"You Make Me Smile" - New Art Work on Canvas

And finally, the last of my set of three new pieces. 

"You Make Me Smile" is listed for sale in my Etsy shop.

 

 

 

 

Lots more art in progress to show you soon.

Hugs, Erin

Mixed Media on Canvas - Paint on Waxed Paper

A new mixed media piece done on a 8x10 canvas.  This piece was inspired by yet another online class I'm taking with Junelle Jacobsen. 



Close up of my new piece



Acrylic paint in varying shade were painted on wax paper

Wax paper was then cut into flower petal shapes (and leaves, not shown)



Corrugated paper was cut into vase-type shapes



Vase shapes were adhered with glue; flower petals and leaves adhered with gel medium;
vases painted with blue acrylic paint

 

Close up of a flower - this was stamped with word text, button glued to the middle,
black pen lined the petals and leaves for dimension with white paint pen added for highlight



Final piece - No title yet

Hope everyone had a lovely November (while I was busy with teenagers and chaos)!
Check back for tomorrow.  Hugs,  Erin

TGIF - Falll Watercolor Postcards

I'm participating in an art swap with a group of ladies that have taken or are taking "The Art of Wild Abandonment" class by Junelle Jacobsen and Christy Tomlinson. LOVE THIS CLASS!!

The second postcard below is the one I sent off to a lovely woman in N. Carolina. The other cards were created just because I wanted to.  I still need to watercolor the last one. It was fun to work in a small size, 3.5x5 inches, which is much smaller than I'm used to.

I hope you are enjoying your week and the upcoming weekend!
Hugs, Erin

Wordless Wednesday - Fall Flowers

Wordless Wednesday: Pretties

 

 

 

 

Happy Wednesday!  Hugs,  Erin

Mixed Media Painting on Canvas board - Orange Blossoms

This is another new Mixed Media painting done

on a 8x10 inch canvas board. 

The flowers are created with a organza-type ribbon

that was painted orange with yellow highlights. 

 and underneath is tissue paper with

the petals hand-drawn with black pen.

The stems are handcut from scrap paper,

painted with acrylics and then outlined with pen. 

The flowers and stems were also outlined with

 Faber-Castel markers for shading. 

Acrylic orange paint was splattered over the canvas board to finish.

 "Orange Blossoms"



 Close-up of the detail

Close-up of the flower dimension

This piece is also for sale in my Etsy store.

Hugs,  Erin



3 New Mixed Media Painting on 8x8 wrapped canvas

Here are three new pieces I finally finished. 

Each started with a layer of gel medium

and then scraps of neutral patterned paper. 

Then the addition of acrylic paint. 

 The flower and circles were done with a new foam stamp

 in two different paint colors.  Then I added ink for additional outline

and finally more acrylic paint for dimension. 

These are much different from my typical pieces

 but it was fun to try something different.

"Serenity"

 "Abstract Circle 1"

"Abstract Circle 2"

I hope you have been enjoying the month of August. 

With the kids starting back to school on August 16th

and then a suprise birthday party for my oldest son on the 18th

and his actual birthday on the 21st.  I have been very busy

but have managed to sneak in a few hours in the late evening

to do some sketching, art journaling and some more new pieces.

These will hopefully go up for sale, in my Etsy Store, very soon.

Happy Monday all!!

More new art coming up tomorrow.

Hugs, Erin

Art Journal Page - Flowers (with glitter glue)

I did these art journal pages a few weeks ago but haven't managed to post them yet.  They are bright and glittery, this was all about playing with color and the glitter glue.  Go play in your art journal!  It makes a girl happy.

Hugs,  Erin

Absent due to surgery...

Hello fellow readers/bloggers- I have been absent due to surgery on June 12, 2012. I have the best friends and family who have stayed with me (thanks honey), visited, called/texted/emailed to check in frequently, offered help where needed and of course loving support of my decision to finally have surgery.

So here's a few photos of the lovely flowers, plant and wine I received to wish me a speedy recovery and a Happy Birthday (on 6-19).

Love you all- Erin 🌸

New Mixed Media Canvas - Red Blossoms

This is my newest Mixed Media 8x10 Canvas art piece.

Enjoy...I sure enjoyed creating it.

Hugs,  Erin

New Canvas Painting - Untitled - Inspired by Donna Downey Canvas Create series

Donna Downey is very inspirational and I just love her Canvas Create series. 

One class per month for a whole year.  Woo Hoo!

Below is Donna's piece for the May - Canvas Create class

Below are photos of my version for the May Canvas Create class.

I used similar colors and started with a black canvas.

I used black acrylic paint as my base as

I didn't have black gesso on hand.

I wasn't sure I would like the black base

so didn't want to buy more supplies until I tried it out.

I was very happy with the final piece and like working over a black background. 
The black definitely gives dimension and depth to your paint.
These classes are helping me develop my own style. 

Hugs,  Erin