T-shirts on Sale....MY DESIGN !!!

 On SALE till Sunday at Cafepress!!!

Ethel the Elephant Kids Dark T-Shirt
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And another GIVEAWAY!!!

I think all my art buddies have gone crazy!! They are all doing giveaways and who doesn't like something that is made from one of your art buddies! This is done by Diane Salter and isn't it just yummy with layers and texture? You must go to Diane's Blog and read the instructions on how to win. You will also enjoy reading her blog "My Art Journal" where she has tutorials and information that you can learn all sorts of things. So what are you waiting for....jump on over there!

Good GOLLIE Miss Molly...the dancing skeleton!!!

SCREAM!!!!

 Did I tell you that I LOVE Halloween??
 

Artistic Halloween Queens is having a giveaway!  31 prizes in 31 days!  If you love Halloween and fabulous art of all kinds, run over there and check it out!!

Halloween Count Down

Halloween Countdowns at WiddlyTinks.com

Yes, it is count down to Halloween and I am trying to get some projects done before October.


I download a great skull from Graphic Fairy  where you can get images for free.

On the right is what it looked like before I changed a few things.

I put it on Photoshop and erased the letters, cleaned it up a bit and made it to a black and white. Then I was going to print a small picture of it out to use as a projects but mistakes are great! I actually printed it out on a 8x10 card stock. Well I loved it so much I decided to use charcoal and shade it.

Here is the outcome of a mistake.



 Not bad for a mistake!!!

Mistakes are great....work with them and see what you can create.


 Happy crafting!!!

Halloween cat

A few people have asked how I made this picture. They feel it and can 't figure what it is made from because it is so bendable like leather. So here is the receipt: The secret is old paper and Golden Soft Gel Medium. I took a very old page from a torn up book and I put soft gel the back side to protect paper. I painted the front side with acrylics and to make it a little more layered I painted the cat on some acrylic paper then cute it out and used soft gel to glue it on. After I painted the front I also put soft gel on the front side to protect it and antiqued the sides with ink. Then I punched holes in the top and hung wire and ribbons from it.  I am planing to make more and sell them in a garage sell coming up soon since I have had such a great response on them. Maybe I will do some witches next! Happy crafting!

Crafting, crafting...things I made for Halloween

Happy Labor day to everyone.  School has started, fall is just around the corner and crafting is in the air. Every year I procrastinate on getting some decorations made BEFORE the holidays so this year I started before August had ended. Yeah for me!!! This is probably the first time in history I have done this and I am determine to stay on this roll. Here are just a few things I have finished so far!!!

Folk Art Doll finished!

I told you I was on a new adventure right? I am taking a class online using air dry clay. Well, I just finished my first folk art doll and could not believe how much she matched one of my paintings. I had to put them together to take a picture and here it is.





I love this air dry clay I am using called DAS.  I don't know to much about it but I used to do a lot a of green-were in my younger days and this was very similar to it in its texture. But I love the fact that it is air dry.  I let it dry over night and paint it the next day. I thought it was paper clay but there really is now ingredients listed on the package It is also very easy to sand and shape. If you are looking for a quick gift to make this is a fun project to do.   The folk art doll was so much fun that I made a pumpkin and a bird but they are not finished yet but I will post pictures when I am done.  Oh, I have so many ideas to do!!!


If you are interested in taking this folk art doll class you can find it here.

New Class: Folk Art Doll

I am on a new adventure playing with paper clay and making a Folk Art Doll by Moriah Betterly. I found her on YouTube making a snowman and she made it look so easy so of course I just had to try one of her classes.  She has just finished her website and is offering this class for only $30.00. I KNOW!! What a DEAL, right!!! If you are interested in taking this class go visit her at:

http://www.artdollworkshops.com/

I am gathering everything I need for this class and hope to start in just a few days. I hope you will join in the fun!!

A new Blog I just found

My Art Journal: 100 Post Giveaway--Not 1, But 2!!

