Cow painted on a Mini Book

I will add a finished photo later, but this is the cow I have painted on the cover of a mini book...

Painted Moo and Box...

I painted a chipboard moo, basecoated with off white paint, I transferred the santa image with graphite paper, then painted with acrylic paints...

This is the lid for a small paper mache box...I painted the rose and leaves with acrylic paint, then floated a dark blue around it...I painted the edge of the top and the box bottom with deep burgundy...then spattered with pink...

Painted die cuts

I basecoated a chipboard moo with off white acrylic paint, I painted rose buds and leaves, spattered with burgundy paint...

I stamped the mom and baby image onto a nestie die cut shape, painted with acrylic paints...this shape is cut from white 110# cardstock...

this is the large nestie bird shape, cut from chipboard and basecoated with white acrylic paint, then I did a wash of blue for the sky area and green for the ground area...then freehand painted the little scene...this one was fun to paint...y'all...I think I am addicted to my painting again...yeah...

Painted Stamped Snowman...

I stamped the snowman onto a plain coaster, and painted using acrylic paints to color him in...I shaded and highlighted the detail areas...

Close up of the coaster to show the detail of the rubber stamped image with the painting on it...

I stamped the snowman on an ATC sized envelope and used more watercolor technique to paint this one...I thinned the acrylic paint and added the shaded and highlighted areas...the envy was cut from 110# smooth finish cardstock, it takes paints really well...

Close up showing detail of the shading and highlights applied using thinned acrylics...

Painted inchies and a twinchie....

This twinchie is made from watercolor paper, rubber stamped with Ranger Jet Black Archival ink, stamped with an image from The Stamping Studio, and painted with acrylic paints...

These inchies are made from watercolor paper and chipboard...the flower and scene are freehand painted using acrylics on chipboard that has been basecoated with acrylic paint...the snowman is a rubber stamp from The Stamping Studio...stamped on watercolor paper and painted with acrylic paints...

These were part of my playtime after work today...

My Painting Area and more...

This is the lid for a paper mache box I painted today...

The bottom of the box is done to look like blue spatterware...

This is an older piece I had done in the mid 90's...it was amongst some older painting books...

This is my painting area...I swear, I dont know which is worse...the fact that I paint in less than 12 inches of space or that I scrapbook and rubber stamp in only this much space...what is it with me and table space...or lack thereof...LOL...

I found some of my brushes, packed in a box in my storage room...they seem to all be in pretty good shape...

Some basecoated pieces to work on later...

Painted ATC and Twinchie

I cut some water color paper into ATC size pieces today...and then made a twinchie outta some of the scraps...

A quick little scene, just to get paint under my nails...LOL...

Dancing Cow Bowl

I love to paint wooden and terra cotta dishes, trays, bowls, etc...I have one in my kitchen that holds keys, etc...I use them as catch alls for change and other pocket stuff too...I base coated the bowl in white acrylic paint, transferred the outline of the cow and then painted all the detail freehand...I spattered the bowl with black acrylic paint using a toothbrush...

He is just the sweetest little cow...My family just loved him...

The outside of the bowl was painted with black acrylic paint and then spattered with white acrylic paint...I sealed the bowl with 3 coats of waterbased varnish/sealer...

More painted cards...

I stayed up and painted a couple more cards last night...Its been years since I painted a bluebird...last time I painted this one was on a terra cotta pot...I think the little birthday bear is so cute...I have painted this one a few times before...on a tee shirt for a friends child and on canvas panel...

Hand painted cards...

Chickadee painted in acrylics on watercolor paper card...

Scene painted in acrylics on watercolor paper card...

I used patterns for the outlines of the designs, all the detail work is then done freehand using various brushes and paints...

Canvas painting framed

I painted this scene in the mid 90's...had it framed when I worked for Ben Franklin Arts and Crafts...it hangs in our dining room...I painted other scenes that year and gave them all as gifts at Christmas...wish I had taken pictures of them before I gave them away...

Cheesebox Keepsake

I forgot I still had this piece, it stays in the top of my closet and contains lots of older momentos from my childhood, and my kids when they were little...one special thing in there is my chewing gum chain, which I still have...and absolutely love it...those old chewing gum wrappers are so cool and colorful...I will have to photograph it one day and show ya...

anyway...I used to get these cheeseboxes from the local farmers market and I would paint them and sell them at craft shows...I painted probably a dozen over the years...this was one of my favorites, so I decided to keep it...I still have two cheeseboxes in storage, I may just have to paint them up soon...

Decorative painting from the past

This is a wooden plate I painted years ago...The outer edge is done is a deep mauve that was then sponged, the center was painted with the birdhouse and dogwood blossom scene...

This is a terra cotta pot with a chickadee painted on it...I did a whole set of pots, with different birds on them and this one I decided to keep for myself...I sold all the others at a birding shop...

Hand painted card

I just had to try the cow on a card...the card is strathmore watercolor paper, and I used acrylic paints...

My granddaughter loved it, when I got done, she said, Oh, Nama...you could sell that...LOL...she does not realize how long it took to paint him tho...

More decorative painting today...

I just love this pig...he is one of my favorites...I just had to paint him again...

I did this Angel one time as Christmas tree ornaments...I may make another Angel tree this year...I have a small 3 foot Charlie Brown tree and it would look cute covered with Angels...

This is a paper mache box shaped like a chicken...I painted the box base red and added some black dot work around the bottom edge...

I painted the top off white and added red and black detail work...

I "herd" you.....till the "cows" come home...

I worked on some more wood shapes today...Cows...I reduced the pattern so I could make a large and small one...not sure what they will be yet...I will finish them tomorrow...along with some other pieces that I started today...

Decorative Painting in The Studio.....

I have really been missing my painting days here lately...I still have some mini wood shapes and so I decided to pull a few out and play...this is my mini pig...he is so cute...I used to make these as shadow box pieces...

This is my favorite little chicken...I used to make her into a magnet and sold them like crazy at craft shows....

Same chicken as above, but in blue...

Well, just working with those mini shapes was not enough...I had to pull out some lumber and crank up the band saw...gees, i hope hubby does not miss that piece of wood...oh well...I had fun...LOL...I cut out my shapes, sanded and painted them...This is my sheep/lamb shape...i used a wood pattern for the shape, but the detail work is all free hand and my own design...

Here is my pig...I just love this little guy...I will have more pigs later...

This is my chicken, similar to the small one above...but larger and I did a different look, as I wanted it to coordinate with the pig and sheep...

this is all 3 pieces, they will be available for purchase on my blog as a set and individually...More painted wood coming soon...

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