Name Fairy Painting - Day 244

Fairies and dragons, can't go wrong really! 

The gold paint for the dragons sparkle a bit and add a bit of shine.

Quick NZ - Day 101

Homework went a tad of topic as jnr playing with dried paint flakes....
Look.. NZ!! (almost!)

Alien Moon - Day 97

Finally some time to spend on my art/craft. This is just a silly piece I thought of the other day while sketching. its not quite right, the big alien is too big for what I wanted the overall look to be, but I think I happy enough with it to leave it..

Fairy painting still in secret squirrel mode...

Kids Art - day 96

One of those weeks really, where a chunk of my crafting time is helping/guiding others.
I admit to the monsters being tv/wii game addicts, so its quite nice to have evidence that they do occasionally branch out into other activities..

Side note... I can't remember the last time my table was clear, between homework, craft and art!

Full of Feelings - Day 84

My daughter hung this blank canvas on a spare spot on the wall (cant beat a white snow scene!), and after awhile, this is what came to mind.
Its a big bright piece which is just a bit of fun. Some of the expressions are obvious, some others are adaptable.
Acrylic 18" by 18"

Alien Painting 2 - Day 78

A quick post to share another bright alien painting.
I'm wondering if I do up a couple more, maybe these could sell at market?!

I completely adore the purple one!!

Sunset Fairy - Day 76

New Painting Pre-wings!!
Another fairy destined for sparkly wings. This time the fairy is Dragon watching, a peaceful passtime at the end of the day!
This fairy has a forest green set of wings on the way.

 I have also been stocking up some of the other crafty bits and pieces as I have decided to try a craft market (On Sunday! Arghhh). Ideally, some people will like some of my things and buy them. (as realistically, I need the funding to keep buying craft/art goodies!)

Alien painting - Day 75

So many of these bright alien finger puppets lurking around inspired this new painting..

I think a few of these may end up being done over the next week.

Wings on Moonlit night - day 67

LOTS and LOTS of contemplating on this, but decided to just do the wings in the end, which was my original plan.
The wings are single layer fantasy film so the colour is lighter then the first painting.
Am pleased with how its turned out, onto the next one!!

Portrait watercolour - Day 63

After a success last week with the Justiung bieber painting (well recieved by a bieber fan!!), i thought I would try again with a family picture.
Didnt turn out as well, but still perfecting technique.

Bieber watercolour - day 59

This is a fixed up version of Day 57.
So, after discovering that wax didn't really work well, I redid it with masking fluid. Much easier to use!
I just had the printed picture behind the watercolour paper on the window (my sophisticated version of a light box), and painted the masking fluid on the white areas of the face. This has to be done quickly, I found the brush would start to set and I had to pull off little bits, and it also pulled bits of the latex off the picture if I had to go over it.

Once this is dry, just put on watercolour washes, dry completely and very gently, use a eraser to rub at the edges and remove the mask. dont get over zealous and pull too much off at once, mine caught the paper at one spot and started to take the paper with it.

Moonlit Painting - Day 58

A progress report...
The 'fairy' is done, she is basking in the moonlight, moon-bathing in a way.
But, now a small artistic crisis... wings vs. no wings!
Am stuck, I am so pleased with how she has turned out and, although her wings are in development and are smaller then my last, I'm wondering if turning her into a fully winged fairy will be ok. She seems happy just as she is.

Any thoughts??
(photo not brilliant, will try for a better one later)

Watercolour Experiment - Day 57

I decided to try a quick portrait  picture using watercolours and masking fluid.
But, since I didn't have any of this, I took the advice of a fab painter and tried to use wax. The problem is the wax I have is a tea light candle, and the wax dries very fast! The wax also clumps!
I did a quick attempt using a J.Bieber picture.. and quickly decided no more wax!!
Next one should be better.. I now have some masking fluid!! (Super thanks to Juls!!)

Moonlit background - Day 56

A full moon and clouds, just awaiting the arrival of the fairy.
I am aware the moon seems small, I might try it a tad larger, but seems to fit this size - especially when the fairy is added.
In fact, maybe I'll just state this isn't earth, and this planets moon is just tiny... yeah, that could work!

New paintings - Day 55

Busy working day meant a shortage of free arty hours, but I started the backgrounds for the next paintings. well, its actually for the one painting I have planned, but I'm not sure what kind of background I want..

 Also, I spaced out a bit looking at cool craft on line... I remember coming across these last year and thinking it would be fun to try it, then it slipped my mind. Just refound them... "one day" I want to make the musical jacket and remote control teddy bear!! (click on picture for more details)

Time is so short! Would welcome a "groundhog day" time jump for awhile!