I'm so glad I listened to my heart and made those poppies on metal. It completely changed how I did at the bazaar! I sold all but one of my metal art. I've got some great momentum going and I'm excited to try and get my work at a few local stores. My brain is swimming with lots of ideas! Listen to your heart!! What a lesson....
Also had to share a pic of my new mother's day boots.....sooo cute!
I wanted to make a piece of art for outside. I took my love of making little houses and went crazy! It's 6 1/2 x 11 3/4 and is sealed with a glossy lacquer. I got an order from someone who saw it on facebook...whohoo! I didn't want to take the one I made out of the shop it's in so I'll just make another. Oh darn...lol I'm so happy I decided to play with metal it seems to be a hit. Back to painting I go!
I'm so excited about this video! http://www.katu.com/amnw/segments/Flea-Market-Makeovers-205986911.html
So the owner/creator of the Red Sled went on a local tv show this morning. She did a segment on Upcycling and flea market finds. My poppies on metal were shown and also one of my canvases. A lady came into the shop today and bought the poppies and I've got three more orders in varying colors. I think I'm onto something! Whohoo its a great day!
I got an email from the owner if the Red Sled Bazaar. She told me that she'll be taking some of my artwork with her. The segment is about upcycled art....perfect for me! It's got me thinking I should contact AM Northwest later and propose doing a how to segment on my box top canvases. I need to go for it! Here's to believing in yourself and being brave.....
Soon I'll be loading photos on another metal project I'm working on. I'm so excited with where it's going!!
I've been toying with the idea of using some corrugated metal my hubby has in the shop. I couldn't sleep the other night so I started this little project and went for it. I'm so happy with how it turned out my brain is now full of ideas. I started with a paint wash if blue and green. I wanted it light so you could still have the metal showing through. I randomly tore circle-ish shapes from book paper. I layed them out and adjusted until I was happy then adhered them with collage podge. I first used Golden Vat orange on the circles (let that dry) then a mix of Golden Pyrrole Red, Quinacridone Magenta, Vat Orange and a few drops of Acrylic Glaze. I used two coats of the mixed paint to get the look I wanted. I used a Liquitex black paint for the stems and archival black ink with a couple stamps. I happily went through my button stash and glued them on with Glossy Accents. Doodled with a gelly roll 08 white pen and a micron black pen. I'm so so happy with it!
I've tried to keep this blog mostly about my art life so I haven't mentioned the bee side of life. Yes, bees! They actually will have something to do with my art because I plan to use the wax we collect in some of my work. We started looking into bees about a year and a half ago. Now we have 13 hives. The more I learn about these little ladies the more fascinated I become. There are many things in our environment that hurt bees, they have many things against them (pesticides, mono-croping, mites). As a beekeeper it's a very delicate balance to try and keep them healthy and try to take care of them naturally. We'll do our darndest to make this work! I'm including a couple pictures the one where I'm in my vail is a picture of me on our way home from picking up our last batch of bees. They weren't in the back of a pick up so we had a few stray bees flying around I was trying to make sure I didn't get stung! I relaxed about half way through the ride....lol
