Mixed Media Monday - Least Favourite Colour

This week on Mixed Media Monday Beth is challenging us to use our least favourite colour in some way. While I don't really have a colour that I dislike, pink is something outside my comfort zone. I was therefore very suprised when I was digging through my stash to find just how much pink I actually have accumulated. Nothing in my painting supplies, though :-) This piece is done on a stretched canvas 8x10 inches or 20x25 cms, and is mostly fabric with a little textured paper and lots of embellishments. The square in the top left hand corner is Lutradur which I burnt out using a wood burning tool and the woman image was printed onto Lutradur as well. I have decided that when it comes to fabric art, pink is not going to be my least favourite colour.

Mixed Media Monday - Frosty

Diana is guest host on Mixed Media Monday this week, and she has chosen the prompt of "frosty" for her challenge. I didn't want to go with the obvious, Frosty the Snowman, even though he is adorable. Our Christmases are very hot here in Australia, so I try very hard to avoid snowy images in anything to do with Christmas. Anni peaked my interest in Dotee dolls a little while back and I've been wanting to try my hand at one ever since. So I went with frosty colours for my doll - white and silver. Because it's almost Christmas, I made my doll around one of my favourite old Christmas movies - It's a Wonderful Life - and the quote "everytime a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings". The body of the doll is a white cotton fabric over laid with a couple of layers of silver lace topped with a star taken from one of my Christmas cards. The wings are gold German scrap wings that I painted silver and she has a little "pearl" necklace. Her face was printed onto Lutradur and hand stitched on with silver thread. Her hair is wool sliver which I needle felted onto her head. Her crown was die cut from silver card and has some silver jewels on it. Her "tail" is made from silver beads and a silver bell and her hanger is white ribbon with a bead attached to that. I have named my Dotee doll "Dottie", the nickname we called my mother, so this is also a tribute to her :-)

Mixed Media Monday - Just Hanging Out

This week the very talented Heather is hosting on Mixed Media Monday, and her prompt is "just hanging out". Since most of my art hangs, I thought that would be nice and easy. Then I thought about how the emphasis is on "hanging" so I decided to make a wall hanging. I know my photo is a little crooked, but it does hang straight, grin! I'm still experimenting with "new to me" things and I'm having a ball. I'll explain each layer for those who are interested. The back layer is the heavy weight Fast 2 Fuse, which I painted with acrylic paints and stamped with a foam stamp and some lovely micaceous gold paint (by Artelier). Then the red layer is mulberry paper. On top of that the layer was made with Lutradur, which I painted with acrylic paint, "laced" with the heat gun and then added some gold foil. The image of the angel was printed onto Lutradur then edged with the gold paint. I love the effect of the printed Lutradur because it is a little translucent and the other layers peep through in a very subtle way. This was mounted onto a "wool paper". The hanger was made with a skewer and some wooden beads painted in the same gold paint. The swirls are chipboard painted gold. Then I just used some ribbon, a tassel and some beads (the gold ones painted) and a button to finish it off.

Mixed Media Monday - On the wings of love

On Mixed Media Monday this week Rosie has given us this fun challenge - on the wings of love. So many possibilities, and so little time! This is what I ended up with. The house is cut from a heavey weight Fast 2 Fuse and hand painted with four different water colours and distressed around the edges with distress ink. The laces were tea dyed, and the wooden number 2 was coloured with distress ink. The birds are chipboard, which I covered with fabrics. The house is about 23 cms or 9 inches tall. Such a fun challenge, thanks Rosie!

Mixed Media Monday - Bedtime Stories

This week on Mixed Media Monday the wonderful Beth is back with "bedtime stories" as a prompt for us all. I'm not entirely sure that Peter Pan is a "bedtime" story, but I so wanted to do a Tinkerbell piece for my first grandchild who is due in the new year :-) This is a 6x12 inch or 15x30 cm canvas and I painted the background with acrylic paint. I have then overlaid pieces of torn tissue paper with gold stars on it. I used a computer generated Tinkerbell image. The star is chipboard, painted gold and the word is from a ticket with the work printed on it.

