Yesterday I used the second canvas I prepared for my 3rd girl. I knew I wanted to create a girl with a head, a big floppy one. And I thought pants would be nice for a change, went for a 70s style and I like how it turned out. This girl seems a very confident chick to me!

I meant to post the pictures of these 3 canvases for a while, then didn’t like the ones I took, so I had to redo them. The background gradients were already there (made those a few years back *cough cough*) and had something different in mind to put on there but I changed my mind. So before Christmas I took those canvases out again and thought to myself, I really have to finish them. And I did For the words I played around in Illustrator with fonts, changed the size of the letters and arranged them until I liked it. I then printed them out, used a soft pencil to cover the letters on the back of the paper, lay them right side up on the canvas and traced the letters with a pen to transfer the lines onto the canvas. Then I simply had to fill the letter with paint and gave the canvases a slight white wash with a large, dry brush. They hang in a little odd nook between two windows and next to the couch. It was bare and needed a little something and I think these fit perfectly.

Materials/Programs used: Square canvases, Jo Sonja’s acrylic paints, a small flat brush, a medium sized brush, a large flat brush (for painting walls), a printer, Illustrator and a pencil

Today I finished my second canvas. I forgot to take photos in the early stages, it is so much fun that you forget things around you!

A close up of the textured sun, made with a little texture medium

And here is my finished canvas. Am really happy how it turned out!

Some close ups of the finished art:

Last night I finished my first She Art canvas from the Christy Tomlinson workshop. Seriously? It is SO MUCH fun! I am loving the whole process, playing with textures, colours, stamps and rubons. It really unleashed a completely different side of my creativity. Usually I keep my designs clean and simple but now I know I can do messy, too lol. Now… I don’t think my first canvas is perfect, I made some mistakes but… this is my first (of many to come for sure!) and I am learning but I had heaps of fun creating it and I now know what I need to do next time. It did turn out differently to what I wanted but I still love it!

I have made a few photos of the process, some of them are a bit blurry; I had to get up on a chair to photograph them and it was a bit wobbly

The tissue paper I used here is by 7gypsies, I simply had to have the key pattern!

I got also creative when it came to creating my own textures and stamps. The rolling pin and skid protectors I bought at a 2$ store. The round protectors I cut in half before I glued them onto the rolling pin. There is another rolling pin where I mod podged on some thin rope to it. I haven’t tried it yet because it needed to dry and I simply couldn’t wait to get back to my canvases, tehee.

Added some paint, stamped some bubble wrap and stenciled with… gutter protection

The other canvas I started. I started with mod podging some old book pages to the canvas.

A few close ups to see the texture and details:

And here she is, finished and in all glory:

Hope you like!

I thought it would be great to show you here on my blog what other crafts and arts I do. Like my sketch pad, I usually never leave the house without my sketch pad! It is a great way to write or draw down ideas you get while you are out and about. And if I have to wait somewhere, you can usually see me doodling (or reading my kindle).

A couple of days ago I finally took the plunch and signed up for the She Art Workshop by Christy Tomlinson. She is one creative lady! I have been on a shopping spree to gather supplies (and of course all the supplies are usually double the US price, so not fair!) and I should be ready to start today. I seriously cannot wait!

Yesterday it was a nice warm day and so the kids wanted to swim in the pool. I didn’t feel well and didn’t want to go swimming, so I sat next to the pool with my sketch pad and my Faber Castell Pitt artist pen doodling away. This is what I accomplished while the kids had a swim: