First Blush...

Hi everyone and hope you're having a good weekend? I'm posting a little late for PaintPartyFriday! This is another girl sketch on the WiiUGamepad. She's not perfect but I'm very happy with her. xo

Still Sketching...

Still sketching on the WiiUGamepad...practice, practice, practice! Also started another Danita style art doll this week...will post pics when done. Happy Friday!

29 Faces Art Challenge...Updated Day 28!

Day 27 of 29FacesArtChallenge2014! Only one more day to go! I have really enjoyed this challenge and proud that I sketched almost every day. What I learned is that practice practice practice is all you need to improve your art no matter what you are doing. I didn't love all my sketches for the challenge but I loved sitting down to sketch each and every one. A huge thank you to Ayala for hosting!!

Day 28....WIP, will be finishing up her detail and color later when I have more time!

I'm also linking to PaintPartyFriday. If you would like to see my other posts for the challenge, click HERE!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Paint Party Friday...Art Journal WIP

I am doing an Art Journal Round Robin with a couple of friends and this is a journal spread WIP I am doing for one of them. Her theme is Gardens, Flowers, Springtime...but here it's still cloudy, muddy and depressing. So I did a spread reflecting how I feel before Spring begins...before the rebirth and blossoming. In the spread I used Anais Nin's quote:

So perfect for this time of year when you know Spring is right around the corner...

Linking this week to PaintPartyFriday and 29FacesArtChallenge2014. Have a great weekend!

A Doll Story

I have been taking Danita's A Doll Story workshop and this is my doll I made in week 1-2 of the workshop. She has a cloth head and body and is hand painted, then dressed in pretty fabrics. I have had so much fun making her! We will be making two dolls so will beginning another next week.

I'm linking to Paint Party Friday this week, be sure to stop by to check out the fabulous art!

p.s. Sorry for the poor pic quality, I didn't have much light this morning. Will take better pics later today. Have a great weekend!

Paint Party Friday

Happy weekend and Happy Paint Party Friday! I'm still doing these little face sketches on ArtAcademy Sketchpad on the WiiU. It's just like regular drawing but without the mess! But I am missing my paints and pencils so next will be doing some 'real' art once I'm done rearranging my art room. I got new shelves and tubs for storage and am feeling much more organized.

I'm also getting ready for 29FacesArtChallenge2014...click on the link for more details!

Be sure to stop by PPF to find the links for all the other wonderful art each week! xo

2014 Restart...

Hello and welcome to my 2014 Restart! lol  Seriously, started the new year with high hopes but burn out and loss of mojo has slowed me down a little bit. I'm just now getting back into the swing of things. To keep myself from being totally non creative, I am still doing the little faces sketches on the WiiU game, Art Academy Sketchpad. It's a handy little game to do quick sketches and I'm really enjoying it.

I seem to have finally caught the sketchbook/art journal bug after signing up for Teesha and Terry Moore's Artstronauts Club.... I'll be taking Danita's A Doll Story at the end of this month...and look for some new altered thrift store dolls over the next couple of weeks.

Linking to PaintPartyFriday this week. That's all for now, have a great weekend! xo

Paint Party Friday...a Wee Bit Early!

Hello and Happy Paint Party Friday! I was so excited to announce earlier in the week that I was published in the Nov/Dec 2013 issue of SomersetStudio!

The art featured above is on page 126...it's mixed media collage on small birch wood pieces, I believe they are 3x6 (approx)  I used images from HiddenVintageStudio along with vintage book pages, acrylic paints, inks, pencil and lots of chunky glitter!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I know I haven't been as active recently...I have been visiting everyone's posts but haven't been able to leave comments on them all. Wishing everyone a Happy Weekend and Happy PPF! xo

Paint Party Friday!

Happy Halloween and Happy Paint Party Friday! This week I'm posting two Halloween paintings that I did recently in very different styles. 'Trick or Treat Girl' is a folk art style mixed media painting on a wood panel. Handdrawn and painted with acrylic paints, accented with pencil

And this Vampire Doll is a painting I did in Ady Almanza's Vampire Doll mini workshop. This is done with acrylics and colored pencil on watercolor paper. Ady supplies the template. I've also been busy making more altered PEz and dolls, scroll down the blog if you'd like to see what I've been up to!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I can't believe it's already November!! xo

Happy Halloween!

Trick or Treat! xo

New Altered Pez...Bunny Girl & Dark Heart

I'm A Bunny Girl Altered Pez...A pretty little bunny girl with metallic rose headpiece!

Dark is My Heart Altered Pez...a sweet but sad Pez girl with a heart with arrow charm...

Both Altered Pez are now in the Etsy Shop, please visit shop for more info or if you have any questions, just ask! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Paint Party Friday! xo

p.s. I am having a giveaway on my blog for a Skeleton Wand I made, click HERE for more info!

Paint Party Friday!

Happy Weekend and Happy Paint Party Friday! This week I've been busy making Altered Pez and other fun stuff! The little gnome Pez above is my latest, her name is NoNo MoJo, and she likes to sit in the garden and ward off any bad mojo. She's a real cutie and is now listed in my Etsy shop, hoping to find a new home...Update...SOLD!