Mixed Media Monday - Playing Cards

It has been absolutely months since I did any paper craft, but this week was the perfect opportunity. Over at Mixed Media Monday the wonderful Anni has given us the challenge prompt of "playing cards". so what better excuse to search out one of my over sized playing cards. The card was distressed with gesso and distress inks. I used a computer generated image and words that I distressed with inks. The piece was then finished off with various pieces of gold German scrap. Thanks for the fun, Anni!

Mixed Media Monday - I am Woman

This week I've chosen the theme "I am woman" as the callenge on Mixed Media Monday. Another chance to play with fabric, grin! This is done on a stretched canvas measuring approx. 8x10 inches or 20x25 cms, which was painted with acrylic paint. The next green layer is stitch and tear which was painted with acrylic paint and then over stamped with acrylic paint. The next layer is calico which was dry brushed and over stamped with a foam stamp. The image of the lady is an image transfer onto the calico fabric and frame around her was done with lutradur which was painted with acrylic ink and overstamped with a text stamp. The little button was made with painted "crash" material (I love this stuff) with a flower bead added. The other thing I used for the first time and love is mulberry bark which I painted and tortured - it's green piece behind the lady. Some painted lace and butterfly lace motifs finished it off. I had such fun experimenting.

Mixed Media Monday - Fashion

With the Spring horse racing festival in full swing, and the Melbourne Cup last week, the talk in the media was all about fashion. That is why I chose "fashion" as the challenge prompt on Mixed Media Monday for this week. As I was pondering what I would do for the challenge, my mind turned back to 1965, and the fuss surrounding Jean Shrimpton, and what she wore to Flemington on Derby Day. It was a mini skirt - but even worse than that, Jean didn't wear any stockings, or hat and gloves! It made quite a headline back then. It's funny to look back on now, considering what some ladies wear these days. My piece is done on a canvas board 20.3 x 25 cm or 8 x 20 inches. I have used lots of collage elements and computer generated images (including Jean and a couple of other ladies present that day), along with gesso, oil pastels, rubons, a ticket and rose stickers which are meant to represent the beautiful rose gardens at Flemington.

Mixed Media Monday - Opposites Attract

I chose a very open theme for Mixed Media Monday this week - opposites attract. I was thinking along the lines of black and white, but in the end opted for vintage creams and sepia with a splash of red for contrast. The piece is done on a canvas board 12.7 x 17.8 cm or 5 x 7 inches. The background is made up of vintage papers and music sheet, and other collage elements, and then distressed with gesso and distress inks. Then I added lots of vintage laces, and the woman was printed onto a fabric sheet. Some tiny, tiny buttons and a flower motif were the finishing touches and the contrast needed for this challenge.

Mixed Media Monday - Marvellous Moustaches

Over the last two weeks we have had some wonderful meaningful challenges on Mixed Media Monday so this week I decided to mix it up a little. A little bit of fun and nonsense - "marvellous moustaches"! My piece is done on canvas board again 12.7 x 17.8 cms or 5 x 7 inches. I've used lots of fun collage elements and computer generated images and coloured with oil pastels.

Mixed Media Monday - Mothers and Daughters

This week I've chosen "mothers and daughters" as the theme for Mixed Media Monday. I thought it was time to put aside the oil pastels for a while, and decided on fabric art this week. The piece is done on a canvas board 12.7 x 17.8 cm or 5 x 7 inches. The background is done with zap cloth and an assortment of laces painted with several acrylic paints. The picture was printed onto a cotton fabric sheet and I coloured it with prisma colour pencils. This was mounted onto a piece of stitch and tear, which was painted and stamped with a rubber stamp. Then I added some ribbon and a flower lace motif which I painted with acrylic paints and added a faux pearl brad as the finishing touch. Truly mixed media, this one!

Mixed Media Monday - Pink

I chose "pink" as the challenge on Mixed Media Monday this week in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Although this is a cause near and dear to me, working with pink is completely outside my comfort zone, grin! Anyway, this is what I ended up with - a painted collage on a canvas board (again) 12.7x17.8 cms or 5.7 inches. It was created with the help of lots of collage elements underneath some gesso and blended oil pastels, a computer generated image, some ribbon, chipboard letters which I painted and a flower and brad.

