I finally finished my cute whimsy girl.. She was made using water soluble crayons and acrylics with paper cuts added on top
Category: Art
New mixed media whimsy painting – Nereid
Yay! It’s the weekend. I started working on this painting last night, using one of the several layered backgrounds I made during my staycation. I had no idea what it would become and just let it evolve as I was making it. So it turned out that the painting wanted to be a sea nymph,…
Whimsical Rainbow Mermaid Painting
Hi all, I’m now on week 2 of my staycation and the time has just flown by. I’ve managed to finish a whimsical rainbow mermaid after taking a willowing online class. Whilst it was drying (on my macbook..oops) I popped out to the London Graphics Centre in Covent Garden to pick up a few art…
Various painting backgrounds in progress
My clothes dryer seems to have turned into a painting dryer…
Lifebook week 34 – painting a whimsical girl
I’ve finally managed to get on with more Lifebook lessons, I’m not really doing them in order at the moment as quite a few weeks involved collage and image transfers, and that isn’t really my thing, but I have prepared some imagery to do the lessons later on in the week. In this lesson we…
New Moth Lady Painting – Luna
I’ve finally finished Luna. Am not sure about the hair to be honest, I think it looked better when it was plain white.
Luna Moth painting
I decided to paint a Luna Moth for a new moth lady artwork. These moths are also known as Giant Silkworm Moths and are truly beautiful. My moth is a bit lopsided and the wingspan is much wider in real life, I was just a bit pushed for space…
Tutorial – Make a cool layered background
I wanted to make a layered background for a new moth lady painting and thought I would show you the process. I use Neocolor II water soluble crayons and acrylic paint in many layers to create an interesting textured base for my paintings. Firstly take some Neocolor IIs and cover the page with various colours,…
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