I found this new blog today "My Art Journal" and have really enjoyed reading all the post she has done. I sat and read for an hour going through all her articles and really liked "Help for anyone who would like to start selling their art at Shows." This is a must read!

Anyway, she has giveaways going on celebrating her 100th post. Step right over and get to reading and don't forget to sign up for the giveaway!

Playing with Collage

 The last couple of days I have been playing with 2 cigar boxes, paints, gel medium and collage paper. 

I found myself engrossed with the techniques. I did not want to put it down to eat, sleep or anything. It was like I was possessed.

I was first drawn to this cigar box because of it's size. It is 9x11 so it felt like the size of a book. Then there was all the different textures. It still had the cigar labels on it which were embossed, there were cuts, torn paper, writing in pencil and the best of all....the grain in the wood. It all just seemed to pull me in. Some people would have said it is just a cigar box, right. But I saw it as a canvas with art already going on. 

I started with gel medium and glued all the pieces of paper down. Covered parts of it with gesso and left other parts as it was. I then took Titan Buff by Golden (the best paints ever) and put a light coat over the parts I wanted to see. You should have seen all the texture just popping out, which lead to many other colors of paints. There were golds, browns, greens, blues, and paint that had Iron Oxide in it. Some of these were new colors that I learned about in Julie Prichard's online class "Color: Beyond the Basics."  There was so much depth going on but I still used some modeling paste in areas that still needed texture. I also used wax and shoe polish. 

Well, believe or not after few days had gone by, I managed to put it down and started on another box. This is the picture of the 2nd box which ended up to be more of a collage. So where is my first box you ask? It is sitting on the sidelines waiting for hardware to come in the mail. But here is a section of it and color does not even show like it does in person.

In a couple of days I will post the outcome but the most important part of all of this was how engrossed and possessed I got doing this project.

                                     Wow, was that fun!

Blog Giveaway!

MLB Studios is having a giveaway of an awesome Mad Hatter Sculpture. Click the link below to go to her blog and find out how you can enter.

http://mlbetterly.blogspot.com/2010/07/ado-wonderland-blog-event-and-giveaway.html

Art Saves

This week my friend, Sarah Whimire is guest curator of the awesome online community CRESCENDOh. Brought to us by Stampington's former Editor in Chief, the fabulous, Jenny Doh. The powerful message the community shares is that "Art Saves". So this week, Sarah Whitmire personal "Art Saves" story along with inspiring links is featured on the front page. Please go check it out. :)

To learn more about Sarah Whitmire, visit her Web site at caspiana.com.

Online Mixed Media Painting Class! LOOK!

Chris Cozen and Julie Prichard are teaching together online. The response to their first class, "Color: Beyond the Basics" has been so amazing!  I could not imagine how anyone could pass this up... I sure wish I had this class a couple of years a go..

This is NOT a Color Theory Class

This is NOT a "Basic" Class by any means...

Chris works for Golden Artist Colors....the class information is amazing!

You will learn so much.....Sign up today!!

Lady of the Evening

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

A Give Away!

I thought I would tell you about a newly discovered blog I found. My friend LuLu is having a great give away at coastalsistersnews.blogspot.com. I've been following her blog for the past month and it is divine! She has the best give aways!!! Go visit her blog now and sign up to follow her.....You will Love it!

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!

Christmas T-Shirt For Sale

Gifts for everyone!!!!

Just click here:
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You can buy Aprons, Cards, T-shirts and much more!

There is something for everyone!

Featured on Redbubble.com

I am so excited to be featured on the Redbubble.com website. "My little princes" is being featured in the "Art and Stories made for Children" group. I love free publicity!

Redbubble.com has the highest quality of products I have ever seen. You can buy greeting cards, poster, framed art, t-shirts and more. If you have never visited the site you must go to see the wonderful artist and photographers. It has something for everyone. Christmas is coming and you might find a gift for someone there...visit Redbubble.com now!

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.