…. flying clown and half a mermaid …..

does the title make you curious? yes?? good ! that was my intention. well now… if you scroll down to my previous post you will see the WIP .. of the clown. the title of the painting however is “A Matter of Life”. i posted a text to go with it… to explain a little… give you some background where the muse took me this time. i also got a new WIP to add…….. but first things first

A Matter of Life

A Matter of Life

mixed media on watercolour paper – acrylics, acrylic ink, acrylic marker, graphite pencil

24 x 32cm – 9,4 x 12,6 in

Every morning is a new matter of life. Sometimes i wear a mask, masking my true feelings, hiding behind a laughing face, but not quite achieving to keep up the smile. A hand touches my head, giving me Blessings, the wind blows away the mask, bringing a fresh wind into the Matter of Life, the fish sing a happy tune and the sun smiles to herself, watching this everyday happening. Returning joy and happiness to this Matter of Life

…….. and now…. the WIP… no title yet. the bird and flower want my attention. well they will get it tomorrow.. too late now 🙂

MARGUERITE – WIP

well that is her……. the WIP. her name is MARGUERITE…….. that is all i know about her so far. i will see where the muse will take me tomorrow.

and now…….. good night my friends 🙂

sorry I’m a bit late :)

good evening dear friends and followers… sorry for being a bit late….. i wish you all a very Happy New Year. I wish you good health, joy, happiness, love, prosperity, harmony… all the good things in life.. 🙂

but of course i was busy also… and so i have started to work on some new art.. and here is the WIP – Work In Progress – the first one of this year. it is a floral one.. and it is my january garden.. it is full of life, hope, dreams, passion, joy, laughter… well all the good things 🙂 it is far from finished… but still i want to give you a glimpse of it 🙂 take care all.. much love and light to you………. pat 🙂

Under the Sun … and some inspiration

Under the Sun

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this morning i looked through some of my last year’s art.. and found Under the Sun .. and i remembered my inktense pencils.. true… this artpiece is also mixed media.. but based on inktense pencils.. the background was mostly created using them.. and of course the birds, sun, clouds…

i have a large box of them.. and i love them.. their colours are so vibrant .. and so nice to work with.. so why haven’t i been using them?? honestly i don’t know.. i was a bit out of it.. for whatever reason… not too motivated.. kind of a funny mood..

well anyway… seeing Under the Sun gave me the push….. and i started on a new inktense pencils mixed media piece.. first i just scribbled various colours on my watercolour paper.. and then with water.. i created a first layer for a background.. as usual.. i have of course NO IDEA whatsoever where this is going.. that’s the fun of it……. let my inner child take over again 🙂 have a fabulous week all !

… one corner in my studio …

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.. this is just one corner in my studio… but the one i spend most time in… it’s night next to the window where i can see a maple tree, it’s branches actually touching the window.. and of course the neighbouring house…. anyway… i work at this table.. have lots of my stuff on it but of course not all of it.
image 1 shows you one of my shelves where a small part of my stash can be found.. papers i collected and keep in boxes.. paints, pastels, waxcrayons, stencils .. and more.
image 2 shows you a wip i started the day before yesterday… on cardboard.. and with one coating of black gesso to start with….. been adding some papers and wax crayon.. acrylics.. and will wait and see where it takes me 🙂
images 3, 4 and 5 .. yes you guessed correctly….. some of my cardboard stash 🙂 images 3 and 4 are the same box.. i will cut it up and can make several paintings from one box.. the small tiny bits i can use as collage elements in other paintings. ..

well………. that’s it for today 🙂 wishing you all a great day… a good week… and please be careful and stay healthy 🙂

 

mixed-media/collage: work in progress – WIP – RED

this is the third image for today.. and the last. tomorrow i will continue and – probably – finish it.

a new WIP with working title RED. as i read a lot and order books very frequently online – no i do not use kindle! i like BOOKS ! 🙂 – i have quite a lot of cardboard which i use for my collages / mixed-media art… so i suppose i could call this recycled art. why red ? red is one of my favourite colours … now this has to dry and i am looking forward to continue with this tomorrow.

a WIP

a WIP of my new/old project – a mandala

a work in progress

this has no title yet.. it is not even the original idea..

well it is.. but i is the photo of the sketch i made this afternoon.. my plan is to ink it with inktense pencils. i usually take photos as i work and when i uploaded this i thought i’d play around a bit with it .. in my graphics program.. and this is what happened … but i will still ink the original.. i think 🙂