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

Sketchbook - watercolor crayons "Bloom"

This was done in my sketchbook with watercolor crayons.

It was inspired by a Pinterest image that I happened upon,

that stuck in my mind for a few weeks

 and finally made it to paper.

I hope you are having a fabulous week my friends.

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

New Mixed Media Canvas - Red Blossoms

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

Enjoy...I sure enjoyed creating it.

Hugs,  Erin

Mixed Media Canvas - Hearts Grow with Love

I think I have found my ultimate passion. 

Mixed media allows me to paint, craft, journal and create in my own style.

Below is my newest art creation,

a mixed media piece on a 12x12 Canvas Board

flowers were hand drawn with my new FAVORITE permaball pilot pen

from the Scarlet Lime mixed media shop,

texture was added with acrylic paint using stencils and bubble wrap on the background

heart shaped flowers, birds and leaves were handcut from scrapbook paper (as the base)

each heart and leaf was covered with acrylic paint

various stencils were used to create pattern and texture over the hearts

the hearts were then outlined with the permaball pilot pen

and some more close-ups of details

Remember to enjoy your family, friends and passions.  Life is too short to dwell on the challenges...

Go enjoy your Friday and your weekend.

Hugs,  Erin

Wordless Wednesday - Yellow Iris's

Hugs,  Erin