Vintage Ornamet Painting ...

Hi, I hope everyone is having a great week! I wanted to pop in and share a new holiday painting I created for one of my fabulous customers, a Christmas wreath decorated with vintage ornaments.

Here are a few random Christmas facts about me ...

I only buy and decorate my house with vintage Christmas decorations.

I have to listen Christmas music when I create Christmas paintings.

Another random fact, I like colored lights better than white ones.

One of my favorite Christmas gifts as a child was a kitchen for my Barbie's. It smelled like vanilla.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, The Grinch, and The original Frosty the Snowman are my favorite holiday specials.

A Colorful Family ...

I wanted to share my newest painting, a fun commission piece I created for one of my fabulous customers.

A colorful family walking through a meadow of dandelions.

Dad Rooster,

Mother Hen,

and the little chicks.

Three rolling hills, one covered in bright white daisies, another in prickly purple thistles, and a vibrant hill decorated with poppies.

Can you find the heart hiding in the flowers?

Thank you for visiting this fun family!

Afternoon Rooster on a Hill of Poppies ...

It has been a couple of weeks since I had a chance to paint and yesterday I decided it was time. I set up shop underneath our curly willow tree in the backyard and spent the afternoon painting. I love painting outside. It is so peaceful. I decided I was going to paint one of my roosters, they are carefree and whimsical. Other than deciding what colors I want to use they are quite simple and strait forward, the perfect subject to create especially when I have a little rust on my brushes.

Instead of painting him in front of a rising sun like I normally do I decided that this rooster would be basking in the vibrant afternoon sky. I used every paint color in my box and mixed many more to create his rainbow appearance. He is covered in a variety of colors including different shades of blue, teal, green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, burgundy, and red. I decided to paint the flowers on the hill a vibrant orange to compliment the sun and the orange on the rooster’s belly, plus orange is my favorite color and I love to use it as much as possible.

Have a colorful Monday!

Fun Collages ...

Elegant Hoop Collage-Barn Owl

This elegant collage is a full of vibrant colors, shimmery sequins, and pretty artwork. In the foreground is an elegant barn owl perched on a wooden fence post. Framing the bird are beautiful white, purple, pink lilacs and a cute cherry tree. In the distance are five vibrant multi colored hills. Colorful sequins dot the colored pencil and pastel drawings.

The canvas inside the hoop is a recycled pair of jeans. I left some excess jean around the outside to frame the vintage hoop. I have colored the jean border with blue and red pastels. I used vintage thread to sew the miniature pieces of art to the jean canvas. In the sky above the owl are tiny stars made clear beads. I have sewed a red ric rac loop onto the top of the collage for easy hanging.

Some of the fun materials used to create this collage include, recycled paper bags, recycled jeans, a vintage hoop, vintage thread, sequins, beads, colored pencil, pastels, and pen.

Cute Little Hoop-Owl Family

This petite piece of art is a fun collection of vintage and recycled materials. Each colorful owl was drawn on a different type of paper. The largest owl was created on a brown paper bag, the pretty pink and green on a piece of drawing paper, the pretty white and orange on a vintage book page, and lastly the black sheep of the brood on a vintage music page. The whimsical branch was created out of brown paper bag and the leaves and flowers from vintage music and book pages. A cute little banner with the world family written on it hangs above this fun bunch. At the bottom of the collage, off in the distance are three colorful hills.

Everything has been sewn on a recycled toddler shirt of my daughters that wasn’t nice enough to be donated. I stained the shirt with coffee and attached all of my drawings with vintage thread. I added colorful and shimmery sequins to the art for a little glitter. I have sewn a loop of material to the piece for easy hanging. Four pretty sequins decorate the loop.

Good Morning Rooster …

Roosters are one of my favorite vintage items to collect and they are also one of my favorite subjects to paint.

I love how colorful, whimsical, and proud they are.

I had a rare quiet Sunday when I created this painting. I sat outside under our curly willow tree on a blanket and just enjoyed the beautiful day. I wanted to use bright beautiful colors and make the rooster fun and whimsical. It was nice to paint just for the love of painting.