Latest Painting - Peaceful Owl

Latest Canvas 12 inch x 12 inch.

Thinking about selling this one... hmmmm maybe

Grungy Angel

Canvas is sized 24 inch x 24 inch.

she's a lot grungier than i was originally going to make her, but i like the texture and affect.

New Canvas

Flowers of Pink and Pearl - 36 inch x 24 inch. Taken me 6 months to finish, but finally done!! For an exhibition at our local Westpac Bank. Yes these beads are all hand stitched into the canvas, hence why it has taken 6 months. I want to do another, but this time have it more grungier and a little less pretty.

Mandela Painting

24 inch x 24 inch - my version of a Mandela

Just Clowning Around

8 x 10 inches

New Painting

8 x 10 inches - Titled - Fly Me To The Moon

Two posts in one day!!

Haha yep blog neglect, so just trying to catch up -

Vase of Flowers

Latest Canvas titled "vase of flowers"

Lollipops???

Or at least that's what my daughter titled my latest painting:-)

Talk about blog neglect

Yep that's what's been happening with me lately. Art get's put to the back of the want/need list, when I'm working 5 days a week, with 2 children, a dog and a husband and not necessarily in that order either ;-).

But I have been working for 2 months on the painting below (off and on) for a friend of mine who has just recently opened a hair dressing salon in town from her home.

I was completely thrilled and blown away that she liked my work enough to ask me to do a painting for her.

anyway here it is - titled "Teigans Place".

more art to share

My second Buddha, which I completed last week... this one has been sold :-)




My latest canvas titled - Just a Pear -

It's been a LONG time in between posts :-)

Latest painting 8 x 10 inches on canvas board. Am going to frame this in a black frame... I am also working on another Buddha painting with different colours.

Paintings for my Son's Bedroom

The above painting was made from a sketch my son did which you can see below. I wanted to make something a little more personal.




As I wasn't completely happy with the first painting (I wasn't overly excited about the background) I decided to do a second one.



Thanks for taking the time to look.

Pink Frangi's

My latest canvas which is 30 inch x 24 inch. Pleased with this one, as it's a commission for a friend, so wanted it to be 'right'.

Love that Glimmer Mist

All you have to do is post a picture of their new bottles and the phrase, Glimmer Mist is the same great product with a Fabulous NEW Look! Email your link to liz@mytatteredangels.com and your name will be placed into the draw for a six pac of the brand new, never released WINTER 2009 colours.

Yellow Frangi's

A painting i've been working on for a while now. I am happy with the grungy way I've painted the flowers. Photo taken at night, so hard to see the detail in the background.

Size is 18 inch x 18 inch

A Day Trip

Another cute canvas done for a friends daughter. 8 inch x 10 inch and fits in perfectly with this weeks MMM - tell me a story.

Catch a falling star

and put it in your pocket

8 inch by 10 inch

And now for something completely different

for me that is anyway...

I've titled this graffiti wall and size is 36 inch x 24 inch.

Yep it started out as something completely different, but this is the way it ended up :-) Loads of layers and a bit 'dark' for me, but nice to try something different.

My girl and her bestie and a new painting

My girl and her bestie (Emma is on the right) after their presentation at the assembly this morning. These two stick together like glue and are each others biggest fans. So cute!!




and my latest painting which is a gift for a friends daughter. I wanted there to be lots of sparkle, so maybe I went a little overboard on the hearts and stars :-) but hopefully my friends daugher (who is a real girlie girl) will like it.

My daughter asked why I put wings on most of my girls..... hmmm I didn't think I did that, THAT much, but obviously my fascination with wings hasn't diminished quite yet.

Next painting an abstract....

This Boy

A recent LO done of Luc my son. I take the worst ever photo's (I didn't even take the main photo) and could not for the life of me get a good shot of this LO no matter how much I tried. Hubby is on night shift at the moment, so took the best of the worst and that's what I have posted :-)

Latest canvas - Koi Fish

I like this painting for it's simplicity, yet I may still add some more to it :-) but overall I am happy with the way it turned out. There is loads of texture in the background.

Size is 18 inch x 18 inch.

New LO

This pic is of my girl who has recently taken up BMX riding.

MMM - Mermaids

This week I am guest host over at Mixed Media Monday and here is a painting that I've done specifically for the theme - Mermaids.

