My Little Red Riding Hood # Moj Maly Czerwony Kapturek

Hello Art Souls!!!

Witam Kreatywne Dusze!!!

This is a painting I made for a April challenge in Art Piaskownica blog.:) The rule was that I needed to use only 4 colors: Beige, Blue, Black and Red and because I LOVE fairy tales I decided to paint Red Riding Hood:)

Ten obraz namalowalam na Kwietniowe Wyzwanie dla blogu Art Piaskownica:) Zasada byla taka zeby uzyc czterech kolorow: Bezowego, Niebieskiego, Czarnego i Czerwonego. A poniewaz ja uwielbiam bajki, zdecydowalam sie namalowac Czerwonego Kapturka:)

In the background I decided to use different papers such as music sheet, dictionary paper and tissue paper, which gave more texture to the painting.

Do zbudowania tla zdecydowalam sie uzyc roznych papierow takich jak: nuty, strona ze slownika czy bibula prasowana, by dodac wiec tekstury.

To the hat I added paper doilies.

Do kapelusza dodalam papierowa serwetke

I also added little house for the grandma:)

Dodalam rowniez papierowy domek dla babci:)

And the forest:)

I las :)

Painting was created on a wooden block. I also painted sides and back of the block.

Obrazek zostal namalowany na bloku drewna. Boki i tyl bloku rowniez pomalowalam.

I hope you enjoyed this fairy tale girl:)

And make sure to visit Art Piaskownica blog:)

Mam nadzieje ze podobala wam sie moja bajkowa dziewczynka.

I koniecznie odwiedz bloga Art Piaskownic:)

xx

Sylwia

Draw It, Paint It, Collage it- tutorial

Hello again my arty souls:)

I am recently obsessed with collages. They are so simple and cheerful, that I just can't stop making them:))) So today I wanted to show you how do I make them and maybe I will encourage you also find this inner child inside you and play :)

I am very inspired by spring and little birds, which made a little nest under my roof:) I am so enjoying their singing:) That is why this art journal page has been created:)

I started by randomly applying some leftover of acrylic paint. I didn't think much about the colors...

 I gathered some scarps of papers and collage pieces from my painted pages. Sometimes when I watch TV I just draw random shapes (hearts, stars, flowers) than I cut them and use them in my paintings and collages.

I added collage pieces to the background

Just play with composition and remember to use contrasting colours

When I was happy with the collage pieces, I added more acrylic paint.

As for the bird, Firstly I put coat of gesso on thin piece of paper. The reason for that is that it allowed me to shade my bird with Faber Castell Gelatos and Pitt Pens. I drew my bird with watercolour pencil than I coloured it with Pitt Pens and Gelatos. I added a little bit of water for shading.

I cut the bird out and place it on my page

I added some writing and READY!!!:)

Other examples of recent collages in my art journal:

I hope you feel inspired to try playing with this technique :)))

Love,

Sylwia

Sea is calling me- projects for DT Cardz'n'Scrapz

Hey Arty Souls

I wanted to share with you two additional project I created for Cardz'n'Scrapz. All in the sea theme:)

Tutorial for this wall ornament you can find here

I decided to alter some paper bags and add personal touch to the gifts:) Tutorial here

xx

Sylwia

My baby room

Hello Friends!

I wanted to show you today how did I design my baby room:) It took me few months to finish it but I am really happy how did it turn out :)

This is a little collage which I came up with....Its very close to my heart and I framed it and put it in my bedroom...

And this is the ROOM!!! Well light is very bed for photos as the window is big. Three walls are painted with mint colour and one is painted with light pink/ salmon. I decided to design the whole room in a color pallet of mint, light pink, salmon with few accents of coral and turquoise (as it is favourite colour of TandiArt :))))

Makeover of chest of drawers. I painted it first with chalk paint and glue the fabric to the front of drawers...

Than I wanted to have little reading corner, so we put two shelves...

I made a little banner for a bump photo session and decided to hang it under the shelves:)

I got the bed cot from my friend and decided to paint it with a chalk paint. It wasn't easy and took me I guess two months to finish it but I am happy with it.:)

And of course I added few of my paintings in coordinated colours...

I also made those cute cot pockets for toys:) I ironed on prints of my paintings.

 

Decorated cot with pillows:)

I bought cheap paper lamp shade and decorated with hand made pom poms :)

My aunt made this pom pom rug for me :)

And my art work designed for my special little princess :)

In love with this baby shower gift. Its little carousel, which plays gentle music:) Love the vintage feel to it!!!

And my painted wooden houses...

 

I have to say that I am so proud of myself and my boyfriend that we decorated this room together:)))

I hope my babygirl will love it as much as we do :)

I hope you enjoed it!!!

xx

Sneak peak into my art journals

Apart of creating art on canvas and wooden blocks I also love playing in my art journals. They are great for trying new technique and art supplies; sketching new ideas and exploring. I have few art journals and depending on my mood I pick one to work in. I love altering old books or albums bought on sale and transferring them into unique journals.

Now have  a look at my journals and some of the pages:

My little Mermaid- mixed media art project

Hello Arty Friends:)

Today i wanted to introduce you to art project which I designed as a part of Design Team for Cardz'n'Scrapz shop in Cork, Ireland.

I created the painting and than I altered it with 3D elements. I also used papers and stamps by Graphic 45.

To find out more  about the creative process read here:)

I hope you enjoy it!

Sylwia :)

Mixed media whimsical houses

I decided to try something new:) I ordered wooden blocks (in a place where they cut wood) but this time in a house shape. I painted them, added some collage pieces and of course painted my girls on them. They will look great in my new nursery room ;-)

And this is a link to my YouTube video, where I speak about different surface I paint on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjZbwiymJg

Enjoy!!!!