I’ve been busy creating little works to sell at The Gallery at Town Center in Lake Forest Park. It’s a lovely little shop full of handmade items and beautiful art. It’s the perfect place to pick up a gift for a friend or a special item for your home.
Lots of different ideas to try for pop-up cards and birch panels
I love pairing words within my Art Angels so that they work together. Attitude, Joyful and Moment are all present. The pink background was a black and white image that I made and copied onto Astrobright paper. I’m thinking about placing the whole thing in a cello bag for giving.
Her smile is enigmatic. Sometimes she looks wistful. Sometimes she looks annoyed. Sometimes she looks amused and other times quite serious. I love her mouth, pink cheeks and big eyes. She lives in my creations and she is my Mona Lisa.
When we got the call that school was closed for the day due to 6 inches of new snow, I must admit I was relieved. At last an excuse to hide away from our schedule and just concentrate on some forgotten projects that were calling my name….
“Art Totem” All of my lovelies mounted on a paint stir stick and able to hang vertically. This little finch started off as a digital file. I outlined a photo of a Spice Finch and then added one of my collage paintings underneath.
These pink waterlilies are not glued to their backgrounds yet as I’m not sure what I want to do with them.
Here is the original waterlily. I found a photo that I liked and drew the lines on top. The coloring came from the photo so I could combine the realism of a photo with the line treatment of an illustration.
My lovely Muse sits atop a chipboard collage. She seems to like hovering there, don’t you think? I love figuring out which pieces should get glued together.
With all my extra Art Angels floating around, it’s fun to make some gift tags. Once I string some bakers twine through the holes, they will be all set to go with a present.
A Birthday valentine easily mailed to my friend. I love to paint backgrounds and then figure out the best place to cut out the heart shape. It crops and creates a unique background for my little art angel to live on.
Handmade angel ornaments made from paper clay. They look like cookies! I rolled out the paper clay and laid my printed angels out on top. Using a knife, I cut around the images leaving a little border. I didn’t realize that the clay shrinks as it dries so next time I will leave more room. Luckily I remembered to poke some holes for the wires beforehand too. It took a long time for the clay to harden up, over a week. Then I painted the dried clay with permanent ink so they would be colorful. Glued on my images with mat medium and coated with matte medium and matte varnish for a finished look. Then came the wires and sweet little glass pearl beads.
