Acrylic on vellum

Hi there,

These are two of my acrylic paintings - oriental theme, as you can see.

"Kimono" acrylic on vellum

"Bird in Cherry Tree"

acrylic and flat gems on vellum

Sorry about the reflection in the glass....not very good photos but all there to see.
Thank you for visiting.

Lena

"Stamped" Pencil Holder

Hi everyone !

I have had a fun time visiting some of your blogs and I absolutely love your creations.  Thanks to all of you who make time to visit mine and for your sweet comments.

This pencil holder is a very plain (but solid) acrylic one I bought from a stationary shop.  Since it was white in colour and had a neat black border at the bottom,, I did not have to paint it.  The decoupage work was done with a layer of Mod Podge, under some stamps from my very, very, old collection of used stamps.  I have a sizable horde from my years of working in a travel company. Two coats of matte Mod Podge over the stuck stamps and the gift for my son was ready. He had been visiting us at Christmas.  It was not a Christmas gift but one he took away when he left India.  

I just remembered I had taken a picture.  Sorry it's taken me so long to post this but nowadays my brain is like a sieve.  Later, I made a slightly smaller but similar one for a dear friend from the UK who was also visiting us.

Lena

Blue shaded bowl

Good morning from sunny Goa !  It's 4th March here.

It's great to be back and thank you dear friends for your comments on our new home.  

Yes, it is lovely.  It's very green and peaceful compared to noisy old Bombay.  In Goa we still refer to that city as "Bombay" completely ignoring the new name "Mumbai" because many of our families migrated from Goa to Bombai (as it was then called by Goans) in the 50s when Goa was a Portuguese colony.  It was to look for work, not to get away from our beloved land.  We would await the summer vacations (April-May) each year to descend in hordes to Goa, to visit relatives, eat mangoes and jackfruit and live it up in our rustic homes.  One and a half months of pure bliss before we went back to the grind.

This is the view from the table I use to craft my simple works of art.

I prefer sitting in the balcony as there's more light here. 

A neighbour gave away this Hibiscus to me as he is going away for a year and ofcourse I am so happy to have it.

So there are these two crimped Georgette beauties staring at me whilst I paint away on the new bowl below:

Again it's acrylic on terracotta.  Sponged in metallic Prussian blue and rose; worked over with silver 3D outliner and filled in with black glitter and gems.

Thanks for visiting and have a great day !

Lena

Simone's Tissue holder

Hi everyone,

Our daughter Simone painted this while she was still in college.  We have been using it ever since (more than 10 years) and as you can see, it looks as good as new.

It is from her that I learned how to paint on glass, ceramic and acrylic.

 This is one side....

 

.... and the other side

 

I love her choice of colours.

I would appreciate your valuable comments.

If you do make anything from my blog and post it on yours please be sure to give me credit and a link back to my blog.