You can do this...

So...this week we have had some news about mum...she actually has lumphoma and she is getting a biopsy done this month...we will know more from then as far as treatment goes...thanks to many of you for your kind thoughts and concern...

School is back as of monday...i am homeschooling Jacob and Maddie, Connor started high school and Lachlan is in his last and biggest year of school...year 12...it should be a very busy year...

As far as art goes I have tried to do Leslies challenge of art each day and that has been a no goer...sorry Leslie...

But I have done a little and will try to follow Liz Hick's art journal challenge of which is only once a week which i hope I can manage...

So...the first challenge that Liz said was make a page with a positive encouragement word or phrase you give to people...I say you can do this all the time to people...never really thought about it til just then...
used water colour and kindy glitz and waterproof ink pen...

I will also be linking this with paint party friday...so many amazing talents to check out...

Ok

Until next time

lots of it

Mandy

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Two Best Friends...PPF

Well...in my goal to give many of my pieces away, I have been going quite well! It was my nieces birthday on monday and i got quite busy. This is a larger canvas, it needed to be to fit the two of them on. I must say it doesn't look like them, but at no point did i try to make them look correct...always representations...but...it made me think i would like to paint  picture, a portrait and make it realistic...sort of!!!. I will see how that goal goes....

So, this piece was made with a layer of tissue paper...pink with tiny dots, then gesso and then i used graphite pencil, acrylics and water suluable wax crayons...it's about 17 by 11 ish inches..so, yep...theres another give away...i am going well...2 already and i have 3 almost finished,,,yay!!!

one shot shows terrible lighting, the other i just clicked auto enhance on my photo editor...

thanks so much for all the wonderful comments,,,some of you thought esthers prize i won was my art...oops...i was going to put joannas prize i won but it will have to be another post...sorry joanna...i would hate to get credit for your beautiful work...

i am linking this to PAINT PARTY FRIDAY...the loveliest and amazingly talented group oif artists...love checking your work ...

until next time
lots of it
mandy
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PPF and achieving my aim...

Last week I decided that a big goal for this year was to give away more of my attempts of getting my art on....i am in the process of making 4 pieces for friends and family...
this is the photo of one almost done...the colour is a bit brighter in this photo maybe.

It has lots of layers of stuff...maybe a bit too much...lol..but i am learning...ha ha ha...it says...you make me happy, when skies are grey....

I am linking this to PPF...

I would also love to give a big huge cyber hug to Esther ..i was such a lucky girl to have won a competition she had running...honestly, i have loved E.s work from the word go...i call her E and also the queen of texture....go check her out, she is an inspiration, and a gorgeous girl to boot!!!Thanks E...xxx

Until next time
lots of it
Mandy
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Stuff....and ppf

So, i have an amazing friend who at times in my life has been the best therapy, she is a brave brave girl for so so many reasons....


Last year she moved to another state and i went to visit her the weekend just gone....


it is tradition now that for her birthday and whenever i give her a piece i have made.....


i recently watched a christy tomlinson tute on making a little girl canvas...i love it so much i thought i would give it a go my self....


here is my try at something in the christy t inspired....


my friend was so happy with it, she was leant up against the wall straight away...


it is so rewarding giving people pieces i have made for gifts...that was 3 this christmas, and i have some more i wish to gift too...


and even tho its so late i will link this to ppf...the place i turn to when i need inspiration, and gee i need it today as we have just found out the test results for my mama...she has lymphoma...for those of you who have given me loving thoughts when i talked about my mum last post....................
sorry to those who i have not visited of late, been rather crazy mad busy with way too much stuff and alot of it yukky stuff...


thanks again to all of you who give me such encouraging comments, your kind words are so appreciated...

ok
until next time
lots of it
(love i mean!)
mandy
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and they sparkled...ppf

So...here is a little story to go with my latest art..

.My sister asked my mum last week if she had a nice memory of when she was little. My mum didn't have her dad in her life but she used to visit his mum...her grandma...she had a house and in the backyard her grandma had a sand pit...my mum would visit her grandma and go and play in the sandpit ...mostly building sandcastles ...this one particular day mum was feeling a little bit dissatisfied with her castle...so she popped off into her grandmas house and went straight to her jewelry drawer..and as luck would have it there was a wonderful pile of pretty coloured beads..of which mum grabbed a handful of...she raced out to her castle and began placing the beads around her castle to decorate it...i have never heard this story about mum and feel so blessed to have heard this little snapshot of her life....my mum had a pretty tough childhood so for me,  and now all ny sisters this story is a  wonderful image to have...My mummy has alzheimers..she has had it for 6 years...she us now currently going through tests to find out what else is wrong with her...after receiving a not so good bloodtest result...we are all hoping everything will be ok...

here is my piece for my sister for christmas...we do a secret santa for the adults and i pulled her name out of the hat...I know she won't see this, but just in case i can't show you the present i bought her...it's gorgeous....and this little art will go with it...

it says on it..

and they sparkled like a rainbow of diamonds...i love arting, yes, it's childlike, but you know what, i think this is my style...at last...i can't seem to do anything else....i got so much joy from doing this piece for my sister...

I have linked ths to ppf...

Until next time
lots of it
mandy
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NOEL SISTERS...PPF

So, this is something that I did alittle while  ago and it was one of the very first ARTY sort of things I did since I was a kid. I used pigment pen and drew little images on cardstock then I used water colour, cut them out and created this scrapbook page of my sisters and I. I really loved it back then and I still love it now.I think I will do some more of this style because it;s something that I thoroughly enjoy. I have framed it in a black box frame and I put it up at Christmas...

I am linking this to ppf..I know it's sorta cheating but I consider this as when I sorta started getting arty again and wanted to share it with you all...thanks again for all your lovely encouraging words...i love them...

ok
until next time
lots of it
Mandy
xxx

PPF...and a partridge in a pear tree...

So...i finally got to paint something...i thought i'd get into the spirit of christmas and paint a girl getting her christmas on...the colour here is a bit weird probably because it's rainy and dull here...oh well...i am sure you get the jist of it!!!

Can you see the little partridge??? she is hiding...well...it's my version of a partridge...i had plans of doing each of the 12 days of christmas but seriously, i was going to do that with the mama painting too...then reality kicked in...time my friends...can anyone suggest how i can get some more???

Anyhoos, i am linking this to paint party friday, after too many weeks of missing it, so i am really looking forward to checking out some wonderful art..

.

Okies, well until next time
lots of it
mandy
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