Mixed Media Monday - Maps

Beth is back on Mixed Media Monday with a new challenge for us - "maps". I have a bit of a crush on these collages with blended oil pastels at the moment, so I opted to do another one for this challenge. There are maps behind the man and woman, along with a compass, penny farthing bicycle etc. I fancy the couple are trying to find their way back together again :-) The piece is done on a 12.7 x 17.8 cm or 5 x 7 inch canvas board.

Mixed Media Monday - Meaningful Music

Yvonne is our new guest host over at Mixed Media Monday this week. She has issued us with a very interesting challenge - to take a piece of music that has meaning for us, and make a piece of art around that. I found this challenge particularly hard, because I love all sorts of music from classic to pop, from opera to country and everything in between. There were just too many possibilities! Then the words of the song sung by Lee Ann Womack, I Hope You Dance, popped into my head. I think the lyrics are very meaningful, so I went with that. The piece is done on a canvas board 12.7 x 17.8 cm, or 5 x 7 inches. I used lots of computer generated collage elements, along with some vintage papers, including the sheet music. The piece is coloured with water soluble oil pastels (without water). The lyrics of the song, for anyone who isn't familar with it are:

I Hope You Dance lyrics

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
GOD forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance....I hope you dance.

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin',
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.)

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

Dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance..
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone)

Mixed Media Monday - Metal/Metallics

I'm hosting the challenge again this week on Mixed Media Monday, which is always fun! It gave me the opportunity to use another of these gorgeous Nichos that my son gave me for my birthday. This time I sponged the metal star with metallic psints (Luminere and Atel=lier), I added a computer generated image to the niche, along with a minature bottle with beads (including gold meallic), some cheese cloth (coffee dyed) and a string of pearls. I added a piece of metallic German scrap to the window as a finishing touch. This gorgeous little metallic Nicho stands about 18 cms or 7 inches tall.

Mixed Media Monday - Make Something Round - take 2

Today my new camera arrived - yah! Now I don't have to rely on my wonderful daughter to take pics of my art for me. So I decided to take a photo of the small canvas I painted to go along with the other two. Now I have a set of three. This one is the smallest and is approx. 5 inches or 12.5 cms. All the information is the same as for the 20 inch canvas below - just on a smaller scale.

Mixed Media Monday - Create Something Round

The very talented Anni is guest host on Mixed Media Monday again this week, and she has challenged us to make something round. This was the golden opportunity to paint this large round canvas which my daughter, Danni, bought for me. I had previously painted a medium sized round canvas for the "play" theme on MMM, and this one, and a smaller one (which I didn't photograph) are to hang with it, in descending sizes. This canvas is approximately 50 cms or 20 inches, and I used acrylic paints, computer generated images, texture paste and tissue paper. Lots of fun - thanks Anni!

Mixed Media Monday - Time of Day

This week Beth is the guest host at Mixed Media Monday, and what a fun theme she chose - "time of day". I decided to try a new (to me) technique for this one, using water solluble oil pastels - without water. The peice is on canvas board, 8x10 inches or 20.3x26.4 cm, which was completely covered with collage elements, and then coloured with the oil pastels. What fun - thanks Beth!

Mixed Media Monday - Stitches

I chose "stitches" as the theme for this week's challenge on Mixed Media Monday because I wanted to do something different, since it's my third time in a row as host. I like to mix it up a bit :-) This little "Stuffy" is about 8 inches tall (20 cms) and is made entirely from fabric, apart from her beaded necklace, the button in her flower and the metal butterfly pin that she is holding. Her face is drawn and coloured with Sharpie pens and her blush was done with a pastel pencil.

Allan and Bridget's Wedding

Well, here I am home again exhausted, but happy, after the beautiful wedding of my son, Allan to his gorgeous wife Bridget. It was a lovely winter's day here in Canberra, Australia - we've had quite a bit of rain over the past week, but it behaved beautifully for the lovely wedding ceremony in the gardens down by Lake Burley Griffin. What a lovely, happy couple they are, and what a lovely day we all had celebrating their special day with them Now it's time for them to relax and have some fun up on the Gold Coast :0)

Mixed Media Monday - Together

I chose "together" as the challenge on Mixed Media Monday this week in honour of my son's marriage to his lovely bride today :-) I made this fun piece using the bride and groom's faces, and computer generated images which were hand coloured. The background papers were painted with water colour paints on water colour paper. I also used a strip of scrapbook paper, a strip of German scrap and a couple of German scrap crowns to finish it off.

