New Art 8x10 Mixed Media Canvas- The Owl Family

The first 2 photos are how this canvas started.

 So awful (in my opinion) but you have to go

thru the ugly phase to get to the end result. 

 

Below are the paper owls at the beginning,

cut out of patterned scrapbook  paper. 

I found templates online (Pinterest - love, love, love) 

for various Owls and modified them to make them my own.

Here are close-ups of the individual Owls.

 

And then the final piece.  Not my favorite piece but it was fun.

 

And of course I didn't realize the photos were

a tab blurry until uploading today, sorry.  You get the idea.  :)

Hugs,  Erin

"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

Polly Red Owl - New Art on Canvas

This is the second of the three new pieces I completed in December 2012. 

This one is called Polly Red Owl.  She is listed in my Etsy shop.

 

 

 

 

Check back tomorrow for more...

Hugs, Erin

Melody Blue Owl - New Art on Canvas

 Happy 2013 Everyone!  I have taken a much needed break from doing too much over the last few months.  Work has been too busy, home life too busy and the holidays....well, you guessed it.  Too busy!!  I took a vacation from work and life to spend 2.5 weeks at home with my kids.  they are 15 and 18 yrs old now, they will be off on their own before I know it.  It was a lazy, sleep late, movie watching, book reading, game playing, shopping, organizing and crafting vacation.  Lots of quality time with the kids which was a just perfect.

 

One of the things I did was some new artwork.  This is the first in a set of 3 new pieces.

This one is called Melody Blue Owl.  She is listed for sale in my Etsy shop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check back tomorrow for more....

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

New Art Piece on Canvas- "Pink Lotus"

My New Art Piece on a 12x36 canvas called "Pink Lotus".  This was created as part of the Donna Downey "Canvas Create" workshop, which is a monthly art class for one year.  This was the session for August 2012.

This is the largest piece I've completed to date.  Most of the background was completed with Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint, Gesso and my fingers.   The black is Ink, drawn by hand with the dropper.  Probaby would be better to use a paint brush next time but oh well.

I absolutely love all I learned!

And the final piece!

Hope you are having a great week.  Tomorrow is Friday.........happy day!

Hugs,  Erin

Painting in progress

I finally watched the August Canvas Create class

 by Donna Downey. I am working on a 12x36 Canvas

and loving it. Here a few photos of the process so far. 

Hopefully more painting this evening!!

Step one, paint on a big canvas with your fingers

And here is the first layer of paint

And now a second layer of paint

And a third layer ...free hand drawing with ink 

and then more paint with stencils

Hope you are enjoying your long Labor Day weekend
 (for those in the US).
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

Wordless Wednesday - Art Project Sneak Peak

Hugs, 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