Shine

I hope you all had a lovely BH weekend and are managing to have some ARTY time to yourself. This is what I spent my BH Monday doing. I used 12x12 recycled cardboard and as it was Easter I decided to do a religious painting.  I got to work painting the background first and then while I was waiting for this to dry I did some journal pages which you can see Here.

the quote is from the bible Ephesians 5:8 it says 'Don't shine so others can see you. Shine so that through you others can see HIM' I have used some metallic paints to get a spiritual feel.

I hope you had a lovely week end. Thank you for your comments and stopping by. I always read all comments and where possible return to the blog the comment came from. I love to see what every one is up to artistically, I find you all so inspiring. Love Dawn xx

Cat!

Another one of my art works. This is 14x14 inch 36x36 cm this is inspired by one of my cats Dude (in my side bar) Saying that, he could easily be one of your cats. I have taken the character of my cat 'DUDE' He's a fat cat He's a large sturdy cat and is cute in his own masculine feline way ;) 

He sits & stares at you for ages. When he want's something he talks to you, that could be for food, water, to go out or to say, hey 'Stroke me' He has a really loud purr which I find SO comforting, it relaxes me so much. He has so much love in his heart I had to depict it with hearts everywhere. And he loves to spend time with you on his terms (obviously, he's a cat!)

Here are some close ups of this inspired piece I do hope you like the story behind Cat! I painted the background with a limited pallet and then stensiled and played with stamps etc. then drew my cat and decided to colour some parts in and leave the rest, I then got  some more eco paint and painted all around to show the picture up. This is my newest piece for sale in my folksy shop HERE Hope you're having a lovely day. Dawn xx

Spring is round the corner....

With Frame

Without Frame

That is the name of this piece. It was snowing and I decided I had had enough of the cold and I was gonna paint me some sun! so I looked in my garden and there shivering were some crocus & some miniature daffs amidst the snow along with some yummy green foliage  this is where I started from. I thought of the coming Summer and the bees who would be here to pollinate my flowers and I got cracking and started the countdown to Summer. Layers and time to wait for drying overnight and more layers. It was a lot of fun I can tell you and I was soon feeling warmer and more hopeful of the sun & scents to come.

I have decided to start selling my paintings scary or what? Yes, very scary. Are they good enough? will people PAY for my work? I don't know but I have to try, so I am hoping you can help me out by spreading the news on face book and your blogs (is that alot to ask?) If your friends with me on FB please share my work as I post it. I also have a place on Pinterest where all my items for sale are on display.

Here are some close ups. I have been using stencils and texture paste to get this wonderful effect. Do you like it? I have been playing with metallic paint as well so there are lots of dimensions to this piece. Thanks for looking & sharing my work around blog land Face book. Dawn xx

I've been painting

This is Bunny

Oh My Goodness HOW COLD? We have snow, it's all too much for my poor crocus & daffs that were growing, there is nothing left of the poor things. The heating is on and I am so glad a made myself a yummy thick jumper as I have it on in the house So I hope you are warm & safe.

This is 'BUNNY' She started life out in my 'Diary Journal' HERE But I have put her on some cardboard and enlarged it a wee bit. It really made me happy doing this painting, I was smiling all the while :)

I am going to include this in PPF as well. Have fun this weekend.  This is now for sale in my folksy shop Dawn xx