Paintings for Lizzy

I have had the pleasure of working on a series of paintings for a couple who is having their first child (a baby girl); the mother happens to be one of the most patient people on Earth, and has provided the most loving daycare for my Bella Boo for a few months. This job gave me a chance to further develop some sketches of animals derived from my elephant drawings from months ago and an excuse to hang out in my cave (basement studio area) for many hours. So here they are, finally done!

I hope you like them! I am pretty proud of the way they turned out and hope that Lizzy will enjoy them too :)
Thanks for reading!
beijos
allypye.

This is my newest piece. I worked on a different painting project yesterday for 7 hours, and even though I was exhausted after that, I still wanted to make something just for fun. This little painting has a bit of collage, some thread and acrylic paint. 

It is starting to combine some elements that have been a part of my sketches for months now, so it feels like I am developing some sort of recognizable pattern. Although I realize that I might be overusing this color palette, its just too much fun to stop...

I hope you like it!

Thanks for reading!

beijos

allypye

Bella Boo Fun- FEET PAINTING!

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share some pics of my amazing four year old stomping away with her rainbow toes! It felt amazing to watch her! So much fun! If you want to try this at home or share it with someone, here is a quick list of what you'll need:

PAPER PLATES

ACRYLIC PAINT

BIG SHEETS OF PAPER

WATER (FROM A HOSE IS BETTER)

OLD TOWEL

Put a good amount of each paint color on the paper plates (one color per plate) and have your little one step onto it covering the bottom of their toes with paint (be careful, its super slippery!); Have them step on the paper and make different designs with their feet (dancing on the paper is fun too). Make sure to hose off the little toes before moving on to a different color. 

Thanks for reading!

beijos

allypye

new painting

Quick post to share this new one. I working on drawing a bunch of these whimsical fairy type girls. Today I just needed to paint something... It was a lot of fun!!!

Thanks for stopping by! There wasn't much "reading" this time!
beijos
allypye

Little Paintings...

Well, I don't have to say that I am having a little affair with fabric lately right? 

It just so happens that I am working on a series of children's paintings for a new bundle of joy who is to arrive later this year- my first COMMISSIONED set of paintings, if I may say so humbly!

But before I painted the series, I've decided to get some practice with actually painting on a canvas again. The combination of needing to paint for practice and not being able to let go of my new found love of fabric gave birth to these little OwLs...

I like them. not sure yet about the metallic blue background, but who can resist a request from a angel faced 7 year old?



NoT Me :)

Thanks for reading!

beijos

allypye

The gift of a Painting

Last year I attended a house warming party for some friends of mine who had just purchased a new house. Instead of bringing a gift, I promised them an original painting, which they were thrilled about. Of course as the story of my life always goes, there were a few road blocks and the painting was delivered 5 months later! YIKES! That is a LONG time...
I am however, very happy with the result and so are my friends! I decided to paint on a birch wood board, using some drawing, wood burning, acrylics and some paper cut outs. Some areas were also enriched with colored pencils and pastels.
Making art as a gift is so different than planning an exhibit; it is liberating in a way because you don't have to worry about maintaining homogeneity, or flow, conceptualizing themes and etc...
It becomes more about the person who is to receive the painting, their taste, personality and the colors in their home. So this was definitely refreshing!

pencil drawing and wood burning

adding wood cut out with decoupage

almost done

painting the birds

 The gift that enriches both the giver and the receiver, is a gift worth giving!

Thanks for reading!

beijos

allypye

Get up and do something!

This is what happens when I go through rough patches: Things get done. I cry for a short while, hide from the world for about a week, and focus all my energy on things that I wanted to do but left behind to take care of others. We won't go through the details of my visit to the pit last week, lets just say that it was bad enough to get the entire entryway of my home remodeled. So, all I have to say to the ones who hurt me is "thank you!" first pics are the "before and after" of this small wall just past the real entryway area of our house (which is almost finished too, I just need some final touches yet). We needed a cute area that could be used for the kids' chore charts and reward charts, plus, a couple of baskets to hold backpack junk that comes back from school and has nowhere to go. The trick was to make sure we didn't have to look at that stuff all the time, so here is what we came up with:

Very boring, useless wall!

Added some color, hung a cute curtain and the new sconce

(stuff that has been waiting in the basement FOREVER)

plus got some baskets big enough to hold the backpack junk:)

Sewing (hardly) their new rewards chart

(these are the days of the week chips)

FELT ROCKS!!

Final product, I like the colors...

All four charts hanging on the wall

I love this because when we are not using the charts, the wall still looks super cute with the shades drawn in. The hubby thinks it is kind'a weird because there is no window there, but I think he will grow to like it don't you?

Anyway, I will post pics of the rest of the project as soon as it gets done. I would love to hear what you think...

Thanks for reading

Beijos

allypye