I also made this cute Purple BatGirl this week...I used a bat ornament from Walmart and an altered dollhead...so much fun to make! Scroll down my blog to see the post on her and other art I posted earlier in the week. Also, check my left sidebar for fun Halloween blog events coming up!

Thanks so much for visiting and HPPF!

Paint Party Friday....more Mail Art and Welcome Autumn!

Hello and Happy Paint Party Friday! This week I am sharing more mail art I made for the swap in the True Free Spirit workshop. 'Be Sweet' and 'Sing Ur Heart Song' are done on cardboard, 4x6, with pens, pencils, acrylic paints and coated with beeswax. Making and sending mail art is so much fun! I really enjoyed this sweet swap.

My latest altered PEZ dispenser, Secret Keeper, will be heading out to her new home in New Zealand this week. I love how she turned out with the little window on her chest where her secrets are kept. I'm now working on a Day of the Dead PEZ and have lots more in mind.

And for anyone who is looking ahead to Halloween, I am hosting a Haunted Halloween Doll Challenge this year...click on the link for more details. All doll art is welcome as long as it features a Haunted Doll theme. Hope you'll join me!

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you have a great weekend and Happy Fall Equinox! xo

Dia de La Muertos...Day of the Dead Portrait

                       

 
Hello and welcome to Paint Party Friday and Haunted Humpday...and Happy Friday the 13th! This week I am linking one post to both, it's been a crazy busy week! I thought it would be fun to try and do a Day of the Dead portrait. I have always loved the DOD/Dia de La Muertos art and found a cool little workshop by TenTwoStudios. I used an image from a magazine as my model and then gave her a DOD makeup, roses for her crown and collaged her on an 8x10 wood background. I'm still working on some of the details but I think she's close to being finished. I had alot of fun creating this piece. She's now available in my Etsy Shop!

This year I will be hosting what I hope will be a very fun Haunted Halloween Doll Challenge, click on the link for more details...hope you'll join me!


And here's a little something to get you in the Halloween mood......Silly Symphony Skeleton Dance by Disney...Spooooooky!

Thanks so much for visiting and please check out all the other artists this week for Haunted Humpday and Paint Party Friday! Have a great weekend!

Paint Party Friday...A Sweet Little Painting

Happy Weekend and Happy Paint Party Friday! This week I took a short break from altering dolls to do a sweet little mail art swap in the True Free Spirit workshop taught by Mindy Lacefield. The style is primitive and childlike, the swap theme was to make a piece of mail art in the TFS style on cardboard, seal it with beeswax and mail it to your partner in an altered envelope. So much fun! I love how the natural beeswax gives a dreamy look to the finished art. This little painting is 8 inches long by 3 1/2 inches wide on cardboard.

If you would like to see what else I've been up to this week...here's my post from Haunted Humpday for this week, another cute but creepy doll bottle....AND...my big announcement, I am hosting a Haunted Halloween Doll Challenge (click to see post) this year! All doll art is welcome but it must be haunted/spooky in keeping with the Halloween theme. Please grab the challenge button to add to your blog and take a look at my left sidebar for other fun Halloween art events. I hope you can join me!

Have a great weekend and thanks so much for stopping by! xo

Paint Party Friday!

Happy Weekend and Happy Paint Party Friday! I am still working my way thru Michael DeMeng's Distressed DollHead workshop and this week I altered a doll head with resin clay, acrylic paints and a glaze...altered a Halloween bottle from Michaels with stamps, acrylic paint, crackle glaze and mica flake...then attached the doll head to the cork, added some fibers...and all done!

I also wanted to announce that the TabithaLenox Etsy Shop is now open and I have made my first 2 sales, so very exciting! I am now setup to take US and International orders, have added Paypal as a payment method and worked out some other details. I'll be adding more items to the shop very soon. If you have any questions, please email me (there is a link on the blog right sidebar) or go to the Etsy shop and select Contact Seller. I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Have a great weekend and be sure to visit PPF to find the links for visiting all the wonderful artists this week! xo

Paint Party Friday....New Altered Pez

Happy Weekend and Happy Paint Party Friday! I had big plans to do some other art this week but life got busy and all I was able to finish was this new little altered Pez girl. I have also been working on opening an Etsy shop and am almost done, just need to complete a few more steps. A little scary but exciting too!

I can't believe it's almost the end of August already! Thanks so much for visiting and hope you have a great weekend. xo

Altered Dolly Heads...Paint Party Friday!

I have been taking a short break from making the Altered Pez to do Michael DeMeng's Distressed Altered Doll Head workshop! I'm learning lots of new altering and paint techniques...Be warned, the doll heads are a little creepy ala Michael DeMeng style....

I keep meaning to take before and after pics but forgot!

So cool that all of this is done with acrylic paint!

So much fun...now I have to decide what to do with all these altered dolly heads!

In the next week or so I'll be going back to doing some of the big eyed girl paintings...and more Altered Pez, once I can find more watch parts and other things for embedding in the clay.

Thanks so much for visiting my PaintPartyFriday post and hope you have a great weekend! xo