Green Birds painting (video)

I almost forgot that I recorded painting the birds I showed yesterday. It was my experiment with black and yellow. As you will see in the video, most of the painting was done in those colors. I added light glazes of brown and Payne's gray at the end. It feels like Friday.... I really want to say "Happy weekend", and have to keep reminding myself that it's not...

2-3 minute sketches (2 videos)

Thank you for the lovely comments on my sketches/collage pieces. Randy Roelen van der Vlugt (can I say how much I love your name?) asked if I really did the sketches in 3 minutes. I didn't know the answer, because I didn't really measure the time. It just felt like 3 minutes. So I was curious to see how long it really is. 

You will see the first sketch in the following video:

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Please keep in mind - these are really quick, rough sketches. Even I can do it somewhat better if I take my time.  I wish I had a picture of me drawing the second one - my camera and tripod were in front of me, the ipad on the left side (which means I was holding my hand in a completely unnatural position)... Doesn't matter. What I wanted to show is that in 2-3 minutes you can have a (probably better) sketch to play with. 

I will show you another example tomorrow - from the beginning sketch to finished collage.;

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I am not sure how the videos will look, since I didn't upload them to YouTube first. They look horribly pixelated in my preview screen... If it turns out to be really bad, please let me know and I'll use Vimeo or something like that.

Reflection, journal page + Video

I finished the painting I showed in progress in this post, and then decided to have a little photo-shoot with her. Don't know why, probably because I used earthy tones to paint her, and the leaves are so beautiful now... I quickly noticed that glass and sun create reflections and that what I wanted to capture isn't happening. Interestingly enough, when I later looked at the photos the ones I liked the most were the ones that showed reflected flowers, tree or me in the painting.

I wanted to have her face in my journal too, so I made a very quick and impatient transfer.

I recorded a video in double speed, and for the first time tried to do voice over. I enjoy listening to other artists explain what they are doing, and as hard as it is, wanted to try it. Please excuse my manly voice, the different levels of sound and everything else... it is a learning curve, and this is just my first try :-);

Purple Bird + video

I couldn't sleep well because a purple bird was persistently floating around my dreams, insisting to be painted. I really couldn't get up at 3 a.m., so I tossed and turned until the morning, and then went right to my studio and picked up the brushes. 

And since I haven't done it in a while, I wanted to see how it looks when I record it, so I fished out my tripod from the depths of the closet, connected the camera and started. I don't think that you can see the embedded video in readers (I never can), so in case you are interested click on the link.

Things happen in mysterious ways sometimes... I painted the bird holding a flower, and when I opened the door in the evening to greet my husband, imagine my surprise when he filled my arms with flowers for no reason at all, except that he felt like it. He might be my purple bird! Feeling very lucky and extremely grateful for it :-)

for Bird Lovers

For me, this is the best way to relax. I created this kit in a way that everything looks good together, no matter how combined, so there is no pressure - just fun. I cut out all 77 collage bits and then combined them. Maybe there are 78 pieces... I keep getting a different number when I count them :-)

Here is a journal spread, with many places left for writing.

I've been using junk mail for bookmarks... I think these are prettier than that.

I can never tire of ACEOs. It was my first art love, and I still love their small format.

So, that's it. My first bird lovers collage kit. It's in my etsy shop, with some other new collage sheets that I recently added.

I'm about to sit in the car with my daughter - a very new driver. I'll try to be a good and patient teacher.... and then I'll probably relax with more birds, because even after making all these things, I still have plenty collage material left.

Happy weekend!

xo

Visitor

I knew you couldn't guess it... it's such a random animal that I would have really been surprised if anyone thought of it. Thank you for trying! It was fun to read your comments.

Remember the cartoon with the black cat and a skunk in love?

Look what our camera captured in the backyard.

The black cat is our neighbors.... I thought that it was funny that she is black and seemed to know that we have a 'visitor'. The darling skunk has left our backyard and we closed the way it came in. I think that it is completely adorable and wouldn't mind holding one just like the girl in THIS movie.

It is not allowed to have skunks as pets in California (not that I would really want one, but I was intrigued by the thought), but it's very much allowed to quickly paint them in the journal. 

Happy weekend!

Over and over and over...

What do you do when are not happy with what you painted?

I paint over it. In this case maybe it wasn't that smart, because I'm fighting with her (or she is fighting me), but I'm taking my time and hopefully the result will be the way I want it :-)

Happy weekend!
P.S. Can you tell me, please, does the video show up in google reader?