Lady of the Evening

Just in time for Christmas...
New art paintings on sale at Etsy

Acrylic Abstract

 

Do you believe in accidents can become art? That is what this is.  I squirted gesso on a canvas and then had a phone call and forgot that I had left it without spreading it out. About 2 hours later I came back and saw the design. To me it look kind of asian or oriental so I colored the lumps in black and loved it. So of course I just went with it and painted the background in a red acrylic. Then I used Tim Holtz distress ink for the edges and painted the sides black. You can buy it framed like the 2nd picture at Redbubble.com. If anyone is interested in the original go to my Etsy store. Thanks for stopping by!

It is a small world!

I can not believe how small this world is really getting thanks to the internet, blogs, and Facebook. I have taken a few class on the internet and found so many friends, then you see them on a blog you are following and now it seems I am finding them on Facebook. But here is the thing, so many of them know *my friends* as we are being inter-twined through our interest in the art world.  Take a look at my the blogs I am following and see who you know, it really is amazing.

I just finished another art piece from a class I have mentioned before, Suzi Blu - Les Petit Dolls.  If you have not visited her site, I highly recommend you check it out. There is a variety of classes and all of them are great. I am so hooked. I have dolls coming out of my ears now. As I get them done I put them aside for projects I can do at a later date. This is my latest project I just finished and I am sure there will be many more to come and will be selling them on Etsy soon. Hope you stop by to see them.

Work in progress

It's the Labor Day weekend so I sat down this evening and painted something that was a little different. I sketched this out but my hand at the top end of the pencil like a child might do. Then I painted gesso over it to make it a little scary looking. Now I am putting color in so I have some definition and hollow the eyes out a little more.  I am not sure how this is going to finish out, scary or just different. Stay tune to see the out come.
                                                             #1 - The beginning

#2 - Just a little different. Changed the shape of her face and put more color in.

#3 - Is she done????
       Anyone have some feedback????


Well, I have decided I like her so much that I am going to use some techniques that I have learned from my journal group, SoulJournaling which is a yahoo group. Sarah Whitmire teaches this group and has a few classes you can do for free. Sarah has been published several times in the Somerset Magazines. I have learned so much from this group. Please stop by and see what we are doing in this group....you will love it.
Visit us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoulJournaling/


So stay tune with this project. It is going from a thin piece of paper that I was just playing around on to a cool picture that will be put on board next.  Stay tune.......

Vacation time

It was a time of rest and relaxation. I went with my husband to one of his training classes and it rained off and on. I enjoyed my morning walks but after lunch here came the rain. So I took out my watercolor crayons and started playing. If you have never played around with this, it is easy to use and


perfect to carry on your vacation. This was a box of 12, and 2 brushes and 5x7 watercolor paper. You color just like it is a crayon, then wet your brush and and start moving the watercolor around....instant watercolor.

Original Paintings and Greeting Cards for sale

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Art and Soul Retreat

Anyone who loves to do ARTS and CRAFTS must visit this website: ArtandSoulRetreat.com . I have signed up for the the Hampton Retreat in April. It is a whole week of classes and meeting new artist friends, and just good times. Visit the site, then join up!

January Art Show

Tampa Artist Emporium

Vickie Fisher's Art can be found on ArtWanted.com

Come see my ART

Tampa Artist Emporium April Art Mixer

Our Hyde Park Village gallery is welcoming 15 new artists with a special reception on April 12th.
Join us for $5.00 photo shoots with Photographer Deborah Muller and a complimentary wine bar.
The event also introduces our new Charity Wall, this month featuring artwork by disabled men and women from the MacDonald Training Center, Inc. All Charity Wall art sale proceeds go directly to the partner charity.

WHEN: Saturday, April12, 2008, 5 – 9pm
WHERE: Tampa Artist Emporium
Hyde Park Village
(Across from Restaurant BT)
1618 Snow Ave.
Tampa, FL 33606
(813) 254-3443

For more information please visit:
www.tampaartistemporium.com