Mixed Media Monda - Stars

It was so lovely to pick up a paint brush and do some art after a few weeks of not doing anything! When I was pondering the challenge of "stars" for Mixed Media Monday, I began thinking of the golden oldies in movies, and the real "stars". My daughter and I love movies from the 30's and 40's, and one of our favourite actresses is Bette Davis, so it was an easy choice for me. The quote I used is from one of our favourite Bette movies - Now Voyager - "why ask for the moon when we have the stars".
The painting is on a canvas approx. 30 x 40 cm or 12 x 16 inches and I used computer generated images, acrylic paint, modelling paste, cheese cloth, charcoal and oil pastels.

Mixed Media Monday - Play

My theme over at Mixed Media Monday this week is "play". I am continuing to play with acrylic paints, and this week I used a round stretched canvas for the first time. It was so much fun to play around with this canvas!

Mixed Media Monday - Beads

I'm hosting the challenge over at Mixed Media Monday this week, and I've chosen "beads" as the challenge prompt. It was the ideal opportunity to use one of the gorgeous Nicho's that my son gave me for my birthday. Since it's a fan shape I opted for an oriental theme. I coloured the nicho with alcohol inks and gold acrylic paint. I also got into my stash of lovely beads and oriental charms. The piece is finished off with some Japanese yuzen paper, a computer generated image and a coin in the niche.

Mixed Media Monday - Playful Dolls 2

OK, I couldn't resist making another art doll - to keep my other one company :-) This one is only about 5 inches or 12.5 cm tall. Once again her head was a plastic dcll which I repainted and glazed to look like a porcelain doll. Her body is a glass bottle that I collaged with vintage papers. She was finished with the help of some lace, braid, beads etc. What fun!

Mixed Media Monday - Playful Dolls

What fun I've had this week, with Diana's challenge on Mixed Media Monday - "playful dolls". I have been admiring the art dolls I have seen in books and around the place that have been altered to look like porcelain dolls. This was my perfect opportunity to have a play! I pulled all of the hair out of a plastic doll (drastic, I know) and re-painted the head and arms and glazed them to make them look like porcelain. The bodies of the dolls I admired were made with wooden bobbins but I had to improvise so I made my body with a cardboard tube wrapped with wadding to give it some shape. The base was made using a child's board book, covered with paper and braid. Then I had fun with the clothing, using lace, silk, hand painted lace, cheesecloth dyed with coffee, etc. I gave her lovely little feather wings which were distressed to add to the vintage look. She stands about 10 inches tall - and now I think she needs a little friend or two.

Mixed Media Monday - Tell Me a Story

I'm hosting the challenge on Mixed Media Monday again this week, I need more volunteers before everyone gets thoroughly sick of me, grin! I chose the theme of "tell me a story" as the challenge and then created this canvas as an example. Maybe I should do it the other way around in future because I don't think this piece really tells a story, Instead makes some rather soap opera type suggestions and leaves it up to everyone's imagination. It was fun to do anyway! The canvas is 8 x 10 inches or 20 x 25 cms and is done with acrylics, tissue paper for texture, found text (from magazines) and images printed from my computer. I've also used foam stamps, stencils and sequin waste.

Mixed Media Monday - Numbers

This week on Mixed Media Monday Patty is back with the challenge prompt "numbers". I had a total disaster with my first piece for this theme, so I ended up with a quick little collage. The piece is done on a 4 x 4 inch (10 x 10 cm) canvas board.

Mixed Media Monday - Lace

This week on Mixed Media Monday Anni is challenging us with the prompt "lace". Well, that was all the excuse I needed to make my first art quilt, and of course, it had to be heavily encrusted with luscious laces and lace motifs. The image of the woman is an image transfer onto fabric. The quilt is approx. 20 x 25 cm or 8 x 10 inches. I now have to find something to hang it on. Thanks for the fun challenge, Anni!

