Finally Finished Collage

I had started another paint over collage and posted a few WIPs.

But now I'm finally done, yay!  I'm glad I was able to re-work the colors to something I liked.  The pink just wasn't cutting it.  So here's the end result and now I can move on to something else.  :-)

Paint on Collage - WIP

I've been on the computer all day updating my blog, ways you can follow me in case Google Friend Connect really disappears, and transferring all my favorite blogs from my blog reader to my Bloglovin option.

Now.... It's time for Art! Here's a work in progress that I have been working on. It started off with acrylics on collage, but then my dark pan pastels arrived so I had fun giving her a new skin shade. :-)

Paint Over Collage is a method I learned via Tam@Willowing as well as within her Lifebook course, if you're interested.

Hope to have her finished soon!

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LifeBook Assignment #6 - Paint Over Collage

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I finally managed to complete another assignment for LifeBook 2012.

Kind of amazing how I'm able to find a little time here and there since working full time and caring for a 3 year old tends to suck up a lot of my week, but I'm done.

I finished her, yay!

I'm no stranger to this technique, I actually purchased Tam's Collage Paint & Soul lesson from her Willowing network a couple months back.  You can actually see some of the other ones I'd completed over here:

Paint Over Collage - My Art

I'm just glad I was able to finish another lesson.  I actually skipped a couple lessons, partly from lack of time and partly because I wanted to keep up with the class, but when I have a spare moment or two I do intend to head backwards and finish the ones I missed.

With this piece, I had to re-do her clothes 3 times.  I really wanted a green background, and her shirt was pink and her skirt was a purplish paper color.  Well the pink really clashed and I hated it, so I colored her shirt purple...and oh no.  Horrible.  So I decided on blue, which kinda blended with the purple a little bit.  The skirt I colored over with gray and then dragged some of the blue in to it.  Once it dried I used copic markers to do the dots and lines for her clothes until I got her semi-presentable.  Haha.  Guess you could say I do the same with my clothes every morning until I can figure out an outfit that works for me.  Alas, to be a girl!

Still working on perfecting realistic eyes and hair...but I'm slowly getting there.

Anyway....

Hope all is well in your art world!

xoxo

Leila

LifeBook Assignment Finished - My Goddess Superpowers

Finally finished my Goddess for the 1st Lifebook 2012 assignment.

Here are a couple better pictures.

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1st Lifebook Assignment - WIP

These are really bad cell phone pics, but I wanted to do a quick post to share what I've been up to. I started taking the "Lifebook" class, which is a year long course offered by Tam at her Willowing Ning site. The 1st assignment is to think about our positive qualities and create our Goddess, so here's mine. I'm almost done, so technically she's a work in progress, but I like how she's coming along. :-)

I will be sure to take better pictures to share when I'm done, but for now I'm beat and heading to bed. xoxo Leila

Eden - Wacky Haired Lady

Tam over at her Willowing Ning site has been creating some pretty cool "Wacky Haired" ladies.

She posted her recent creations and invited us to join in on wacky haired lady fun!

Her post is over here if you'd like to see her work or participate.

With that said, yes, I had some fun with a wacky haired lady of my own.

I've been calling her Eden...Garden of Eden.  Mostly because of the vines in the background and butterflies in her hair (if you can see them).  My camera isn't downloading to my computer at the moment, so I had to take the picture using my phone, lol.
The whole time I created her the Garden of Eden was on my mind.

Here she is, hope you guys like her!

She's 12 x 18 on watercolor 140lb paper

I used acrylics, watersoluble crayon, stamps, pencil, spray inks that I made.

Kept myself busy...

I kept myself pretty busy this weekend making a variety of dainty necklaces....

I showed 4 new pendants the other day, but here's a better picture of all of them...I made around 20, I think, kinda lost count once I got into the groove of making them.  :-)

A nice variety of style and color that I'll be adding to my shop over this next week.

I also started another paint over collage.

This is how it started...I'm a little further along and hope to have it finished by the end of the week, and of course, I will upload a pic to share.  :-)

Hope you had a great weekend!

I'm 28....5 x 7 Flat Canvas painting.

Continuing on with my Paint Over Collages, a technique I learned from Tam at Willowing.net, I have  finished the third of my girls.  The first one you can view here - Mother to Be post and you can view the second one here - Laugh at the Sky.

She is 5 X 7 flat canvas board mixed media and will be in my shop soon :-)

Hope you like her!

Laugh at the Sky.... 5 x 7 Flat Canvas painting.

