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!!!!

In everything, love

I have some unfinished canvas hiding somewhere in my studio. Sometimes I got stuck while working on the art piece,  than the best solution is just to leave it for a while. Inspiration will come back and we will look at the (annoying) unfinished piece from different perspective and maybe with new inspiration. That happens often and we need to accept it and let it go... This canvas piece is an example if this experience...    

I tried and tried to finish this piece but it didn't speak to me at all...
                               

And than I decided to go through my stash of papers. I have lots of scrapbooking papers and also painted pages which I made myself (usually I just clean brush over piece of paper and I use it for a collage).

Patchwork Fairy

I wanted to show you my first painting of 2014:) I actually have started working on it on 31st of Dec but I finished her on 1st Jan 2014:). I used the patchwork method (which I named myself), it means that I created paper patchwork background, which was my starting point for the painting.      
   
  1. Tear pieces of interesting pattern paper and glue it to the canvas.          

       

2. Add white paint or gesso around each paper square to soften its edges. If you applied to much paint, wipe it off with baby wipes.

3. Outline some interesting shapes to create flowers, hearts or other additional objects surrounding the girl, than you are ready to outline our fairy. I used the watercolour crayon in a Bark color (dark brown)  

4. I also added some paint around the girl. If you are going for a vintage design, mint colour looks great!!!

5. I painted face and went for turquoise eyes:) I also added butterfly wings, printed from internet. I also added some brown ink to the edges to add more vintage feel to whole piece. And my fairy is ready!!!! I love her!!!! I hope that I encourage you to create your own. I will be teaching how to create this art piece in my upcoming workshop in Galway, Ireland.

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Christmas Art:)

I love creating special Christmas Art. I promised myself that every year I will be adding hand made items to my Christmas Decorations. I will be also selling my art work in Christmas markets so I came up with few ideas:                 My Christmas Cards                  

Christmas candle holders.                  Little gift for my friends wrapped in a quick but arty way:) 

 

Mixed media backgrounds

I think that creating backgrounds is my favourite part of painting process. I just make lots of layers, playing with different supplies and painting techniques. Some of them include: using brush, roller, sponge with acrylics, drawing with watercolour crayons, doodling with 3D fabric paint, collage with decorative paper and using hand made stamps:)           

 

 

 

      

 

 

Jewellery making in Poland

Poland is beautifully hot:) I am on holidays for 10 days visiting my home and parents here. My mum is very crafty and we decided to make some jewellery:) We share the same passion:) We were using different fabric, denim, burlap, vintage buttons and stones:)

My little Fairies:)

 Wikipedia is saying:

A fairy (also faery, faerie, fay, fae; euphemistically wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair folk, etc.)^[1] is a type of mythical being orlegendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural. Fairies resemble various beings of other mythologies, though even folklore that uses the term fairy offers many definitions. Sometimes the term describes any magical creature, includinggoblins or gnomes: at other times, the term only describes a specific type of more ethereal creature.^[2]

Fairies are generally described as human in appearance and having magical powers. Their origins are less clear in the folklore, being variously dead, or some form of demon, or a species completely independent of humans or angels.^[3] Folklorists have suggested that their actual origin lies in a conquered race living in hiding,^[4] or in religious beliefs that lost currency with the advent of Christianity.^[5] These explanations are not necessarily incompatible, and they may be traceable to multiple sources.

There is something magical and whimsical  about fairies and I love to capture it in my paintings: