Milliande Artist Dates

Join me attending Miliande Artist Dates! We all need to take time for ourselves. Set a little time aside to listen to your muse and create art!

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What Tree are You

I would love to hear what tree you are!

I'm a maple tree:

Maple Independence of Mind No ordinary person, full imagination
and originality, shy and reserved, ambitious, proud, self-respect,
hungers for new experiences, sometimes nervous, many complexes,
good memory, learns easily, complicated love life, wants to impress.

See what tree you are here.

Artzy 4 U Blog

I have started a new blog just for those of you that would like to get sneak peeks at my new art work before it is listed on Etsy. I will also be giving discounts for fast deals on that site. If you would like to purchase an art piece before it is listed I will give you a nice discount on the price.

I will also create art just for prospective buyers. You just share what you would like. Do you want a fairy? and angel? boy or girl? do you like butterflies, fish, mermaids, music, I can incorporate it into your art. I will then notify you when it is complete. You then can be the first person to see the piece. If you want it you can buy it. If it didn't turn out like you expected it to then you are not obligated to buy it and you have invested no money in it.

You will also meet some wonderful people on my new site. They are the bubble babies from the planet bubble in the sudsy solar system. These little aliens always have motivational things to tell you. So far we have met Radar. He is a cute little guy that believes you should always reach for the moon.

So hop on over to http://artzy4u.blogspot.com/ and check out my new site.

Below are the ATC's (ACEO) that I'm offering for free at my etsy shop. (You will need to pay the .20 listing fee and postage.) You can find my etsy shop here http://Artzy4U.etsy.com

Prayers

Fairy Princess
Rock Star
Lady Love
Demin Girl
Love all of God's Creatures
Merbaby
Mother and Me

Some special ATC's

My scanner wasn't being very nice today. I didn't get good images but I wanted to get these out in the mail for a friend and one is for her daughter who is right now in the hospital. These are all hand drawn by me. The first 3 are my little bubble people.

Ritz: He is Leaving...It's His Time

Ritz: He is Leaving...It's His Time

Your video is wonderful! It brought tears to my eyes... yep Boo came over to comfort me. I remember when my baby left home to start his adult life. He left to join the marines. I was so sad and scared that I actually had a complete melt down. It is so hard to let go. While he was gone he met a wonderful girl. They now have 2 son's and another child on the way. I so wish they lived closer to me but I know he is happy and I guess that is all a mother can ask for.

New on my Etsy

I have put 2 more of my paintings on Etsy for sale. I have another one that is close to done that I will be posting for sale soon. Come visit me on Etsy you will see my link at the right of this posting.

This little girl, her sister and sis’s doll need a home. They would look wonderful in a child’s room or anyplace else in your home. This colorful painting is created on a piece of rough plywood. It has many different layers which give it wonderful depth. You get not only the texture from the rough plywood but there are other elements on this painting which gives the painting a variety of texture. The painting is hung by a sturdy piece of ribbon so all you need is a small hook or nail to hang her. This picture has a protective coating that will make dusting her a breeze.

There are several elements to this painting. I first used a wood burning tool to outline these little girls. Their faces are done with a combination of colored pencils and paint to give them a sweet innocent look. Several layers give this picture depth and interest. This painting is about 16 inches tall x 15inches wide and ¼ inch thick. The front is signed. The back is signed, dated and the name of this picture.



This little girl and her friends need a home. She would look wonderful in a child’s room or anyplace else in your home. This colorful painting is created on a piece of rough plywood. It has many different layers which give it wonderful depth. You get not only the texture from the rough plywood but there are other elements on this painting which gives the painting a variety of texture. The painting is hung by a sturdy piece of white piece of lace so all you need is a small hook or nail to hang her. She has a protective coating that will make dusting her a breeze.

There are several elements to this painting. I first used a wood burning tool to outline this little angel and her dog.. Her face is done with a combination of colored pencils and paint to give her a sweet innocent look. Several layers give her depth and interest. This painting is about 16 ½ tall x 15inches wide and ¼ inch thick. The front is signed. The back is signed, dated and the name of this picture.

Visit me on Etsy!

I have put up my first art piece for sale on Etsy.

This little boy needs a home. He would look wonderful in a child’s room or anyplace else in your home. This colorful painting is created on a piece of rough plywood. It has many different layers which give it wonderful depth. You get not only the texture from the rough plywood but there are several elements on this painting which gives the painting a variety of texture. The painting is hung by a sturdy green, blue, and yellow ribbon so all you need is a small hook or nail to hang him. He has a protective coating that will make dusting him a breeze.

There are several elements to this painting. I first used a wood burning tool to outline this little rock star and his guitar. His face is done with a combination of colored pencils and paint to give him his sweet innocent look. I have used paints, wood stain, sheet music, confetti and clay and a guitar pic to dress him up for a party. The sides are painted and also finished. I have signed the painting on the front and the back has the paintings name “Rock Star”, my name (the artist) and 10/08 which is when I finished this master piece. The painting measures approximately 16inches high by 15 inches wide and ½ inch deep.

More fun time with my Granddaugher

Yesterday I was blessed with some art time with my granddaughter. I haven't seen her for a while and she was so excited to see all the pictures that I'm currently working on. She saw the fairy queen that I'm still working on for her. I was going to put a puppy in the fairy queens arms well now it will be a dog that is dressed up...lol because that is what she wants.

My little fairy princess created a lot of new art for me but I was really impressed when she copied one of my pieces or art... my mermaid. So I wanted to share with you both of our pictures. For only 8 years old and a mother that claims she can't even draw a stick person I think she is doing great! I sent her home with some oil pastels (she loves using those) and a stack of card stock including several different colors for her to work with.

