My Art Therapy

Sometimes the thing we need is not so much the end result as the process.

Art is a lovely form of therapy for the creative soul to express the things that won't come out in words.

To let go of all that needs to be released.

 To reveal what we hold inside.

 To laugh, to cry, to shout.

 To turn up the music and let the paint brush dance.

I become immersed in the free flow of color and texture and personal expression.

The colors and textures of an extremely fulfilling art therapy session. 

"The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. 

He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him."  - Exodus 15:2

5 Days of Art - Part 3, 4 & 5: Painting, Painting & Painting

I also got to spend a lot of time working on some paintings. I've listed several new ones in my Etsy shop. Here are a few that I worked on during my 5 Days of Art.

Very large 24"x48" textured canvas, acrylics and gold mica flakes with the scripture Psalm 90:2.

Smaller canvas 16"x20" abstract acrylic, 2Samuel 23:4

24"x24" Misty blue sky abstract landscape

These two were commissioned pieces for one of the coaches at school. Pictures of his boys playing baseball. I used some baseball digest pages to cover the canvas and created the look of a baseball field in the background and gave it an aged look, except on the boys themsselves... to create a nice contrast.

Check out my listings on http://artfultrinkets.etsy.com/ to see some of my other paintings.

Late Night Art Post

Here are a couple of silhouette style paintings I did on some of my homemade 16"x16" canvases with 2" edges. I started each one by creating a collage of papers chosen to compliment the chosen image, then a pencil sketch was made. Next I painted with black acrylic paint, then embellished and added glitter or other elements, and finally sealed the artwork with a clear gloss medium.

This first one is my interpretation of a beautiful (but blurry) snapshot taken as Jeremy and I were leaving our wedding reception almost nine years ago. Our friends and family had lined up on both sides of us blowing bubbles into the beautiful December night air and the lights from the reception hall were twinkling behind us..... here we go, together.

You may not be able to tell in this picture, but the tissue paper is crinkled and iridescent. I have added small amounts of very fine glitter, some in the background and on my dress.
This next one is more colorful with whimsical patterns and imagery in the torn, collaged papers. Carley was about six months old in this picture (taken at my sister's wedding) and I love the joy in our expressions, especially Carley with her mouth open wide just laughing.

I can create a special painting like these from your photos too.

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