Happy May Day! check out all the pretty May Baskets at: http://www.artsymama.blogspot.com/. She planned and arranged this fun swap. I am enjoying my May Basket swap gift from Karin at: http://www.creativechaos.typepad.com/. Karin was thoughtful to include tiny canvases for me to paint, so here is my May Day painting of roses in a basket to go along with the theme! Next to it, is the lovely basket (box) she made for me, I am using it as a center piece on my studio dining room table. (I am lucky enough to have a giant studio, divided up into areas for multi functions!!!)
The rest of my studio doesn’t look as nice….
Thats what happens when I work on jewelry, paintings, charms, and who knows what all at the same time.
Whats in the pink bag under the work table at my feet?
Twinkle is using her carry bag as a doggy bed. She must think it is pretty cozy. I hope she cooperates this well on Thursday when I go to Sparks and White Cloud for the giant annual flea market and take her along in this bag!!
This is a close up of my painting. It is on my gifted canvas, and is painted with acrylic craft paints. One trick I use with acrylic paint, is to paint in layers, blow drying in between and adding clear coats of polycryllic. After it was done, I coated it with crackle glaze to age it, and covered that with a light coat of umber paint. Over that went more clear coat. I’d say it took me a couple of hours to do, thank goodness for blow dryers, or I’d go crazy waiting for things to dry! I get impatient and just want to get it done!! Of course, I never have a blow dryer in the house, it is always out in the studio. Explains why you don’t see ME in these photos.
If anyone is interested, the May Basket painting is $45.00
Well, it wouldn’t be May Day without a fairy flitting by, would it?
Here is a mixed media, tiny little painting I did. She is in a 5×7 mat that I painted and sparkled up to match.
This is day #1 of my 10 days of roses in honor of
http://brittarnhildshouseinthewoods.typepad.com/brittarnhilds_house_in_th/
and her Caring Bloggers Rose Day on May 10. I will be posting a rose a day till then.
And please, keep entering my May Bucket giveaway! I make an entry for you with every comment you leave. Some of you who have had trouble leaving comments, I have entered you when you email me.
Here is a reminder of why you should enter!
By the way- I found a Pretty Hat to use for the drawing (as per #7, if you read the rules posted April 16th).
Lucinda, my jewelry lady, is modeling the hat now. Of course, if she had a lick of sense, she’d be modeling the jewelry I am supposed to have ready for the art show on Sunday. Not too many pieces are hanging on her, are they??
Beth has a lot ready for Art in the Park, and has been showing it on her blog: http://bethleintz.typepad.com/
She is way ahead of me.
Wow- you haven’t cleaned your studio in a long time- I think that’s a Diet Coke I left there in March…..just teasing you!
Lucinda looks lovely, but we maybe we’ll spread out the jewelry on her a little more for Art in the Park!
Pretty basket items and pretty puppy too!
Happy May Day!
Happy, happy May day xoxo Clarice
Karla, what a gorgeous painting! You are so very talented! Hope you have fun at the flea market. Watch out ~ someone might just try to make off with Twinkle!! Boy, do I lust after that May Bucket!!!
Stephanie
That puppy is the sweetest thing I’ve seen in a while!!!!!!
Love it all Karla!
By the way, you’ve just been tagged! Check out my blog for the info!
Natasha : )
Your roses are gorgeous…but, I am loving your dog. So, so cute!
Hi Karla, your studio looks as wonderfully and messily creative as mine does, I love it!!
Alicia :0)
Thanks for your kind comment. I love everything in your studio, especially Twinkle. What a cutie!
Well, I love everything in this post: your lovely paintings, sweet little Twinkle, the hat and of course the painted bucket!!
Oh, what a beautiful rose painting. You are so talented. My youngest daughter, aged 11, loves to pain with acrylics. She is working on a painting from Venice right now, I showed it in my blog a couple of weeks ago.
I really look forward to follow your “rose a day” the coming days 🙂
I don’t know what I love more…cute little twinkle, or that painting! Only 2 hours??? It would take me two lifetimes.
Just found your beautiful blog! Would love to have that May basket! You could also throw in that adorable puppy…LOL!
Karla,
How exciting!! Thanks so much :o) I didn’t even realize that you had a drawing … silly me ;o) … it was early this morning & I was getting kiddies ready for school… so I was speedreading your blog & viewing your pretty pics… and your sweet Twinkle :o) have fun at Market tomorrow!! Can’t wait to see those sweet goodies….
Have a blessed day! Dionne
Let me know if it worked! And enter me in your drawing please. 🙂
Your painting is beautiful! What a great technique for aging it.
Debbie
The painting is BEAUTIFUL! I’m so glad you liked the little canvases. Ahhhhhh I feel so at home in your studio. I just posted a picture of my desk. It looks very similar! I had to laugh about wiping your paint brush on yourself….lol I do the same thing! Ruined many a shirt and pants!
Karla,
I’m just dying to have some of that broken china jewlery that Miss Lucinda is wearing. Beautiful work Karla!
~Jody