Continuing on with my Paint Over Collages, a technique I learned from Tam at Willowing.net, I have finally finished another of my girls.  The first one you can view here - Mother to Be post.

You can also view my WIP of them at this post.

It's much harder working smaller, just like Tam mentioned, BUT, I had to give it a shot, right?

So this is girl 2 of 4 that I completed.

She is 5 X 7 flat canvas board mixed media and will be in my shop soon :-)

Hope you like her as much as I do!

Mother to Be

Remember those mixed media girls and backgrounds I was working on?

Well, I finally had time to finish one.  :-)

How do you like her?

She's me...when my hair goes crazy, haha.

I've had babies on the brain lately, especially each weekend as I wake up and realize Xavier is in my bed again (I cannot get this little boy to stay sleeping in his bed...but truthfully, I really don't mind cuddling up next to him).  Every chance I get I watch him sleep and realize he's growing up way too fast.  He'll be 3 in October!  Where has the time flown by....  So thoughts of another one have been creeping in to my head, not sure when the next one will happen, but for now I've created my memory of being pregnant with my little man.

Created using Tam's Paint over Collage method.  

This is an original 5x7 on canvas using acrylics, markers, paper, and stamps.

WIP - Collaged Mixed Media Girls

I've been a busy bee this weekend.  Worked on 6 backgrounds, 5 x 7 in size, flat canvas board.  Previously I was working on watercolor paper, but the warping bugs me, so I moved to canvas board to see how they'd turn out.

Same technique I've been learning on Tam's Collage, Paint, & Soul course over at her Willowing network.  I've been modifying how I work for what works for me, but I still use her basic concept to achieve the results I like.

I really love how the backgrounds turned out, you can't see the details, but I used crackle paint on all 6 in various corners.  Looks pretty cool in person.

The last image are the girls I'm working on....just wanted to share the in progress work I've been doing since I haven't posted in a little while.  I was wanting to get all 6 done, completed, and in my shop this weekend, but alas, it's been a crazy weekend with trying to potty train the little one, fit in errands, and battling holiday traffic.

On the plus side, hubby, little man, and I got to see a drive-in movie.  Never done that before, so that was a pretty cool experience - the only down side is the screen looked a tad blurry...that or my vision really sucks (which technically it does since I wear glasses to see distance, boo!).  X being 2 1/2 didn't really grasp the concept of sitting still and watching a movie (he usually tears up the house while we watch a show, his toys and books will be all over the room, but it seems to be his happy chaos...that he has to clean before bed, lol), but that's ok since it didn't start until 9:30p so 30 min into it he was knocked out.  He sure did love the popcorn tho!  haha!!

Anywho....a warm welcome to all the new followers and a big HOWDY to those already following.  I hope wherever you are you are managing to stay cool and enjoying the holiday!

xoxo

Love Thyself - Paint over Collage

Just finished another Collage, Paint, & Soul paint over collage taught by Tam @ Willowing Network.

This one is a reminder to love yourself.  :-)

Hear Me Roar - Collage

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Finally finished my second piece from the self study course offered by Tam on her Willowing Ning site.

Collage, Paint & Soul is the course and it's a paint over collage style that I am truly enjoying.  

I signed up for her Digital Dreams course as well, but now I'm torn between starting up a third collage or catching up in the newly started course. 

Haha...I will have to see if I can split my time...or clone myself.  ;-)

Paint Over Collage - New Art

Tam over at her Willowing Ning site offers several super awesome courses.

I knew she was offering her Paint over Collage technique called Collage, Paint & Soul at 21 Secrets, but I didn't want to pay for all those courses with the limited time I have, so when I noticed she's now offering it separately on her site, well I jumped all over that!

(psssst....it's only $15!!!)

It's a self study course, which is fine with me because I can work on it as I have my own time.  She offers 2 videos and I watched both of them immediately.  I can't believe how easy she makes it look!  ...and it really is super easy.  I started my collage yesterday and I finished it today.

I'm quite happy with the first one I've completed and am just itching to get started on a new one...but I'll have to wait a couple days since tomorrow (6/15) is my BIRTHDAY and I don't expect to have much free time.  ;-)

Well happy birthday to me...I bought myself a fun art course, {teehee!}

Free Art Course

Hi fellow ARTists!

Just wanted to give you a heads up that Tam over at Willowing & Friends is offering a free art course.

To help her out and help spread the word, I'm posting a quick link for anyone that would like to join the network & art course.  :-)

I'm looking forward to the course, hope to see you there!

Also, just a reminder, I'm having a giveaway where 2 lucky commenters will win a prize.

Read about it over here.