I took some pictures of the pictures that I'm working on. I have a layer of glimmering paint on all of them now and it is making it very hard to get a good picture of them.

Pain, Fear, Sad, Angry, Mad, Etc.

Earlier this spring I was going through a very hard time. Things are much better for me now although it is still a tough year for our household. I'm very thankful for the love of a very good man. But the point of this post is for my online friends that are going through hard times. I found that keeping an art journal was a life saver for me. I believe that it can help you too! It is a very easy exercise to help you deal with your feelings. I simply put my feelings into a page of my art journal (you can use a sketch pad, or just a piece of paper for this). Does it have to be a picture representing you and your feelings??? NO You can use color, words, abstract images, cut something out of a magazine anything that you can concentrate on and will represent your feelings. Are you angry? you can just scribble in red, Are you sad, scribble in blue. Once you have finished the page then turn to a fresh page and and create a page to represent your blessings. Yep even on our worst days there is always something that we can be grateful for. Even at the worst of times you do have a roof over your head. I know I can be grateful for a loving husband, I have 3 wonderful fur babies that love me no matter what, I have wonderful loving on line friends etc. The best thing you can do for yourself is to get the poison of pain, fear, anger etc out of your system and replace it with something that you can be grateful for or makes you happy!

Know that you are loved!!

Big Hugs from me to you!

My dining room stuido

This is the proper use of a dining room isn't it??

I have started to put layers on this little girl. She isn't finished yet but I'm liking how she is coming together! I'm really having a lot of fun working on wood. I love how forgiving the wood can be and the wonderful texture that comes though.

Pretty girls on wood

Well I have faces and clothes for my little girls on wood. These are on pine and it is pretty rough wood but I think their faces turned out nice. The paintings are far from done but I wanted to show them off anyways...lol I'm working on one on a much smoother wood. I will post her when I get her face done.

Suzi Blu Class

This is the last face that I have finished. I have moved on to my junk wood again so that I can get better at wood burning, shading and painting faces on wood. We have also gotten to where we are making clothes for our pretty little girls. I am having so much fun with this class!! Suzi is so wonderful she is giving us more than she promised in PDF's and Videos. I can't believe that she has the time to keep the class going with over 300 people! She is still able to help us with little problems we have in our drawings and more important boosting our self confidence. The community that she has made is wonderful. Everyone is so supportive of each other... I have actually made a lot of friends and I hope that Suzi keeps the site going forever so we don't loose track of each other. (Suzi says she plans to leave the site up and that is wonderful!!)

Its late and I'm tired I will try to scan some stuff and share it on here tomorrow or the next day. You have an art filled day!!!

More Fun Mail

I have received another ATC from a friend in Suzi Blu's group. This lovely little ATC is hand drawn. Let me tell you it is very hard to draw a little girl that is only 3 inches high!!! Thanks so much for sharing your art Edie!!

Fun Mail

ATC created by Helena
Postcard created by Helena

Several people in Suzi Blu's group have decided to trade art. I sent out my art several days ago but today I received not one but to envelopes of art!!! In one envelope was the wonderful little ATC with a sweet note and some lovely doodles! In the other Envelope I received this wonderful post card when Helena put some of Suzi's art with her art and it turned out so wonderful!

Thank you so much Helena for the wonderful art that you shared with me!!!

Mindy Girl is Mending

Our little Mindy girl is mending quickly. Yesterday when we were sitting on the back porch playing with the dogs little Mindy was in a very playful mood... In fact that was the first time that I saw her jumping around and playing!! Boo has a very large bone that he likes to carry around and chew on. Little Mindy saw it laying on the ground ... picked it up ... and tossed it in the air over her head. Then she ran around in the area and came back to give me a Mindy hug. It was so cute I wish I had a movie camera!!! To top it all off Mindy hasn't had a buffern for several days. I'm starting to believe my hubby that her problem was no exercise and no love.

Boo is still giving Mindy a hard time and Mindy is still a little skittish around Boo but it isn't as bad as it was at first... Boo will learn to accept Mindy as part of the family. And little Chase... he is a sweetie and loves his puppy hugs and he just loves everyone!!!

Suzi Blu Art Class

Hubby paid for me to take Suzi Blu's art class!! I'm so excited! I have the first lesson and have started practicing pretty eyes instead of scared eyes...lol I probably won't be adding much to this blog till I get done with the class. With my ATC swap group, the class, and my 3 babies I will be swamped. I will try to share some of my sketches but Suzi's class is copyrighted so I won't be sharing her secrets. I hope to have much prettier girls once I'm done with the class in Oct.

New Painting "Fairy Lady"

No the painting isn't crooked the photo is... I'm not real good at taking pictures of my art... I'm not sure if it is me or the camera or both...lol This little girl was a lot of fun to draw and paint and I even gave her a little kitty!!!

Fairy girls

Ive never tried to draw wings before. I have seen several different styles of wings and some are going to take a lot of practice but I sorta like these simple wings.

Drawn and colored with color pencils
This one is done with water colors.

Another Art Journal

Front cover of my new art journal... I tried several times but I couldn't get a good pic of this... that is the down side of a cheap camera and lot of glitter and shine

I used book board on each side of a zipper pocket so I could draw on a flat surface and protect the pocket that I use to carry pencils and such for drawing away from home. I just used cheap card stock for the pages because I will only be using pen, pencil or colored pencils in this journal

I created another art journal. I wanted something that was small enough to take with me and would store my pencils so they didn't get lost in my suitcase of a purse. Ive been thinking that I don't want to just draw pretty girls so I have decided to learn to make wings so my pretty girls could be fairies or angels. So I dressed up my new journal with fairies and angels I think it turned out pretty cool!