Paint Party Friday.

 Just checking in for this weeks Paint Party Friday.

This week I have been creating a little mixed media painting. It started out with acrylic paint as a base and then I used my new Portfoilo pastels to create layers of colour. I also added some collage to the background and to the 'little lady's' dress. Then some stenciling with some sequin waste and stamping with a handmade texture stamp in white  acrylic,

I am going to have to invest in a pastel fixative. If anyone can recommend a good make for fixing oil pastels I would welcome the advise.

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Thanks for visiting. x

WOYWW-Two for the Price of One.

The last few days I felt like working away from my usual workspace and just having a play with my Portfolio pastels whilst in front of the tele. Deciding not to plan anything in particular and not be concerned with whether anything worthwhile comes of it. So here is a peek at my temporary folding 'work desk'  and what I have been working on.

I started by laying down some acrylic paint as a base then used my pastels. Portfolio pastels are water soluble and they are wonderful when it comes to changing something you don't like. You just wipe it with a baby wipe and its gone.

I still have to give her some hair and work on her dress and do some more work to the background. Time for some collage, I think. The pink in the top corner with the white circles is some pink tissue paper stamped with acrylic paint. I just love using tissue paper, I love its transparency when adhered to a background.

This is how my usual work desk is looking.

A mess I think you will agree.

In the background you can see the WIP I featured in my last post. This is how it has progressed since then.

I have added some more citra solv papers to the back ground and penciled in a figure. I'm not completely happy with her so far but maybe that will change as she progresses.

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Paint Party Friday

Just a quick post to wish all my fellow Paint Party goers a Happy and Prosperous New Year and to share with you something I have been working on today.

It is the beginning of a background for a piece that will feature another of my young ladies. I have layered up some gelli prints and some citra solv papers and added some acrylic paint, gesso and some tissue paper stamped with a leaf stamp.

I hope you will stop by again to see how it progresses.

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Well my desk has been seeing more action recently than it has for the past month or so. This is how it looks today.

BEST WISHES FOR A VERY HAPPY

AND PROSPEROUS

NEW YEAR

XXX

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Just one last thing.......

I wasn't intending to post again until the New Year but I just had to share some good news.
I had a couple of mixed media paintings in a small exhibition in a local cafe which is well known in our area for showing original artworks for sale.

I am so pleased to say that they both sold. If you are a regular visitor you may have seen them before but here they are in their frames.

SOLD

SOLD

I was a little sad to part with the first one as I loved it so much.

That makes four paintings I have sold in two months. I have mentioned before that I have been contemplating making my work available online but I am a procrastinator. Maybe this is a sign to make that BIG step...........watch this space.

SEASONS GREETINGS TO YOU

&

HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE

IN THE

NEW YEAR

XXX

WOYWW

It has been a long time since my  last post. I have not been feeling very creative lately but I wanted to post one last time before Christmas.

I have had a Birthday since I was last here and I received a gift of some Portfolio water soluble oil pastels so I thought I would try them out but unfortunately I still couldn't get those creative juices flowing and produced nothing. However I did manage a Christmas themed tag (which did not include the use of the pastels).

I used a piece of corrugated card which I covered in glitter and the stylized Christmas tree is made from some leftover brown paper with random patterns stamped in black ink. I then distressed the edges with a distress ink pad.

I photographed this in terrible light and you can't appreciate the lustre of the tag. It looks much better in real life.

For my Birthday my daughter made me this lovely gift to put in my Art Room.

On that note I would like to wish all my visitors a very........

MERRY CHRISTMAS

& 

HAPPY NEW YEAR.  

XXX 

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This is how my desk looks this Wednesday.

You can see my latest WIP.

 I didn't apply my usual layers of collage for this background because I wanted it to have a more painterly look.  At first the background was very dull looking so I took inspiration for the colour from the Klimt portrait  you see in the background.

In reality the colour is a much more fiery shade of orange than the camera has picked up.

Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for all the lovely comments left recently .I really do appreciate them . Please accept my apologies if I have not responded personally or managed to return the favour by visiting your blog this past week.

Thanks for visiting. x