4x4 Friday

This weeks theme is: orange & yellow. Eh gawds..... not so cute, but its finished lol. You can find way better/ cuter 4X4's here~

4x4 Friday

This weeks theme for 4 x 4 Friday is: Shoes
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4 x 4 Friday

This weeks 4 x 4 Friday theme is: CircusYou can find more 4x4's here.

4 x 4 Friday

This Fridays theme was: King or QueenI used one of my old photos that I had sent to Walmart to have made into a "newer" photo...which I then cut out and glued to the background. This one is titled "Time to Dream" :-P
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4 x 4 Friday

This weeks theme is: Fairies~ I've used one of my favorite photos...one of my hubbies great-grandmother. I adore her pouty little face. She sits in a nest of flowers-- which she can be "plucked" from since she is not attached in any way. It didn't scan all that well... I might take a photo and post that later~ Her wings are transparent and she wears a silver halo (a flatened metal ring)and I hand tinted her dress pink.

4 x 4 Friday

This weeks theme for 4 x 4 Friday is: PetsHere is my grandson.... my daughter's little monster lol The background is super busy to represent his personality, his little hand reaching out of his "cage" is always reaching for something-- anything!

4 x 4 Friday

This weeks theme is: Alice in Wonderland~This is the "Mad Hatter's tea party"
The story of Alice in Wonderland is one I've never read from cover to cover as the first bit of nonsense I started to read put me right off. lol.... yep, I'm difficult~ Anywho, since the story is "odd" I figured anything goes. The teeth represent the Cheshire cat :-P

I painted the background with an old bristled brush and then rubbed some of it off.... then I used some blue iridescent paint over the top of that which I kept brushing until almost dry then I took the pointy end of a paint brush and scraped circles in the paint. Then I dry brushed some black over all of that before adding the twigs, tea cup/saucer & moss to this piece. This 4 x 4 is built up on a foam core board which I cut into so I could slip the plate into the background.

Doorways~

This weeks theme was "Doorways" I made my "door" out of a paint brush. Expressing yourself though art can open doors... as in... the joy you feel, the release of emotions.... ummmm.... just the belief that what you do makes a statement if to no one else but yourself. Now with that said... don't look to closely at this piece or you'll know for sure I'm needing therapy LOL~

*note, some of the glue & paint is still wet*

Here is the door closed.... Look at the paint brush "key" above the door, neato huh~The door opening up.....Looking though the door you will see a silver charm that reads "courage" I am such a coward when it comes to art... but I'm getting better!

4 x 4 Friday

This is my first "4 x 4 Friday"
The theme for this Friday is "The Wild West" ........ well it doesn't get any wilder than two boys acting like cowboys! I used a dark brown & gold acrylic paint as the back drop for this 4 x 4. The photo is a copy of a vintage family photo. I stamped into the wet paint... let it dry, then I stamped the words "giddy up" again over the top of that using black acrylic paint. I painted on some varnish over the top.... I love that stuff. I'm thinking I am going to sand it a little bit (later) to hide the brush strokes. I think the combination of colors and the varnish it gives it an old looking patina.... I also added the little cracker jack pistol as a dangly.

Theme Thursday: Spring~ (show & tell under this post)

Here is a little 4x4 that I created under the theme of "Spring" for the blog site called Theme Thursday (click on photo to enlarge)