Twinkling H2O's and Finished Panting!

I finished my girlie and I think I am going to make a sister for her. I'm going to do another 6X6 to go with this one with a little girl and a moon. I want to tell you about a new product I used on the painting. They are called Twinkling H2O's by Luminarte. They are little wells of a dense powder that you mix with water. They turn into a watercolor, but they are extremely shiny and sparkly! I used the iridescent color to coat over my paint. I tried to get a good photo of how shiny it is so you can get the feel of them. Hopefully I did an ok job. They come in any color you can imagine and I totally want to get brighter colors and try them out. Right now I only have iridescent, gold and bronze. I originally found out about them in the Scrapbooking/Stamping world, but I really think they are great for mixed media as well. There is a 6 step demo on YouTube on how to use them with stamps. Just type in Twinkling H2O in the search engine. Let me know if you have ever used these before and how you like them.

My first purchased Prints and The Stargazer!

I recently purchased some beautiful prints from Pam Carriker and finally got them framed. They look so gorgeous on my green wall and match perfectly. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! Pam is one talented lady!

I also just sketched this little girl on a cute little 6X6 canvas. I am hopefully going to get a chance to finish it after the little one goes to bed tonight.

Peace

Painting Painting and more painting!

On Fridays my son goes to daycare at our good friend's house so that I can do some cleaning and have some mommy time. Well yesterday I got so much painting done and I was just in heaven! I finished my Landscape class paintings. I added some more shading on the trees with charcoal pencil, painted the sides and added berries to the trees. Then I started a little painting on a 5X7 wood block I got from Michaels for $1. I was inspired to paint on wood by Suzi Blu. She paints all of her paintings on wood and even uses a wood burner to outline her subjects. I didn't go that far, but I liked the feel of the wood. The paint really absorbs into it well and it was easy to shade. I finished off the piece with hot beeswax. Let me know what you think.

Painting Finished!

Ok, so I was up until 2am working on this and I'm pretty happy with her. I'm just not sure what I am going to name it yet. I finished off the piece with mica powders and beeswax.

Painting in Progress Part 2

Here is the second part of my current painting. I painted some trees and flowers and decided at the last minute to paint a cat. This is my first cat and I'm pretty happy with him. I love cats, but unfortunately I'm allergic to them. I grew up with cats and never had a problem, but somewhere along the line as an adult I became allergic...go figure. Anyway, let me know what you think so far. Please leave a comment. I love to read them and get to know who is looking at my blog!

New Painting in Progress

Well, I started this new painting from one of my sketches and I like how it's coming along so far. I sketched the girl and the hills at the same time and I wish I would have done the hills first and then put her over them. It was difficult to paint around her. I am also going to add some flowers and trees. I hope you like it.

Back to my creative Roots!

I have been busy painting two 12X12 landscapes for my mom, so I haven't been able to paint any of the sketches I have been working on. I am going to paint tonight, so I will take pictures of the progress and post them hopefully tomorrow. So, I thought I would post a few of the scrapbook pages that are near and dear to my heart. I haven't scrapbooked in awhile because I have been fulfilling my new found passion of painting, but I really miss it. I wish there was more time in the day...Anyway here are some pics. I hope you enjoy them.