Earthquake Relief for Japan

For someone special...

 I want to show you what I made for someone really special to me, who I've never met...I only saw photos of him.

 When I heard from his uncle it's his Birthday, I wanted to send him a present.

First I was thinking to send one of my textured paintings, I made last year...

but then I wanted to make him something really special, what I have never made before: a touch and feel painting, because he is blind and autistic.



First I put some acrylic paint and some natural jasmine oil with the paint on the canvas.

This oil is made for use with acrylic or oil paints. It will give a nice scent to the painting, as I want to paint some flowers on the canvas.

I blended the three colors and added some more red and two tone blue paint.

I'm still not sure what else I want to paint (except the flowers), I'm just following my heart...



I've used a 3D paint to make little white flowers.

I painted some fluffy clouds too...

...but wasn't as fluffy when I touched them, so I glued some cotton wool on it the next day after the paint has dried.

I cut out tiny little wings from organza fabric and singed them for making some butterflies.



Look how small they are.

Then I hand sewn them to the canvas with glass beads.

While I was making this painting, I couldn't stop thinking:...will he like it?...

Tiny butterflies are fluttering around the little flowers.

I wanted to symbolise the stars, so I hot glued some Swarovski crystals on the sky.

I have to be careful not to burn the canvas while I am applying each crystal...

I wasn't happy with the texture of the painted flowers, so I decided to cut out some petals from silk and...

...I've sewn them with glass beads to the canvas.

I am happy with the flowers now.

The finished painting...

... I wish I could be there to see his face when he will touch and feel the painting.

I had to make a box for it, to make sure will not be damaged during shipping.

I made this painting with so much love and I am hoping he will like it...

xo

Nature is the biggest artist

I found these photos today in my photo album. I took them on New Year's Eve 2010.

When I woke up in the morning and looked out in the window to our garden, I've noticed this beautiful art what Mother Nature left us. I just had to take some photos and show them for you. 

I wanted to take a clear undisturbed shots, free from any garden background and the black paper behind the angel helped me to achieve that.

Click on the images to see them in larger size.

I took this photo from the lamp post. It's amazing how the icicle standing away from the post.

I love this little angel in our garden, she has such a sweet face.

xo