Monday, November 18, 2013

Art Canvas

I finished this canvas a couple of weeks ago - it was a few days in the making, and expresses a piece of my heart... with some upcoming changes in my design focus, I really wanted something physical to look at to remind me what I want my art to be - genuine, an expression of heart, and a gift back.


Here's a picture of the canvas after the initial pencil sketch and first layer of paint - I dropped acrylic paint on the canvas and used an old library card to move the colors around. Seems a lot of my favorite techniques lately involve a library card! The canvas is 8"x12".


Here's a close-up of the quote I used... and HERE is a link to the context of the quote and Ann Voskamp's beautiful words.


These poppies are my favorites, and I do have a few to choose from! These are from Sheena Douglass's Paint Fusion line at Crafter's Companion.


The face close up... it has some 'me'-ish features... I was thankful just for the courage to paint her with acrylics!


The weeks are just flying lately!

Thanks for stopping by!

7 comments:

  1. Dina, this is truly beautiful. You're amazing with color and the lady in acrylics turned out wonderfully. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. Wow!! This is stunningly beautiful!!

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  3. How heartwarming. Precious. Gracious.

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  4. Stunning!!!! The quote is beautiful, I read it several times the day you posted just the sentiment. The entire art piece together is amazing!

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  5. Your work gets better and better. You are truly gifted with beautiful talent. Love this canvas.

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  6. Dina, I can't wait to see what may be coming in the future from you. This is a beautiful piece of art. I love, love, love the face.

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  7. WOW ,Stunning canvas.
    i loved to much,very,very beautiful.

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