Tag: Gesso

Dear to Me mixed media

This painting wasn't intended to be considered seasonal, but many people like seeing it around the winter holidays. Painted on Aquarelle watercolor paper using watercolors and acrylic paint.  I stamped designs into wet gesso for the antlers and used fabric roses painted pink for the flowers.  Little beads were painted, cut and adhered to the…

Beach Baby

My map is literally a map outlining one of the main features, attractions, activities of growing up in an Island life. "Beach Baby" is a mixed media snapshot of a life spent beachcombing, discovering and experiencing warm sand between the toes, ocean winds, sea sprays, crashing surfs, campfires and hours upon hours of swimming at our…

Dreams Come True Journal Page

Been challenging myself to draw and paint more faces since the recent  CPS "FACES" challenge. Here's one of my recent art journal pages where I grabbed a Victoria's Secret catalog and used one of the model faces for inspiration.

some girls love pink

This small (8×10) painting began with cutting small scrapbook papers of different sizes, adhering them with gel medium. Adding white gesso with a pallet knife gave the background texture. Acrylic paints applied with water were allowed to drip and pool. After allowing that layer to dry the next layer was created by adding paint applied…