Keep True

This canvas really stumped me!  I started out good but then just hit a wall, I think it may have to do with the color.  I know they say purple is the color of creativity but I'm not a purple girl.  Even though I don't like the color, I challenge myself to use it.  I'm hoping to have a creative purple break through one of these days, lol.  Well, this is what I came up with, I'd love to hear what you think:

The quote came from a BoBunny Marrakesh Die Cut that I've had for years.

The winged image is a rubon from Creative Imaginations & the lettering is done with Higgins Black Magic.

I used Gesso to stencil the frames and then again to stamp the circles

The base coat is Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic in Prism Violet blended with Holbein Gouache in Magenta.  I also used masking tape and specialty scrapbook paper.

Light the World

I just finished up tonight's painting.  Its a 11x14 canvas and the sentiment is "You are the Light of the World".  I started this painting yesterday and I had no idea what I was gonna paint so I picked out a yellow color and immediately thought, I need circles.  Then I thought green would be a good backdrop for my circles, from there I just started looking through my stash of scraps and found left over pieces of sheet music (I can't throw any scraps away, no matter how small, I always think I can use it somewhere).  I added the doily that I used as a stamp on my last painting and the embellishment on top.  The button is an earing I found at a garage sale.  I stamped on part of the sentiment and wrote in "Light".  That's it, I have to say I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out!

I used Golden Fluid Acrylics: Green Gold & Yellow Oxide, Liquitex Soft Body Acrylic: Indian Yellow & Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue, Grumbacher Gouache: Burnt Sienna, Cray-Pass Oil Pastel: Teal and Higgins Black Magic Ink

Added the scraps of sheet music I used on another painting and attached them using Golden Gel Medium

I added the doily I used to stamp my last painting and flower I cut from My Mind's Eye Laundry Line.  I inked the edges of the flowes with Tim  Holz Distress Ink: Vintage Photo

The embellishment is from Me & My Big Ideas, Soft Spoken

The wheel is an earing I found at a garage sale

Thanks for looking!!

Finally Friday - Pennies From Heaven

Happy Friday!  Where the heck did the week go?! 

Well, weekends are usually family time and I don't really get to paint or scrap so I thought I dig into my art journal for today's post.  This is a page I did back in August soon after I started to dabble into Mixed Media Art.  It was inspired by my niece Sarah who plays the sax and is section leader for the Goin Band (Texas Tech University - "Wreck 'Em Tech").  I used the sheet music from one of her final exams in my background and the heart pin belonged to my Mother, whom she looks a lot like.  The sentiment is from the lyrics of  "Pennies from Heaven"

Blessings

I was working on this painting on Thursday when we received the call from our son saying the baby was coming and they were already at the hospital.  We grabbed our stuff, picked up our youngest from school and then went straight to the hospital.  It was a long night and finally at 3:00 am our grand daughter was born.  She's the first girl in our family so we are all very excited.  Our son gave my husband the perfect birthday gift.  Unfortunately she's having a bit of trouble and is in the NICU, but luckily it's nothing major and she should be released very soon.  With all the excitement of her birth and my husband's birthday, I hadn't had a chance to get back to painting until today.  In light of everything that's happened over the last few days, I knew my sentiment had to be "Blessings" in honor of our newest addition :o)

I used a page from an old hymn book we found at an antique shop, scraps of scrapbooking paper and buttons that belonged to my Mom.



The hymn is "The Lord Bless You and Keep You".  I also used a stamp that reads, " For He Will Command his Angels concerning You to Guard You in all your Ways" Psalms 91:11





The hearts are actually the negative space of 12x12 scrapbook paper.  The orange paper was is in my scrap stash.

 

Let Your Faith Shine

This is last night's painting that I just finished up this morning.  I had the background done but needed to think about what I wanted to say; it reads, "Let Your Faith Shine".  Yesterday was kinda rough for me so I thought this sentiment was a good reminder to trust in God and let my faith guide me through the day.