I adored advent calendars, and this one is really impressive. Each box is a little wooden jigsaw puzzle! 🧩 🖼️
I’m really looking forward to doing one of these each day in December. Now
It’s here!!! Puzzle I mage is lighter and less saturated than the original artwork, but all the lovely layers of mixed media detail can still be seen. 😍
I choose the “garden” template,
Done!!!! I’m soooo happy how this mixed media piece turned out. 😍
Lots of person stuff in the layers related to my mom:
her garden notes on the siding
crossword puzzle in the
Now that I’ve built up enough orange acrylic paint on the flowers, I can add yellow liquid acrylic to flow into the grooves.
Probably going to repeat that process one more time,
Going to the quilt store de-stash bash this morning made me realize I didn’t have “quilting “ represented in this piece. Mom’s made some amazing quilts over the years.
I printed
A copy of one of my mom’s very few sketches. I used Copic markers to give the little guy some color before he goes on the art board.
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This is a series
After my dad went into a full-care facility (ALZ), my mom moved into a new, much smaller, house. It was part of a new cul-de-sac just being built, so we
So … didn’t like where the first attempt ended up and am starting over. I have to like any of my art that leaves my house.
Glued a color print of my base
After a bit of experimenting, I now have a template (3 really) for some of the flowers. Going to figure out how I want a profile flower to look, then start cutting into
After seeing how well the painted tissue paper hat and gloves turned out (and how poorly the painted stems turned out (twice)), I’m painting more tissue paper and will use that technique
Hat is done. Now waiting for glue to dry on the garden gloves.
Hat and gloves are paint and ink drenched tissue paper glued to copy paper. The hat lines were drawn with
Finished the background. Going to let this dry then work on the table and vase.
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This is a series of notes for my art project of using a reference photo of Mom’s
Current state of the art board. Once this layer dries, I’ll work on the door frame and glass, which will just be a darkish gray to provide contrast with the flowers.
Second
Acrylic paint brushed on and a bit sponged off. One of many layers. Have to be sure to let each layer thoroughly dry, or I can mess up something I like [voice of
Step 3: wash of yellow from a Stabilo water-soluble pencil. Even though more stuff will go on top, this gives the whole a shared undertone.
When the painter worked on my mom’
Step 2: use carbon paper to outline the base sketch onto Canson art board.
This is a 9” x 12” watercolor art board. I’ve also used their mixed media art board and
28 / #29daysplushielove - This is Waldrus. My sister gave him to me for Christmas 10 years ago when I published my second children’s picture book about a (wait for it) … walrus.
If you
15 & 16 / #29daysplushielove - I was helping an artist with their booth in the dealer’s room of a pop culture convention and while on break, browsed the other tables. Both pandas were
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It’s only December first, but on the chance someone wants to record a dramatic reading of this before the 24th, I’m releasing it today. I Nostrfied the poem “‘The Night Before