Mixed Media Monday - Layers

It's my turn to host a challenge on Mixed Media Monday again, and I have to admit to being a little self indulgent in chosing "layers" as the challenge. At the moment I'm really enjoying painting using lots of layers and this painting is no exception. I've used lots of paint glazes, tissue paper, modelling paste, paper doily, printed images etc. to create this 20x25 cm or 8x10 in canvas.

Mixed Media Monda - Feathered Friends

A new Monday, a new challenge on Mixed Media Monday :-) This week Gillian is our guest host and she has chosen "feathered friends" as her challenge to us. This piece is done on a stretched canvas 13x19 cms, or 5x7 inches. The houses and bird are Collections chipboard covered with vintage book pages and further distressed with Distress Ink and have lots of different little elements added. The background is painted in acrylic paints - this part was fun, trying to get a faded and aged appearence. What fun challenge - thanks Gillian!

Mixed Media Monday - Altered People

Rachel's first challenge with us on Mixed Media Monday is "altered people". I decided to make another little art doll. This time a used a Rummy-O game piece, a paper clay face that I painted, scrapbook paper, buttons, hand charms and some German Scrap for the wings and crown. She stands about 5 inches or 12.5 cms tall. It wasn't the easiest thing to get a pic of, unfortunately. Thanks for a fun challenge, Rachel!

Mixed Media Monday - Helping Hands

This week on Mixed Media Monday Janny has issued a fun challenge - "helping hands". This is a canvas I painted for the challenge - it's 5 x 7 inches or 12.5 x 18 cms. I used tissue paper, cheese cloth and modelling paste for texture. You can see part of a sign language chart peeping through, I thought that suited the theme quite well. Unfortunately, the copper metallic paint and the copper leaf doesn't show up in the scan, but the painting has a little bit of glitz in real life. Thanks for the fun challenge, Janny!

Mixed Media Monday - Inspirational Words

This week on Mixed Media Monday, we have a new guest host, Michelle. Michelle has challenged us to use an inspriational word in our artwork. I've been doing so much acrylic work lately, I felt like a change of pace, and opted for a water colour painting. I think a lot of people associate "flight" words with their art - in that they aspire to "take flight" with their creativity. That's why I chose the word "soar" for my painting, which will hang over my desk. The piece is done on water colour paper, in water colour paints. The letters and stars are chipboard. I scanned the painting because they never photograph terribly well behind glass, and have also put up a picture to give you an idea of how it looks in the frame. The painting is approximately 13x18 cms or 5.5x7.5 inches. The frame is one I picked up in a charity shop for a couple of dollars.

Mixed Media Monday - On the Beach

Rosie is the guest host this week on Mixed Media Monday and she has chosen "on the beach" as her challenge prompt. This follows on so nicely from "mermaids" last week, that I decided to do a companion painting for the mermaid piece. This time I decided to have a more positive story for my painting, since my "forbidden love" was a little sad. So here we have endless love between the man and woman, and their two little sailor boys. This is done on a 6 x 6 inch, or 15x15 cm canvas using collage elements, lots of layers of acrylic glazes and tissue paper, molding paste etc. for texture. Thanks for a fun challenge, Rosie!

Mixed Media Monday - Mermaids

This week on Mixed Media Monday Nat is back with a fun challenge for us - "mermaids". I opted for a collage painting for this theme, and this is what I came up with. It is a 6 x 6 inch (15 cm by 15 cm) canvas with LOTS of pieces of collage, colour glazes and different materials for texture (which doesn't show up that well in the scan), etc. This was such fun, I can't wait to do another painting!

Mixed Media Monday - Easter

Life has been conspiring to keep me away from playing this week, so I'm going to show this little needle felted rabbit for this weeks challenge. I made him some time ago, and he is named Toby after a little blue mini lop rabbit that we owned at one time. Although the real Toby didn't have black, crooked whiskers, and his ear carriage was much better than this little fellow's :-) In fact he used to do quite well at the rabbit shows. I think this little guy would only be eligible for the pet section, LOL.

Mixed Media Monday - Stripes and/or Polka Dots

I have been anxiously awaiting this challenge on Mixed Media Monday since Kim suggested it to me a little while ago. I had so many different ideas for this challenge - I have some gorgeous images of vintage women is spotty dresses or striped swimming costumes. But I kept coming back to wanting to do an art doll - and she won! So here she is - "Dotty". She is created with cardstock, fabric, ribbon, lace, buttons, computer generated images, scrapbook papers etc. Lots of fun - thanks for the challenge Kim!

