Happy Monday to all! And thank you so much for the Fimo birdie love :)
Congratulations to Allyson Haskell for winning the giveaway at my Facebook page!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Flutter
Happy Monday to all! And thank you so much for the Fimo birdie love :)
Congratulations to Allyson Haskell for winning the giveaway at my Facebook page!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Three little fimo birds
All done! I painted them with acrylic & a coat of matte varnish.
It's Daniel's now because he asked me for it...how could I say no to Daniel :)
He wants to put it on the window above his desk in the new house.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Clay Birdies WIP
I cooked these little polymer clay birds this morning to be made into a mobile after I've painted them with acrylics. I'll show you the end result tomorrow.
The biggest one is 3 1/2 inches long from beak to tail.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Facebook giveaway!
I'm giving away this 4" x 6" original watercolor & collage at my Facebook page.
If you have a Facebook account you'll need to click on the "Like" button before leaving a comment on the photo. Head on over there if you'd like to participate :)
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Yellow Bird
Trying out something a bit different today.
Mixed media & digital collage. 9 x 12 inches.
Mixed media & digital collage. 9 x 12 inches.
Monday, June 21, 2010
New Rocks
I was immediately inspired to make some new hand painted stones
after I read my friend Margie's beautiful guest post at Indie Fixx.
The round stone is 6 inches in diameter, the biggest one I've painted yet!
These will all be companions to my succulent and cactus collection,
Manolo made a really nice place for them in the new house.
Hand painted with white acrylic ink & a very fine (No.1 or 2) round brush.
***The little white pebble vase is from my favorite ceramist:
Paula Valentim of Otchipotchi.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
The Orchids
They are thriving. This is the third time they bloomed since we moved here.
But the stems are getting a bit shorter each time. Who knows why.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Pressed plants
Little bits I've been collecting on our walks.
There has been a lot of football watching & not a lot of art making these past few days.
There has been a lot of football watching & not a lot of art making these past few days.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
They Draw & Cook
I was so happy & honored when Nate Padavick invited me to play at his wonderful site :)
Andale, ándale, ándale!!! Gracias Nate! Go see it full size at theydrawandcook.com
Monday, June 14, 2010
Sneak Peek Casa 5
1- Bare concrete wall in the living room that still needs to be buffed and sealed.
2- Unfinished bare concrete wall.
3- Dining room window.
4- Left side of the Kitchen. The door you see leads to the laundry room.
5- Private patio view from the dining room.
6- Right side of the kitchen are.
7- Part of our suite.
8- Our studio/school.
9- The view from every room in the house.
I've been meaning to post these since I took them a couple of weeks ago.
The house is starting to take shape and I'm getting more & more excited to move in.
There is still lots of work to be done but it's looking great!
Manolo outdid himself with this one!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Ma chère Jeanette
Watercolor & acrylic ink on handmade Twinrocker paper. 4" x 6".
Painted while watching (well, mostly hearing) the first half of the USA vs. England soccer game :)
Friday, June 11, 2010
Bird Banner
I made a little banner to put up over our bed with some fabric scraps from Repeat, green linen fabric in different hues and Japanese double gauze cotton
that I love and wanted to be able to look at everyday.
that I love and wanted to be able to look at everyday.
I recycled an old linen shirt that I dyed with coffee & applied some of my birdies
with iron-on transfer paper that I bought at an office supply shop.
with iron-on transfer paper that I bought at an office supply shop.
I bet one with kids artwork would also look great.
Hope you have a fun filled weekend :) I'll be watching a lot of soccer with Manolo.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
It's a wrap!
I wanted to share a sheet of custom wrapping paper I made this weekend
using a vintage postcard I painted with some corals & seaweeds.
I scanned the postcard & repeated the image a couple of times in Photoshop
and used them to make a mirror image until I liked the overall design.
I printed the finished design on my ink jet (Epson Stylus Photo R1800)
And cut out one of my printed fishies to make a custom gift tag.
I really liked how the pattern turned out,
I might use it to make a journal/book cover too.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Blue Blooms
Watercolor and acrylic ink on handmade Twinrocker paper. 6 x 8 inches
Here's a little sneak peek of our new house.
The photo above is the pretty view from what will be Daniel's room.
We'll be moving in the new house in 6 weeks!
There's a train that goes by several times a day below our house,
I hope we get used to all the choo-chooing :)
Friday, June 4, 2010
Leopard
Watercolor & acrylic ink on paper. 8" x 10"
Hope you have a fabulous weekend!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Snake Head
The minute I picked up that jacaranda seed pod I knew it was a sneak head :)
All it took was two paper fangs, a little bit of glue and my beloved white acrylic ink.
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