Hi everyone, this last week I have been experimenting with all sorts of materials. These two pieces are some mixed media pieces made using acrylic paint and oil pastels on wood!
The second one below I called 'You are not alone'. I really liked using the pastels and paints together! :0) The only question I have is when you are using oil pastels is there something you should put over the top to 'seal' it so that it can't get damaged? I'm worried that it wouldn't take much to make a mark on the pastels?
This next piece is a small canvas that I painted for a prize in my facebook fanpage competition. I asked my likers what they would like to see me paint and said that the winning idea would get the painting! This liker said she would love to see butterflies or fairies and I couldn't resist so I painted a 'butterfly fairy'. I'll be doing more competitions like this as it was alot of fun! :0) It now needs to be posted off to the UK! :0)
Last but not least I thought I'd share a couple of paintings done by my little men. I was practicing a lesson plan idea with them the other day. I wanted to show them how easy it would be to create one of my tree paintings. I think that they would look very striking up around the school :0)
Hope you are all having a great weekend!!
x
14 comments:
such beautiful work, looks like your children ahve inherited your talent as well, isn't John Travolta handsome, even now he is still so good looking, I liked him best as Micheal when we played the part of the angel.
Your boys are taking after their mama. :) Wonderful trees! And a wonderful collection from you. :) Love Travolta!
Cute work, and I'm equally impressed with your kids' art, especially your 5 year old! And I recognized John Travolta right away...wow.
wow! Your John Travolta is right on!!! awesome....i love him too! ever since i first saw Grease! have a great sunday my friend! xo
Love them all! And you certainly captured the essence of John Trovolta :-)
Wow! you have been busy ~ they are all beautiful, wonderful and magical ! ~
~ thanks, namaste, ^_^
Spray several coats of fixative over the oil pastels ~ do so outside as you don't want to breathe in those chemicals ~ (you know that ~ right?) ^_^
Loving your new pieces, Nicola. I like the combo of acrylics and pastels. Wow. And whoa - John T. Reoow! :D hee hee
John T...is a hit with me...love him... Your kids paintings are gorgeous...fantastic... :)
A veritable gallery of delight you are sharing with us today Nicola!
I use spray fixative to protect my pastels but they still 'move' if you scratch them.
Love all of these. And that is a dead-on John Travolta. Think the top pic of the girl with the brown hair is my favorite though.
always like mixing media..
Hey Nicola ;o) Great to see you! Love your new paintings! All so special! I love your small canvas one ;o) And, I love John Travolta!! ;o) Your boys did a great job! Take Care ;o)
wonderful to see all of your pieces
you made John T. adorable!
That is a huge collection of wonderful right there... nice to see you have talented kids as well...xx
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