" When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation and people want to be near you"
I love this quote it is from the book "Much to do about Loving" by Jack Murnighan and Maura Kelly. I saw the quote in the O Magazine. I just loved it. I am going to make a big painting with this quote on it and hang it on my kitchen wall so I can read it every morning before I leave the house to remind me.
So true.
And now some of the process
Steve cuts wood for me and it is primed.
Pick out the colors. I tend to gravitate to these colors. Red, Green and Cream
Throw some paint on the wood. Add some paper and texture.
Make my own stencils
Make more textures
Paint the face and the first signs of flowers
Figuring out what flowers and where I want to place them. I cut out many different flowers. Not all of them made it.
More paper flowers and more painting.
Finished
I hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!
If you have time go and visit all the artist at Paint Party Friday!
40 comments :
I am in awe, totally fantastic, you are amazing - love the way this sort of just freaking BLOOMED into an awesome piece of art - great stuff!!!
Your painting is spectacular! I love seeing your process. Thanks for the quote also, it is something I needed to hear again today. Cheers!
beautiful mixed media! thanks for showing your process!
What a great quote, and so true! My mom always said something very similar (with no constellations!) What a nice portrait too, lots of details!
you're so talented. make your own stensil is such a good idea. thank you for sharing!
farah
malaysia
Oh...that quote is amazing and i love your face radiating happiness and joy..xxx
Gorgeous piece!! Loved seeing the process!!
wow, this is beautiful and it's always so interesting to see the process step by step! your ladies always have such a beautiful sense of serenity about them.
by the way, i often try to leave a comment but for some reason my work computer won't let me so i'm getting it in on my tab while i get a chanxe!
Love the quote too. Your painting is wonderful - filled with detail and layers that excite the eyes and fill the soul up with good stuff.
Fabulous mixed media piece of art. x
Your piece was so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing the process. I learned so much by reading it.
Just gorgeous, Heather!
Thank you for showing us your process. I am a big fan of your work.
Love that the face is off-center in the composition and the focal point moves about the wonderful arrangement of flora!
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Happy PPF!!
Mary
Mixed-Media Map Art
this is amazing, truly amazingly beautiful, you are a real talent you are, I love it, thankyou so much for sharing and the step by step is wonderful I love to see the process, my hat is off to you, such creativity!
What a wonderful quote! Love all the details in your beautiful painting! Happy PPF!
Absolutely fantastic, thanks for sharing the whole process, too! Valerie
Just gorgeous work! And I love how you showed your process! :-)
Love to see the in process shots, too!TFS,
Rinda
Heather, this is wonderful. I love how you cut your own stencils. I had scrolled down to the 3rd from the end and thought, this really needs something in the lower righthand corner. When I scrolled to the bottom, there was that gorgeous flower and design exactly where it should be.
This is wonderful.. and so fun.. I love the entire thing.. I also love the saying that you found to go with it.
Pehaps I will use it for one of mine paintings.. It is so true! ♥
I absolutely ADORE this piece and seeing how it was made!! great quote too (I wonder why sometimes it's so hard to do what it says... he he he)
Heather, this is just beautiful! Thank you for showing the process. Have a happy weekend!
A beautiful painting Heather and a great quote! Inspiring indeed!
This is really beautiful. Her face is so nice. It really grounds the rest of the piece. Lovely!!
wow, I thought you had just painted on scrapbook paper. Great job!!
what a bright and hopeful painting, Therese! I love your process!
This is so beautiful. I love your process. The face is painted perfectly. Very nice art.
Nicole/Beadwright
Wow that is beautiful! I love how you took us through the whole process. The flowers that you've made and added really add so much. I really love your idea about making the quote and putting up in your kitchen. I hope you show us pics of that one, too!
Happy PPF!
xx Jaime
Beautiful! I love that you should some photos of your process I. Creating such a beautiful piece! Great job!
My,my the wonderful quotes this weekend, this one is fantastic! Your painting is brilliant and the process so fascinating! I love your wonderful detail! Deb
Wow! She is FANTASTIC. Thanks for sharing the BTS photos... so fun to see how it all came together. Glad to find you from Jenny's class. I'm off to become your newest follower.
What a great quote Heather!. Love your girl and the process. You really work hard to get such great effects. Awesome painting.
What a lovely face your woodland princess has! I love your explanation of all the layers. Are you using Jo Sonya paints? I used to use those when I did acrylic paintings and as I told you will be taking a collage class the end of this month. It says"Fluid acrylics preferred" in the supply list. Right now I have some Utrecht acrylics that are in tubes.
This is SO gorgeous!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I love the colours you chose - those soft greens are so beautiful with the red flowers. Fantastic! And i'm going to check out PPF... (maybe i'll join in on the fun?) xoxo
Fantastic...looks like great fun, too!
Darest sweet Heather, this painting is speaking to me! I love the meaning behind this piece and the processs! Thanks so much for sharing...and it was something i needed to hear so much these days. Have a lovely merry happy mid-week and love to you!
Amazing!!!! such a wonderful color palette. love seeing it in progress too. happy creating xoxo
Wow, so beautifully ornate. I love all the detail in this.
Oh this is incredible- and thank you for sharing your process!
Happy Paint Party Friday (a day late;))
Stephanie
Terrific! And I love it when I see the work in progress! I'd like to do that but I keep forgetting to stop and take pictures! Patsy from
HeARTworks
OOOOH! Heather, this is AMAZing! I LOVE what you've done and love seeing your progress. Such gorgeous colors and composition - and I love the found pictures of your Mom too, xo
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