Thursday, November 21, 2013

Mixed Media Ladies & Crazy Hats

I love mixed media art and don't always get a chance to dabble and make something fun. Last night I made a Calavera Girl with crazy flower hat in my favorite color combination - blues with oranges and red. The face is actually colored pencil on Stonehenge paper. I think I'll stick her in my Etsy shop. She's fairly small at 5 x 7.

As mentioned in my last post, I've reorganized one of the online workshops I presented for ArtTrader Magazine a couple of years ago - Mixed Media Goth Girls. I've taken out some content and added in some new art and the new workshop will be available to start on January 6th, 2014. Registration is now open! The pretty pink lady on the top left is part of the workshop and a full listing of program content is available on the workshops page.  There are 5 videos and a 30+ page workbook so lots of fun content!


Yesterday I finally managed to scan two paintings that have been sitting around for ages! They're pretty big and I couldn't get them scanned properly, even in pieces. I had tried numerous times. But I persevered and finally managed to piece them together in Photoshop... it took a long time. It's my mixed media Voodoo King and Queen from a couple of years ago. I thought I might do an online series of big hats, not necessarily voodoo hats, just big mixed media hats. I think that would be a fun workshop. Either that or Calavera girls - perhaps both! One of those themes (or both) are coming in the new year.





27 comments:

  1. Great new faces! the pink lady looks a lot like a friend of mine..^^
    The scanned pictures turned out very well. I never learned to scan my oversized (albeit sligtly oversized) drawings properly. You did a great job here. :)

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  2. This is fun and fabulous!Love it!

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  3. Great lady paintings. Your class sounds fun, although I'm not a face drawing artist at all at this stage. I'll check it out. I'm impressed with the scanning, great job on that. Happy PPF!

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  4. Impressive work...simple wonderful, fun and whimsical! Great colors too!

    Hugs Giggles

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  5. So creative and so much flair. 'Love all the flowers!

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  6. Terrific artwork, Happy PPF, Annette x

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  7. Oh wow, those paintings are fantastic. Love the long faces and the long canvas, and the combination of the greys with the reds/pinks. Your flowergirl is beautiful too.

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  8. wonderful fun pieces on show today! Love the pops of colour

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  9. fascinating projects- love the voodoo king and queen!!

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  10. very interesting style and art technique. Thank you for sharing. Great colours as well!

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  11. These are awesome love the ladies.

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  12. Lots of movement in these pieces. I love the color combinations, very lively, even in the darker voodoo pieces. Nice to see the flowers bloom amidst the skulls.

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  13. I love these pieces. They make me think of really cool tattoos for some reason. The colours in the first one especially just pop.

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  14. I love how you have done the voodo hats in monochrome then added the red, it really makes them pop

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  15. Thank you for your lovely comment, Your art work is amazing. Love all the colours and patterns in your work. You are very talented and creative

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  16. These are amazing hats!!! The flower hat is fantastic!

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  17. Love those hats - your faces are wonderful. So interesting and also a lot of fun.

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  18. Wow! All are gorgeous! Wonderful job!

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  19. Oh spooky and very stylish! Great job!

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  20. They are simply marvellous. How unique.Happy PPF.

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  21. your girls are so creative! good luck with your new online class!

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  22. The Voodoo King and Queen pair are stunning and so original and creative. I love your Calavera girl, though I'm not sure what Calavera means. Good luck for your courses.

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  23. The girls are beautiful but BIG HATS! Yay! The characters are fantastic and the hats are astounding! More big hats!

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  24. Haha love all those amazing hats :) and my favorite are the black and white ones! Really cool!! ♥ Conny
    Piaroms Art Journaling

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