Baby Shoes

I know that I should be concentrating on Christmas but I have designed and made these little shoes. Even if I do say so myself I'm really pleased with the way that they have turned out. They are sooo cute!

A little box for that first lock of hair

Many of you have asked if I sell my art works and if so where. I do sell my work, I take commissions and I am also thinking of opening a shop on Etsy. So if anyone is interested in buying any of my art or in placing an order for these cute shoes, please email me or message me on my facebook page.

Collage By Numbers

I can't believe that it's been over two weeks since I posted anything on my blog. I've been suffering with a bad back. This has been debilitating as well as frustrating as I paint or get messy with art in some form on a daily basis and I haven't been able to do this. I created this artwork a little while ago in fact I've made several as gifts for friends and family. They have all been slightly different. This is a fun project and I love the effect you get when you play with numbers and letters. Hope you like it too. I took the plunge yesterday and put Lina's Art on Facebook. This is a totally new experience for me so please bear with me while I play catch up with the rest of the social networking world. Please press the link on the right hand side and like my facebook page or be a follower on my blog. 

Lina x

My Daughter

I started my blog three months ago and on my first post I showed you artworks in pop art style that I had painted of my children. Whenever I look through photographs of them I remember the moment when the photo was taken, just like yesterday so to speak. Where has the time gone? Here is a painting that I have just completed of my daughter. My husband looked at it and said that she looked as though she was crying. No, she is deep in concentration. She is a beautiful and caring girl who is always full of fun.

Lina x

A Cup Of Rosie

I needed to add a bit of colour to my blog after the dark post on Halloween. Whenever we go away on holiday, or just away for a few days the first thing we do when we get home is to have 'a nice cup of tea'. Nothing can beat this; it's like a welcome home ritual. I feel that there is something very British about a cup of tea. With that in mind I've created this collage and added the affectionate cockney slang term 'Rosie Lee'.

Halloween

I wanted to create a graveyard scene for Halloween. When I saw the new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Apothecary set I knew that the skull would be perfect for my artwork. My skull needed a body so I stuck the stamped image onto a piece of card. I then made a coat from strips of paper which I aged and distresssed using acrylics.  In order to achieve a 3D effect  I used foam pads on some of the elements in the collage. I incorporated a lot of texture in this mixed media artwork  I used chalk pastels for the sky, moulding paste for the ground and a marbling effect on the tombstones.

Trick or treat?

Lina x

In The Style Of Gustav Klimt

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of artist Gustav Klimt. He was a master of pattern and colour. When I saw the Cubist stencil from Crafters Workshop and the Heart mask from Tando Creative I immediately thought of him.

I would like to share with you an artwork that I created using these stencils. I used the Flames stencil for the pattern effect but looking at it now she does look a little like Joan of Arc on a night out!

Materials Used:
Canvas Board
Gesso
Decoart acrylic paints
Daler Rowney: System 3 metallic acrylic paints
Crafters Workshop Stencils: Cubist and Flames
Tando Creative : Heart Background
Moulding paste

Lina x

Old Family Portrait

I was looking through some family photos. You know what that's like. It starts off being that you are looking for a particular picture and then you get completely consumed in the memories that each photograph holds. You realise after a while that what was supposed to be a quick task results in hours passed. 

Well as I said, I was enjoying looking through photos and I came across an old photo of my husband's grandmother. She was a beautiful lady. I thought I would have a go at trying to paint her portrait. It was quite a challenge to work from such a small photo but once I put some music on I became thoroughly absorbed in my painting. I usually end up with nearly as much paint on my clothes as on the canvas. I have trousers that I wear specifically to paint in they look like a Jackson Pollock creation. I painted this portrait using acrylics on canvas. I hope that I have captured her essence and that you like it.

Lina x