ inch painting… I’ll be ready to move on to something bigger. I did the 4x4s for the economic state. But they are starting to sell in multiples, so I’m thinking maybe people will want something bigger! I sold three 4×4′s this week and want to give a very heartfelt thank you to my buyers! I’ll be posting the rest of my works on Etsy next week… as for now my Dr’s appointments are over for the duration of one month!
♥ Trick or Treat ♥
Another small 4×4″ done! This cutie was completed today with the addition of gold confetti stars. They just seemed to complete the missing element from this pizazzy piece. I used: ~~~ acrylic paints, primsacolor colored pencils, micron pens, gel gens, glitter glue, stickers, rubber stamps, rub ons, collage papers, confetti, and creative energy! I also used some rhinestones, and fingernail art stickers. I think she turned out just spooky enough! She was still wet as you can tell from the upper right hand corner. But when she’s dry she’ll look purr-fect! Next up on the easel is orange/pink smeared together with fingers…and awesome pigtails! How fun is that? What’s on your easel? And what do you keep on your desk to inspire you? Next week I’ll host a contest on just what painting I’ve done is on my desk inspiring me! Any idea!? If you post now and ask I’ll give a yay or nay, next week I’ll have to keep quiet though.
♥ I Have Your Heart ♥
This sassy little heart is created from a recycled shipping envelope. I had not idea that you could get such awesome envies until I got this one in the mail. Of course I saved it and put it in my recycle drawer. Yesterday while playing I had glued down the heart paper as a background for my journal entry and then I started digging through my “green” drawer and rediscovered this envelope! I knew right then how this journal entry would play out. I used the back side of the envelope, so thankfully I still have a full side to play with. The flowers are cut from the envie as are the leaves. I used gel pen on the edges and my aqua brush to blend a bit. The red hearts are stenciled on using a stencil sponge with rubber stamping ink, and the blue hearts are rubber-stamped. It was really an easy peazy piece of pie! Which reminds me I’m going to make banana bread today! And if I need to whisk my eggs I’ll be using one of Tammy’s Toys! Yep! It’s 2sday again and time for Show & Tell. Here’s this weeks:
♦ Tammy’s Toys Tuesday ♦
See you back tomorrow so I can share some more creativity with you! My comments section has been fixed so if you’d like to leave a comment I will love you all forever!
♥ I Need Chocolate ♥
You’ve had those days when nothing will satisfy you like a big chunk of chocolate just like me I bet. There’s something medicinal and soothing about chocolate. It’s one of God’s magic remedies. It’s tastes awesome, is actually good for you and it’s sooths the savage beasties in all of us. This painting expresses just how much this gal needs her chocolate fix! Thankfully she’s got a big bar ready for unwrapping. This started with layers of cream and red, then I added a wine berry color wash and started layering in colors that would go well with the paper I had chosen for her dress. Of course we had to put some brown in here as after all… chocolate is the deepest of browns. I used gold metallic paper to punch some hearts from to layer over stenciled brown hearts. I used gold leaf to make the piece more cohesive with the use of the gold hearts and the gold wrapper in her candy bar. The edges are dabbed with a rich and thick gold paint that helps to add extra texture and richness. Now, If you’ll excuse me… I hear some chocolate calling me from the kitchen!☺
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