"When you despair, I bring hope".
This weeks Inspire Me Thursday topic is Art in Everyday. I like to think that everyday we are guided and protected by angels, here to give us love, protection and hope when we need it most.
Have you ever had that feeling that someone you loved and who has passed over feels so close they are almost present in the moment.
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xx Bee
Ok, this week I am going to have to post a Work In Progress as I have the flu and the chances of me getting this painting finished in time is very slim.
This is actually an artpiece that I am working on for my new blog banner. I want to create something more 'Witchetty' and this is one section of the piece. I created the tower using pages from a second hand book, as I like the idea of a doorway that you can step through and into a fairytale. As you can see there is still a long way to go until it is completed, but I thought it might be fun to follow a piece of work through the various stages until it is complete.
Ok....my warm bed is calling for me.
xx Bee
My Greatest Gift - 8" x 10" mixed media on canvas
This weeks prompt on Inspire Me Thursday was MEDICAL. This painting was inspired by pregnancy, which can be the most magical moment of a women's life, as well as the most clinical. I wanted to go beyond the physical and what is happening inside the womb and focus instead on what is happening in the heart and to the spirit.
It is also a very personal subject for me. I suffer from secondary infertility and spent almost 5 years trying to concieve a second child and having tests done to find a reason why it wasn't happening for my husband and myself. It is something that I have come to terms with and I now know what a wonderful miracle my daughter was. I thank God daily for my precious gift and realise that the fact she was born on Mothers Day was not a coincidence.
I hope she brings you joy. UPDATE: She is SOLD
xx Bee
I decided this was the perfect chance to have a play with a mixed media piece and use up some scrap pieces of paper. This was what I started with:
And after spending the most wonderfully relaxing, raining autumn afternoon painting, this was the final result:
And then this morning I decided that I didn't like the swirls glues onto the paper as they didn't look like they were part of the painting. So I added some more paint and this really is the final painting (I promise).
Wish upon a star
Acrylic and patterned paper on canvas board 8" x 10"
It is available in my Etsy Store.
xx Bee
You know the feeling when you just wish you were invisible and could fade away into the wall paper. Pen and acrylic on patterned paper.
Sometimes in life it is so easy to lose sight of what is important and get bogged down with the mundane. Let's face it, women always have something else to cross off on their to-do list and somebody that needs something from them. Generally we are able to multi-task and take this all on board with good faith and love, but sometimes it can all become a little exhausting and overwhelming. That is where I found myself late last week and I have been struggling since to catch back up. I have felt physically and emotionally exhausted and therefore only the most essential things in my life have been completed while I spent some much needed time on me. It is amazing how much better one can feel after spending a few self indulgant days letting the washing pile up, using only the dishwasher and making everyone else in the house pick up after themselves!! A new party dress, a night out to a nice restaurant and a night at a hotel, spending some time painting and I am feeling much more grounded today.
It was a reminder to me that I need to find some more balance in my life. I promised myself earlier in the year that I would begin to create a life with meaning and pursue my love of art. Somewhere along the way I have lost sight of what is important to me and have allowed the mundane to take preference. It is this reminder that I feel grateful for this week.
Inspire Me Thursday had the topic of gratitude for last week, however I didn't manage to complete my painting on time. However this weeks theme flows on from that idea and is Thanksgiving. We do not celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia but I can certainly take a moment to be thankful for all of the blessings that I do have in my life. This painting was painted with the idea that children are always thankful for the simple pleasures in life. They really stop and focus their attention on the moment and savour the joy of the experience. Lollipop Days....
Available in my etsy store. xxxx Bee
ps.... the flowers are fabric Heidi Swapp florals secured on the painting with fabric covered brads, giving the painting a 3-d effect.
This is another combined Inspire Me Thursday and Illustration Friday artwork.
This weeks Insire Me Thursday topic is Watercolour. I have been procrastinating about trying water colour, however my colour pencil technique is so bad I really needed to have a try at an alternative. I think watercolour will be the way I go from now on with my little illustrations, which I have so much fun creating.
Illustrations Fridays topic is CAPTAIN.....
He is the Captain of his own Universe:
This weeks topic is DNA, which made begin to ponder the question: Do caterpillers and butterflies share the same DNA? I remember being told once that during the metamorphisis stage a caterpiller will turn into a blob of jelly and completely rebuild itself to emerge as a butterfly. So do they share the same DNA?.....YES...although they use different genes located in their DNA suited for the different stages of their life.
So this little question inspired this little painting I completed today....TRANSFORM. It is an 8" x 10" mixed media on canvas:
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This week I am short for time, so decided to combine this weeks IF and IMT contributions into one piece. Illustration Friday is Missing, and Inspire Me Thursday is Dear Diary.
This started as a quick pencil drawing, then I added some pen, didn't like the effect, added some paint and oil pastel, still wasn't sure, so put some water over the top of the water colour pencils I originally used. Basically, the finished result was a big smudged mess, but somehow I think it works. Gives the look of a diary entry smudged with tears, so I think I will just leave it be.
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