I finally have another painting! I am very excited about it because it was for my dear friend Amy. We went to visit them this weekend and I was very excited to see if it would go well in her room. It did and she loved it. The flowers were pieced together with tiny little pieces of paper and then deco-paged together and then the middle of the flowers were made out of sand and then painted and then the leaves were out of paper. The tree sticks were also pieced together with paper. The background was painted with crackle and then an antique finish. It turned out awesome and I am happy that it has a good home.
Ok here is my latest. I enjoyed painting this picture a lot. I really like the detail on the picture that you can't see very well. There are some bees and I glued some rocks under the brick house. Almost every character is drawn on paper and then transferred over. I don't know why I think I just like the multi media a lot. It gives it depth and more detail.
Ok, I was looking through some old photos and I found these. These were some test bowls. I wanted to incorporate fibers some how. I had never done that before so here was my first shot. I think they turned out pretty cool. I made them on my little wheel that I have at home that is broken now. I thought you all might like to see them!
My little kindergartner wanted to do a present for his teacher. He didn't know what to do so I suggested a painting. He was all over that. We found out Mr. Downey likes fish so we picked out two different kinds of fish and he was way excited about it. We liked how it turned out I just don't like the photo I took it. Usually my hubby does it and he does way more justice. Oh well. I liked how it turned out and his teacher loved it.
Ok I finally turned in my last project for my class, The Bible as Literature. For our final project we were able to choose between two projects, a paper or a creative project. Of course I chose the creative. I chose the prophet Joseph of Egypt and Moses. I could basically do whatever I wanted to do. I chose to interpret their faces and each of their journeys as prophets of God. For Joseph that you see up above I chose a more ethnic face and decided to use charcoal pencils because I thought it would create more shadow and make their faces look real. I chose a more innocent face. Behind him are 7 circles to represent the 7 years of famine and harvest that he interpreted in the Pharoah's dream, and inside each circle is something that defines his life. The last circle represents his genealogy of Abraham and the promise God gave to his family. I love each of these paintings and drawings because I am a huge fan of mixed media and I haven't drawn in a long time so it was fun to get back into it again.
This one is Moses. This one is my favorite because I love how I was able to capture his curious, strong face. But that showed also a somewhat shy timid personality. The sayings which you can't read I put 10 of them for 10 commandments and each one says something about his life as a prophet. They are going away from his face because his brother was the one who did the speaking for him many times. And the swarms of flies are to represent the plagues. I hope you all like these. I ended up giving them to my professor. He was very excited about them! ENJOY!
