This is a figurine that I bought some time ago and she didn't really fit in with the other witches in my collection. I like her much more now that I have given her a few changes, stuck her on a canvas and surrounded her with talisman from the Black Pullet.
Showing posts with label colorful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colorful. Show all posts
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Collages
This one looks a little weird in the picture, but in person it is so neat. The bug in the center was a broken figurine and he is sitting on top of some roses that were left over from another project. All of the flowers around him are from a pillow that started making when I was a teenager. My mother was trying to teach me needlepoint or crewel I'm not sure which. Either way I was never going to finish the pillow and so I was thrilled to chop it up and use it on this collage. I got my husband to cut the sun out of wood for me and I made the butterflies out of a costume jewelry bracelet that had broken and multi-colored feathers.
This is a figurine that I bought some time ago and she didn't really fit in with the other witches in my collection. I like her much more now that I have given her a few changes, stuck her on a canvas and surrounded her with talisman from the Black Pullet.
This is a figurine that I bought some time ago and she didn't really fit in with the other witches in my collection. I like her much more now that I have given her a few changes, stuck her on a canvas and surrounded her with talisman from the Black Pullet.Thursday, April 16, 2009
Colorful Boxes
These are more of the cigar boxes that Ryan brought home to me. They are done with acrylic paint and then antiqued to tone them down a little bit. I attached ceramic tiles around the sides (Ryan brought those home as well). I made these because I am going to do my first craft show in Thomasville, NC on May 2 and I wanted some inexpensive items to mix in to everything else. I'm hoping to get a few more done before the show with zodiac signs, and hobo signs or something. Hopefully people will like them.Monday, April 13, 2009
I Glued Some More Stuff Together
This is my Chinese restaurant collage I guess. You can't really see it in the picture, but I included a whole bunch of my fortune cookie fortunes on the different colored tiles. My cabinet of random stuff is finally emptying out. What I have been trying to do is use up all of my old art supplies before I am allowed to buy any new ones.I had a whole bunch of rocks and crystals and stuff leftover from other projects and I went kind of nuts gluing them on this old cabinet door. The dragon or dinosaur is a Krystonia figurine that was broken when I received it and so I was quite happy to find a use for it.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Colorful Cats
When I went to Spain I was absolutely mesmerized by the fantastic graffiti in Barcelona. It was gorgeous artwork, not just some kid scribbling Tammy loves BoBo or something like that. There was actual skill involved with all of the designs and the shading. Anyway, there was one narrow alley that one guy had taken over with his brightly colored animals including cats which inspired my kitty cat paintings above.Thursday, April 9, 2009
Tile Paintings
Whenever I go anywhere on the Mediterranean I buy ceramic tiles with artwork like this on them. I love the folk art designs and bright colors. It's also nice to have white outlines instead of more traditional black. These are some acrylic paintings that I have done based on my souvenir tiles.Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Newest Mosaics
These are two of my most recent mosaics. Please excuse all of the fingerprints on the mirror. My husband loves the one with the mirror because of the more realistic colors then I normally use.
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art,
colorful,
glass,
impressionist,
island,
lute,
mirror,
mosaic,
realism,
stained glass,
still life
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf Stained Glass Mosaic
I thought that this mosaic would be a really fun one to do because there is so much going on. It was actually really difficult to do though. Not only are there a lot of different characters but there is also an iridescent spiderweb and dark gray lines (to look like cracks in the wall) on the back ground. Fitting everything in proved to be quite irritating and a few mistakes were made because of trying to rush through it. Oddly enough with all of the anger that I had toward this one when making it, it is one of the few that we have hung up and we are quite attached to it. One thing that I really love about this one is that it was made entirely with leftover glass from other projects. The Marsh King's Daughter Stained Glass Mosaic
This is one of my favorites that I have made. I took my time with it and tried to add a lot of details. I spent a couple of weeks working on it, but all of the narrow lines in her outfit were really fun to do.In the actual story of The Marsh King's Daughter there were storks bowing to her. When I got my husband to cut the board for this one I forgot to allow for them and so I just added butterflies instead. I personally prefer the butterflies because of the nice colors.
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art,
blue,
butterflies,
butterfly,
colorful,
fairy tale,
folktale,
glass,
mosaic,
princess,
stained glass,
story
The Nightingale Stained Glass Mosaic
This is one of the first large stained glass mosaics that I have done. There are a few mistakes here and there, but I think for the most part I think it turned out pretty well. I like the story of The Nightingale because it seems to me to teach about having a certain respect for nature and understanding that something as precious as a nightingale can't be replaced with something that is man made.What you will mainly notice with everything that I make are the bright colors. That is what makes me smile and so almost everything that I make will be a kaleidoscope of colors.
Labels:
art,
bird,
chinese,
colorful,
fairy tale,
folktale,
glass,
mosaic,
nature,
nightingale,
stained glass
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