Page dedicated to my grandmother :-)

I haven't done many scrapbooking pages, but since my Nana passed in 2007, I have been meaning to dedicate a page to her.... yeah well nearly 2 years on and here we are... we can't rush these things :-)

Such a beautiful beautiful soul was my nana. Not only in looks, but in spirit also. Would have given the shirt off of her back and given it to a complete stranger if she thought they needed it. Accepted everyone for who they were and at face value. Treated all of us grandkids and great grandkids the same. We were all so very blessed to have had her in our lives.




Yes as my daughter said the other day "another squiggly flower painting"... hehe so honest aren't they. However I was particularly doing this for my own home and entrance way.

My next painting will (hopefully) be done in an oriental style with some koi fish. well that's my aim and what's in my head, now just gotta get it down on canvas.

Latest Canvas

A pic taken of my latest canvas (taken at night, so not the best photo) which I've titled "Angel".

I dont think I've ever changed a canvas so much as I have with this one. I changed the background colour 3 times, I changed the dress shade at least 5 times, I put on layers on the dress that I didn't like, then painted over.. but eventually I got to a stage that I'm happy with.

I like the way my faces are 'developing', however I'm not sure if I'll ever be happy with the shading that I do... not sure why, just being overly critical :-) I guess.

The sides of the canvas are painted with black and white stripes to carry on the black and white theme going on in the painting. This is a gift for a friend's daughter, so I hope she likes it.

Fabric Book Page

It's been so long since I've updated this blog.... have been away on holidays for 4 weeks and then school, work etc etc have slowed my creativity down somewhat.

Anyway though, I've finally finished the front page for Dawnie's fabric book.... so note this painting is done on fabric and was challenging but fun :-)



Thanks for looking

Painting done!!!!!!!!!1

Yes it's been a while since I have been able to get my hands mucky with paint... a lot of reasons, but the main one is a lack of mojo and interest in picking up a paint brush.

But thankfully I had a class with Karyn Gartel to inspire me and here is my piece.



Gosh it feels good to get mucky once again... I am all inspired now to paint paint paint, however we go away on a holiday next week, so I'll be really ready to rock and roll by the time I get home.

Size of canvas is 12" x 24"

Another fabric page

Above is my finished fabric page for Magda's book. It has taken me a while I must say, to a) get my mojo back and b) finish the beading. I find beading very therapeutic, although I'm not the neatest beader on the planet.

The background is made using Beryl Taylor's fabric paper instructions, my first time making it. I love how it is so flexible and feels like fabric, yet has the strenth and stiffness of paper. Hope that makes sense.

I'm also uploading this to the Embrace the Face Challenge Blog which has a theme of white. I know my background and picture isn't white, but the birdie is :-)

Thanks for looking

12 Days of Christmas Animation

Enjoy

I wish I could paint like this..........

http://asceneryforafriend.blogspot.com/


Please do go and check out Sulea's blog. One day, when I have more time (yes that elusive more time), i would like to be able to paint with as much detail and serenity as my friend Sulea.

And yes I was lucky enough to recieve this gorgeous painting from her today



How lucky am I to receive such a fabulous piece from the uber talented Sulea :-)

29 Days of Giveaways!!

Check out Chrysti's very generous post here -

http://chrysti.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/29-days-of-giveaways-for-you/

I have been tagged

The lovely Keron - aka Colourguru has tagged me and I am to tell you 6 quirky things about myself & tag 6 others.

Ok so here goes:-

1. I am not competitive in sport and to be honest have never really taken much interest UNTIL RECENTLY. I have started playing touch football and am finding myself like some sort of crazy competitive animal! hehe maybe not that bad, but yeah the bug has bitten.

2. I love tomato sauce (and butter) sandwiches.... hmmm good. Grosses everyone out in my family :-)

3. I used to bite my toenails.... eeeeeeeeeekkkkkkk when i was very young of course. Can't believe I was a) that flexible and b) thought that that was tasty. maybe that is too much information...

4. I love having my hair washed and blow dried at the hairdressers and often find myself falling asleep when they blow dry my hair.

5. I also love having my feet tickled.

and last but not least

6. Where we live it gets very very hot in the summer. So at night my ultimate thing just before going to bed, is to have the air conditioning going full bore, so that it is freezing cold and I can still have my doona over me... Well that's what I would like to do, but it doesn't happen in our house very often, as I'm the only one who likes it like that. I love the cold, not the heat.

