Inside Your Hand

Happy Sunday Evening! Woot! (Because I can!)

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and a love filled Valentine's day. My V-day was celebrated true to the style of my lovely bf and myself (aka: lots of wine, a yummy dinner and some amazing homemade valentines. I am hoping to post them up here so you can all get a look!) I was thoroughly surprised by Kyle's amazing gift of some knee high moccasin boots. So rad. You know it's love when a man buys you a gift that he knows you will love, despite the fact that he may despise it!

Above is a painting I did for a class last year. The stormy weather that is a-brewin' outside kinda reminds me of the background on this....
On another random note; the prompt for the painting was Nest.

Watercolor.

A Fish Out of Water

Soooo, I just consumed a ridiculously huge bowl of peanut butter puffins with banana and I have yoga in a half an hour. Smart move.

Anyway the point of this post isn't to rant about my obese breakfast, but to share with you my so super silly fish sculpture I made in ceramics. It is only in it's first stage of life, but a couple of firings in the kiln and some glaze and bam! I hope it turns out cool. We shall see and I will keep you all updated.

Lacey Valentine Heart How To

I came up with this idea while making some Valentine's for some special people. Who wants a cheesy heart shaped lace doily for V-day when you can make your own unique version??

You will need:
- watercolor paint
-masking fluid, preferably in a squeeze bottle with a small tip
-Paint brush
- watercolor paper or card

Step 1: Draw out two concentric heart shapes lightly with pencil. Using a squeeze bottle of masking fluid with a small tip, draw a lace pattern around the inner circle. The masking fluid is seen in blue.

Step 2: Once the masking fluid is completely dry (it will feel like rubber cement) you can paint the inner heart with your choice of colors. I used Winsor Newton Quinacradone Red and Alizarin Crimson. Let dry completely.Step 3: Paint the outer heart with another color. I used Winsor Newton Violet and Cotman Ultramarine.

Step 4: While the paint is still wet, paint on some lace detail on the outside of the heart.

Step 5: When all the paint is completely dry peel and rub off your masking fluid.

Here is the completed card!
I would love to hear from anyone who gives it a try!

Love Tree

This is a small painting I did for my friend Alexis' little baby that will be on the way soon. It is hard to tell from the picture, but the tree and it's little love fruits are actually cut outs with another layer of paper underneath. The texture of the tree was created using moist cheese cloth, dropping pigment onto it and once dry, removing the cheese cloth.

Watercolor.

Below are a couple of closeups, sorry for the reflections, I remembered to take pics after i had framed it.

Art Museum

Above are a few pieces I was drawn to at the S.B. Art Museum on Friday. Please excuse my crappy picture taking! :)

Plumpasaurus

I introduce you to Plumpy the fierce, flesh destroying Plumpasaurus.

Mixed media.

smarthistory

Mike, over @ The Wine Rack (aka: my dad), sent me an email about smarthistory, an interactive art history website. The site is pretty cool and is set up like a time line, but you also have the ability to search according to style, artist, time period and themes. It's kinda like a fancified text book, but way cooler. Check it out!

Thanks Dad!