New Project--Wire Sculpting

I love wire sculptures, and this is my first attempt at it.  It's not finished yet.  I'm thinking of maybe spraying it a black color and adding glass beads to it.  This was actually easier than I thought it would be, and adding all of the little swirly designs to it was a lot of fun. 

I'm attaching my Pinterest page/board if you're interested in seeing many examples of wire sculptures. This board is for all types of sculpture, but there's many cute ideas for wire sculpture as well.
https://www.pinterest.com/t79/sculpture/

Here's some fun beads that I found at Walmart for this project and for my students to
use as well.  I love the variety of the turquoise colors.

I also found this E6000 glue for both jewelry and beads.  I did a little research, and from

what I read, E6000 glue is suppose to be some of the best glue for jewelry out there.
I'll give it a try on the beads for now.

I spray painted the wire with Miracal spray enamel from the dollar store.  I love the

contrast of the black and the bright turquoise beads together!  The beads add that
finishing touch to the sculpture.  I think I have ten beads on this piece.

The first photo is in my kitchen where it looks very cute next to the off white
wall.  The second photo is outside right in front of a tree.  My first intention
was to hang this outside by using a long black iron garden hanger attached to the top
of this and to let the sun shine on the beads.  I think it will look very pretty

dangling below the pine trees or maybe in my house--I'm not sure yet.  Either
way, it's very whimsical and cute!
The third photo is next to a tin building so you can get another view of it.  Working
with wire sculpting is a totally different media for me, but so far it's a very rewarding one,
too.

Stoneware--From ugly to gorgeous!

I love the gorgeous colors of this stoneware vase.  At one time, I was ready to pitch it, and I think I reglazed it about 4 times, but it finally turned out beautiful.  The top is a gold glaze and the rest of it
is a variety of other glazes.  It was the final combination of glazes, that made this vase a keeper!

Who Doesn't love Teddy Bears!

         

Teddy bear art comes in my forms.  You can use one of your kid's stuffed teddy bears to paint as with the top image.  This one was painted with watercolors.  And if you already have a sculpture of a teddy bear, etc., you can easily create a painting from it.  I wanted to make a clipart image from my "Tulip" bear (below image), so I painted one with watercolors (middle image).

The bottom sculpture was sculpted using Sculpey III.  It's very easy to work with, but you will want
to have baby wipes and latex gloves on hand to keep your clay clean especially if you're working with white clay.

What a better way to decorate your little one's nursery/bedroom than with sculptures and paintings from your own artwork!   Check back later one for more images from my sculptures.  
These as well as more of my sculptures and art are on my Etsy shop--see link below.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Teepots?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Littlest Things

I love this quote.  It is so very true.

Nothing Shimmers like Dichroic Fused Glass!

This photo doesn't do justice to the beauty of this dichroic pendant.  When the light hits it, the colors shimmer so beautifully. I absolutely love the cobalt and teal colors in this piece.  They are so beautiful on the black background.

Beautiful Dichroic Orange Fused Glass Jewelry

You can see tiny gorgeous rainbow like colors shimmer within the tangerine fused glass which gives this piece a beautiful subtle contrast.

More Dichroic Fused Glass with shimmery rainbow colors!

                                          These colors are so stunning and shimmery!

Gorgeous Dichroic Fused Glass--Creating gorgeous jewelry with layers of glass!

 

I never thought I'd be so thrilled to work with glass until I started to work with fused glass and especially dichroic glass.  There's nothing that compares to the gorgeous shimmery effects that you get with dichroic glass.  I love to see the shimmers of color and the different effects you can get depending on how the light hits it.  On this piece, the cobalt color is more transparent when you hold
it up to the light and the light makes the dichroic glass sparkle so beautifully.

You can find this fused glass dichroic cabochon on my Etsy shop here:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/228970169/dichroic-gorgeous-fused-glass-pendant?ref=shop_home_active_1

Encaustics--gorgeous wax paintings~

Encaustics painting is so different than regular painting, but it's so much fun to do!
This one is titled "Heavenly Presence".  I didn't notice the angel in the top right after
I had finished the painting until my husband pointed it out to me.  Once I stood back
from it a little, I instantly saw it.  The angel even has a crown of gold on her head!
What a wonderful surprise!

If you see this one up close, you can see the shimmery gold effects thus it's title
"Colors of Gold".   I like the abstract effects you can achieve with encaustics. 

More Polymer Critters

I like to name my clay sculptures.  I met a very talented sculptor a few years ago at the Arts Institute.  He said we should always name our sculptures, and I kind of forgot about what he said until one of my students reminded me of that the other day.   I guess that's probably why I've been naming these little critters.  Thank you to my daughter, Katie, for coming up with their names for me.

"Barnaby" is my first 'boy' polymer sculpture.  

And this one is "Sparkle".

 

Making a miniature polymer clay sculpture does take a little time, but I love

seeing the results when they all come together.  Another thing I really

like is the clay is colored, but you need to really be careful to keep

the clay clean as you work with it.

More Polymer Miniatures--Go Green! Go White!

Meet my cheerleader polymer bunny, "Callie".  These little polymer miniatures are so much fun to make. I always text my daughter, Katie, with photos of my miniatures when I'm done sculpting them. She helped me name my last two and this one is named Callie.  I like it.  Callie is a Cowgirl and cheerleader.  

From 3D to 2D

This watercolor painting is from a sculpture I made of a little polymer teddy bear "Tulip" (below).    I love little whimsical animal art miniatures.  They make me smile.

Angel art

I'm hoping to get back into painting more watercolor angel paintings.  This one sold, but this is for an instant download of my sold painting.  I also have a clipart image of it on my Etsy shop.  This one is titled "Heavenly Guardian".  

Paper Flower Garlands

These paper flower garlands are so colorful.  The first one has beautiful neon colors.  The second one has a variety of colors and some of the flowers are beautiful ink flowers. Some of the flowers are embellished with beautiful pearl centers and some have rhinestone centers. They both are very lovely.

Watercolor Paintings

These colors remind me so much of spring and Easter.

Polymer miniatures

I have recently started to work with polymer clay.  Making these little miniatures really
puts a smile on my face.  You can view these on my Etsy shop.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/225761821/white-polymer-kitty-figurine-with?ref=listing-shop-header-1

Palette Knife Painting

This painting was inspired by my love of flowers, color and impressionism.
I love painting with a palette knife simply because of the beautiful texture you can get with it.
These poppies are so rich in color and make me wish for summer.

This original modern abstract has multiple acrylic colors including gold, blue, red violet and purple to create a luminous colorful impressionistic painting with lots of texture.