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!