Mixed Media Monday - Come Fly With Me!

I'm not altogether happy with this painting, but I don't have time to do something else for Mixed Media Monday this week, so this is it. It is painted on a 5x7 in or 12.7x17.8 cm canvas board, using acrylics and stencils, rubber stamps etc. The birds were added using a gel medium image transfer. It's the first time I've tried this on canvas, and it worked perfectly :-)

Mixed Media Monday - Oriental

This week over at Mixed Media Monday, the very talented Rosie returns with another challenge for us - Oriental. I opted for some ATC's this week, because life in my house has been a bit hectic. Don't you hate it when life gets in the way of art? It was also a great opportunity to use some of my absolutely beautiful Yuzen papers. Both of these ATC's will be available for trade on our Mixed Media Monday Yahoo group.

Mixed Media Monda - Spring Colours

The wonderful Barbara is issuing her first challenge to us this week on Mixed Media Monday.
She has chosen "spring colours" as her theme - what fun. This is a water colour painting I did - hand drawn except for the background which is a rubber stamp coloured with water colours. The first photo shows it in the frame, and the second scan is to show the painting better, as it's hard to photograph things in the frame with glass. Thanks, Barbara - I enjoyed working with a "springy" theme, although we're enjoying a beautiful autumn here is Aus.

Mixed Media Monday - The Written Word

It's my turn to host the challenge on Mixed Media Monday and I chose "the written word" as the prompt. I was so inspired by all the "time" pieces during the last challenge. A few people had "the time is now" type submissions, and thinking about that was what inspired this piece. I think Dr. Seuss summed it up perfectly with this rhyme "How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn! How did it get so late so soon?" I must admit I've been feeling that a lot lately, time is just flying by, with never enough time available to do everything I'd like to. So, I made this journal page based on that. The background is done with acrylic paints.

Mixed Media Monday - Time

The very talented Heather is our guest host on Mixed Media Monday this week, and she has chosen a wonderful theme - "time"! This gave me the perfect opportunity to alter a clock. I've been wanting to do this ever since seeing the clock in Kelly Rae Roberts book, Taking Flight! The first photo shows the clock, and the second one is a scan of the painting, so you can see that a little clearer (the clock was difficult to photograph because of the glass). The painting was done in water colours on water colour paper - but I have added some acrylic paint and inks and stamps to the background. I was very worried that the clock wouldn't work after I took it apart, but so far, so good!

Mixed Media Monday - Heroes

This week on Mixed Media Monday, Beth is our guest host, and she has chosen "heroes" as our challenge. With the terrible bush fires in Victoria two weeks ago, the real heroes of our times, the Aussie firies (firefighters) were the obvious choice for my piece. I wanted to pay tribute to these wonderful men and women who risk their lives to save others, property, bushland etc. Some of these firies lost their own properties, and in one tragic case his family, while out fighting the fires. I'd also like to honour the Canberra firefighter, David Balfour, who was repaying a debt of gratitude for the help we received during the Canberra fires, who was tragically killed by a burnt out tree which fell. Today is the National Day of Mourning, when we remember the 208 people lost in the fires, their families and friends and all those affected by the devastating fires. We are also remembering the wonderful work of the firies - our heroes, and the other emergency workers, volunteers etc. who were there to help.

My piece is done on a 5x7 inch or 12.7x17.8 cm canvas board. The background is painted in acrylic paints and the images are computer printed. The letters are chipboard.

Mixed Media Monday - Hearts and Wings

This week I am thrilled to have the very talented Fannie as guest host on Mixed Media Monday
and she has chosen the theme "hearts and wings". This was the perfect opportunity for me to play with some painting faces again. This piece is done water colour paper and I used water colour pencils and a couple of other media to paint the picture. The first scan shows the painting on it's own, so you can see it well, and the second image shows it in the cute little frame I found at the Salvo's op shop for only $2. Of course, it didn't scan so well with the glass, but I wanted to show you how it will be displayed. Thanks Fannie for such a fun challenge!