I am supposed to tag another 6 people, but I never have much luck with these sorts of things, so I'm going to opt out. But if anyone wants to put 6 quirky things on their blog and then link back to me, i'd love to read what others find quirky about themselves.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Hi all

I have had very little time to do art this month and very little mojo to boot. So grabbed out my Suzi Blu kit Party Girl Kit and decided to start working on it. Basically Suzi has drawn the girl onto a piece of watercolour paper, and then provides some suggestions on how to colour and decorate your piece. So the face is not mine, but I have added my own style to this whole piece.



This also fits in with the latest 'Embrace The Face' Challenge of Who's coming to dinner :- Thanks for looking.

Been scrapping

And did this LO :-)

Art Exhibition Nerves

Ok so tomorrow is the official opening of the Art Exhibition here in Tom Price. THis is my first time EVER putting a piece up in an exhibition. I must say my nerves have got the better of me, as I went to see all of the art work tonight (sort of a pre-opening thingo)and I came home all in a fluster and ready to pull my piece out. All of the works are oranges and browns and of the landscape and here's my piece with a silver background and red flowers sticking out like - well you know what, those things that hang between doggies legs....

All of the art work is by professional "artists" and here's my piece that is slapped together by chucking a bit of paint on a canvas. these people draw and paint.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ................ ok breathe Nat,,,,,,,,,, breathe.

Wish me luck tomorrow as people see a part of my heart and soul and hopefully are kind to me :-)

here's a piccy of my painting again

I love how generous artists are......

If you want to be in the running to win one of these gorgeous prints -



or



the lovely and generous Pam Carriker is giving them away to say thankyou for all of the visits she has had to her blog.

For your chance to win, you need to leave a comment on her blog.

Good luck!

Hidden Treasure Fabric Book - Pages for Belinda

I've finally finished Bel's page for her Fabric book. Sorry for the lateness Bel :-)




Above is the sign in tag for her book.



Above is the front of the page.



Above is the back of the page with the 'hidden treasure' or tag inside the pocket.

Free Handbag Competition

And they are very cool handbags at that! Here's the link -

http://www.handbagplanet.com/

Have a wonderful day :-)

Embrace the Face

Jo W has started a new challenge blog called Embrace the Face. Her first challenge is Tree's.

So here's my entry -



Sorry for the quality of the pic. I tried taking a photo which didn't turn out very good and then a scan...... so here's the best of the bunch.

The background is fabric squares and the girl has been painted on to fabric. This is for my fabric book swap that I'm doing on another group, but there are several other bits I want to add to the side before it is finished. Ie beads etc... just haven't quite decided what they will be yet.

Thanks for looking.

My First Exhibition Piece & MMM

We have an Exhibition in Tom Price in a few weeks time with the theme "Poetry of the Land". So gaining up all my courage, here is my piece (I think) for this Exhibition. I might do another one yet and change it slightly, not sure. Or do two pieces and put two in the Exhibition.




Any ideas on a name???? I'd love some advice. All I can think of at the mo is misty sky??? A little boring i think. Size is 24 inc x 30.

This also fits the theme for this weeks MMM which is "Show us what you love to do" which is paint of course :-)

A couple of things

Firstly, I can now share the full picture of the painting I did for my friend Dawny as she has now received it. Loved doing this one so much for you D....

Also a friend of mine Jo has started a new blog titled "Embrace the Face". Please pop on over and have a look, if you are interested in looking at painted women.

Cheers

MMM Famous People

This week over at MMM the theme is famous people.

Here is my card for this entry using my Charlie Chaplin Stamp -

MMM - Stars

This weeks theme over at MMM is stars... ok so I'm a little early as this theme doesn't start officially until tomorrow (8th Sept), but I'm working all day tomorrow and I'm so excited about this painting, I just had to get it out 'there' NOW!! LOL I'm a wee bit impatient.....



Ok so this painting is a gift for a friend and inside the "treasure memories" frame is a picture of her children. I've blocked it out (with the red card), as she is a frequent visitor to my blog and i would like this gift to be a surprise for her.

After receiving Kelly Rae's new book - "taking flight", the idea of using a frame to place a special memory or photo inside, to make the canvas a little more personal, just appealed to me on so many levels. Thank you kelly for such a fabulous book and wonderful inspiration.

WS - Transparent ARt

This weeks theme at WS is transparent art.

Here's my card for this entry -



I've used a Collections transparency and some chipboard flowers and ephemera, plus a Paperbag Studio stamp.

Thanks for looking