Sisterly Love

Ξ July 31st, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Art-tastic |

Mini “Sister” painting on Vellum Bristol Board. Using up all my scraps of bristol board while I await my UPS package I made this last night with my own sister in mind. (Hi Sis!) I have six more pieces of 5 x 5 left to play with and I’m having a great time making mini art with them. It’s a good way to practice and you don’t have to worry about wasting large pieces of expensive papers. While doing the smaller paintings and working in my art journal I have come up with some pretty clever ideas for larger paintings that I’ll be sketching out in my big brown book. I make a sloppy pencil drawing of my ideas as I get them so they don’t elude me. I got my order from Paper Source yesterday. I ordered Souffles and can’t wait to sit down with a piece of super glossy paper and make a pretty picture. They also have a wonderful assortment of brads and eyelets at very reasonable prices and lots of colors to choose from. Enjoy your Thursday and go create! God Bless!

Umbrella Flowers

Ξ July 31st, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Art-tastic, The Healing Garden |

This journal entry was inspired by gluing some leftover fibers to the corner of this paper. I left it over night, came back and I saw an umbrella, so I went with the idea of creating a garden spot of umbrella flowers. How perfect for keeping the sun off you on a hot summer day. I used painted paper and paint chips to cut the umbrellas from and added a spark of interest to each with a few stickers and some metallic embroidery threads. I will definitely make a bigger painting using the umbrella flower idea with lots of embellishments for jazzing them up. I think they are adorable. Stay in the shade and keep cool!