Mixed Media Angel Painting

Painted on a wood panel, using natural paper for her wings, and molding paste for her hair and halo. The sky is done with layers of paint and gel medium stamped, and textured more by using my heat gun. Her gown is also textured with molding paste and I carved some crosses into it just because I felt like it. I searched my heart for words over and over to add to her, and I searched my brain as to what else I could add to the painting, but it always came up as "nothing", so that is the way she will stay.

See you soon,
Lynn

Swap with Terri

Terri from Blooming Ideas and I just finished a one on one swap, and here is what I sent her. I can show it now because she has received it :)

I do not have mine yet, it will probably be here any day now because we mailed them on the same day.
We started off by making a tag for each other then I thought, let's do a bit more. So Terri came up with the idea to do a small canvas in a Petite Doll theme or Suzi Blu theme. This is what I came up with.

Below is the tag.
We decided on Vintage girls as the theme. I made mine all fabric and trims with this beautiful girl from Itkupilli

Maybe tomorrow I will have my swap from Terri and show you what she created for me :)

Hope you had a great day, it was quite warm here and sunny so I got outside and did some cleaning up in the back yard.

On another rather sad note, I just found out that Baxter the therapy dog, passed away peacefully on Friday :( Oh, I know he was very old and in rough shape , it's still sad and his owners must miss him terribly.
I found out too, that Baxter was a rescue dog, there was signs of abuse and he had heartworm and gum disease at that time. Well, he sure did well with all the love and care from his owners, what a very special dog, my heart goes out to them.
(If you have no idea what I am talking about, view my post down the page to find out more about Baxieboo.)

Goddess of Delight ~Mixed Media Portrait

"When you least expect it, delight comes into your life"
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I didn't think I would be back to post so soon but I finished another mixed media painting in between other things going on here at home. This is a small 5x7 canvas and I wasn't quite sure how she would turn out but I think she does look a bit Goddess like.
As always there are a few things I am not happy with, but I think that is how you learn for next time. She has been distressed again, her face is roughed up. I think I am going to have a go at a much smoother style face next, I like the distressed look, but just for a change.
Here is a close up of the turquoise, it has gold running through it. I didn't want to say turquoise hair, you could look at it as hair if you want, or a scarf on her head, maybe even a sari which my Eastern Indian neighbors wear sometimes, they are usually in the most beautiful, brightest, sheer fabrics, and this reminded me of one when I was finished so I added the beaded trim at the top. Fun, fun, fun :)
Suzi teaches us to push it and I was so afraid to drop paint down her face, but I did and it's not too bad. She's crying tears of happiness because she just brought delight into someone's life :)

I have a busy time coming up. Today I am going to the lawyers to sign the papers on a small condo we have purchased in Toronto, we take possession tomorrow and I am so excited because we are renting it to my daughter and her boyfriend. They have been living in the most horrible apartment building for over a year now and I am so happy to get her out of there and that area she is in. I will tell you more later, it is the tiniest little place, but perfect for them. Gotta go.....

Mixed Media Portrait

My first mixed media portrait on an 8x10 wood canvas.
The girls face and torso has been distressed with molding paste and some sanding, her hair is also textured with the molding paste. This is the first time I have used it and I just know I will be using it a lot now, I love, love, love it.
My background is first textured with paint and gel medium, and I used my trusty heat gun to dry and bubble it a bit, then I mixed paint with gel medium again (love that stuff) and stamped with those big foam stamps and an old thread bobbin.


The Goddess and the Poet class is over now but I have to tell you it has been an amazing 6 weeks, I have thoroughly enjoyed it, and if it interests you at all you can now register for the next class which starts September 1st.

A number of you have asked about the type of heat gun I use. It was a freebie from my husband who hasn't used it in 23 years. He bought it back then when we were stripping paint from baseboards in an old house we were renovating. Yep we used to do all that work. What were we thinking?
It is a Black and Decker heat and strip and it get's very hot, so I just have to be very careful, but it's perfect as I am impatient for things to dry too, I just want to get on with it while I am in the mood :)

Have a great weekend, I will be back on Monday with a winner to my giveaway...