Today, I finished up my gouache flower painting by adding a blue background. I am really so happy with the results and plan to give this to a friend, as a gift. I had a bit of blue paint left over, so I added some sandy-colors and painted a cradled wood panel in a lovelyContinue reading “Mermaid Gazing Out to Sea and other things”
Category Archives: Found in my Etsy Shop
Windy Weather or A Chilly Spring
This painting started out as one thing and ended up as something completely different! Originally, I was envisioning the background of birds with a very colorful young woman. Not the usual skin tones, but lots of yellows, pinks, and lavenders. The birds are decoupaged on, and once the painting was finished, I had thought thatContinue reading “Windy Weather or A Chilly Spring”
Of Lemons and Oranges, Young Woman with Turquoise Background
For this painting, I started with my pale pink decoupage, sketched out my young woman, and then began adding another decoupaged background. As an artist, inspiration for a project can come from almost anywhere. As soon as I saw this napkin, I knew I had to use it as a background. Being a cocktail napkin,Continue reading “Of Lemons and Oranges, Young Woman with Turquoise Background”
Honey Bunch: Her First Summer on an Island, Copyright 1929, Red Cloth Cover, Vintage Book Altered Art Journal
This week’s Honey Bunch Altered Art Journal can be found in my Etsy shop at this link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1070931370/art-journal-altered-vintage-book-art