Day at the Park

While at the park with my granddaughter, I found these leaves.  I knew I wanted to do something to remember such a beautiful, fun day.  I created a fall background on a stretched canvas and added the leaves.  They will eventually crumble, but then I'll have a background canvas to create something else.  I created the background by adding multiple layers of color and leave shapes. I used several different types of stencils including the TCW leaves stencil (that's the underlying gold leave shape), and even used these leaves sprayed with color wash.  I used several shades of pan pastels (blues, greens, oranges, browns, purple, yellow), TH distress inks (reds, greens), Golden paint (Iredescent Gold Deep - fine) and Adirondack (Stream & Terra Cotta) spray inks.  I just kept layering until I was satisfied with the result.

Fall Fun

I did this scarecrow in acrylics on a slate panel years ago.  I've always loved it and hang it during the Fall season.

Mickey and Minnie

Mickey and Minnie are painted on 8x10 canvas.  I painted them for my youngest granddaughter who is turning two next week.  She is all into Micky Mouse (the Disney Junior version).   I used acrylic paint, panpastels and Pitt Pens.

Shell Seeker

After a hurricane there are usually lots of shells washed to shore.  The weekend after Irene, I had the wonderful opportunity to go shell seeking several times.  One of those hunts was a hike down to the jetty at the tip of Bogue Banks.  We found lots of beautiful shells.  The image of the rocks and shells at the inlet just wouldn't leave my mind.  I had intended to create this scene on a canvas, but experimented instead in my art journal.  I may mount this on a wood board, haven't decided yet.

I created the rocks with Golden's pumice stone medium in several layers, the sand is real and so are the shells.  I painted the water with Golden's fluid acrylics and the sailboat with watercolors.  The sailboat is drawn from a real sailboat we watched the day before.  I was very pleased with the way it turned out.  Sometimes the image in my head doesn't translate to paper, this one did.

Remembering

Art Journal page to remember the ten year anniversary of the sacrifices made by so many to keep us safe.

Remembering 9-11

r'If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate'

~ Sandy Dahl, the wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl.

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