Step by Step Acrylic Painting Tutorial: Plus Art Tips

July is the birthday month of Frida Kahlo, and inspired by her self-portraits, I made this colorful Art Journal Page. Let me know in the comments here, if you like Acrylic Paint more or Watercolors!

Watch the video by clicking the image, or HERE

Painting Frida Kahlo's face with acrylics

I'm painting a face with acrylics paints, super easy and fun! It is a Frida Kahlo inspired journal page!

For many years now I always invite people to paint a Frida because it is so much fun. If you haven't done it yet, just try! 💖

Click to watch here or in the image: https://youtu.be/uAnCbD65pxg

I'm linking to the awesome Art Journal Journey blog for more fun art!

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How to paint a Frida Kahlo style face

How to paint a Frida style face. This is such a fun collage page in my art journal!
Watch the video HERE  I'd love to hear what you think ;o)

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A Frida, a heart

Making random Fridas for the month July, along with more hearts!
I'm going to add color to her, just not sure if manually or digitally. Maybe both?

More gelatin mono-printing. I'm in love!

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Happy birthday Frida!

One of my favorite painters is Frida Kahlo. I love her folkloric elements in her painting, her self portraits are very interesting, can't stop finding new things and inspiration from them!
I do not agree with all her personal or political interests but you take the person with her time, era and influences and that rounds in a sense a life.
Back in high school I made probably 11 self portraits emulating her style but with a twist: I made myself of different races and skin colors lol I wish i still had those papers!

Today is her birthday and I thought of sharing some images and  links here.

A few years ago google made a logo of her:

 

Her last entry in her diary made many people think her death was not natural, talking about a joyous exit and hoping never to return, but the fact is that her health was terrible and her spirits very low, she had been declining for years:

I think this is my favorite photo of her, smiling:

If you want a short version of her life, this is a very interesting page HERE
To see some of her art click HERE
And some of my paintings inspired by Frida HERE


I'd love to see your comments! Thanks for visiting ♥

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Day 15 of 29 faces. Yellow!

I love the yellow in this background! I'm going to let it show on the next layers of hair and clothing.

I got this awesome Frida ACEO from Tammy Gulat.. yaaay! so beautiful!!
And a nice note with it, made my day ♥ I had to share it:

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Finished painting

Just to recapitulate... Remember the Frida I mentioned HERE ?
Well, this is the finished painting. I was done long time ago but not scanned. I am slowly but surely check-marking my to do list :o)

I don't know about you, but I always love to see up close the tiny details in a painting! So here is a close up detail....

And this is a picture shows a previous layer (acrylics on 12x9 watercolor paper):
I feel sad for the painting at the first steps, as they look so furlong without the eyes.

And... hold on tight to your pencils and brushes!! Since so many people are inquiring and are interested in doing again the 29 faces challenge, well, let's do it again!
Prepare to attack those canvas, papers and journals, because in MAY we start the 29 faces II. It's Mother's day/month, but you have 2 spare days to wiggle around and still work on this challenge.
I will be posting the icon/button soon!
Thanks for visiting ♥

Day 25, painting reproduction WIP

For today, I am working on a Frida portrait reproduction. I usually love painting inspired by her, using details of elements from her; this time I'm going as close as possible just for the fun of it. I am not excellent at making a faithful representation, but I'm close enough me thinks :o)

The original from 1930 (in case you can't tell the difference ho ho ho)

And... my daughter's bunch of meme faces from the past days when she couldn't contribute:

That's it for today, hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Day 14, love!

Happy Valentine's day! For this day I made a Frida in ACEO, with a broken heart. I don't know why I ended up making a sad face, but seems it is more like her.

 

My little partner made this funny thing: A sock missing the other one:

I hope you had a wonderful day. I did ♥

Skeletons! 19th day of 30 days of Art

Day of the Dead ACEO finished.
Skeletons do not like dogs, I'm sure you knew that, but just in case, this little guy has a sign ;oD
Click pic to see listings

And how could I spend a fall celebration without making a Frida ACEO?

I am posting this late, but I had no internet yesterday till very late, so here you go.

Battling techology and 5th day of 30

One thing I have learned with this episode of my dead computer is that technology can be wonderful when is working, and an annoying nightmare when something goes wrong. You would think that everything is very much mix and match, but no, it isn't.

I have been battling this goofy programs, gadgets and computers that don't seem to like to work together.

I finally found a camera that can plug to the portable, just to find out the movie maker doesn't like that particular gadget because they don't speak the same format ugh!

So here I am experimenting to see if I can upload a tiny video directly into the blog. Hopefully it will work and will not be too heavy to open.

Of course that with no editing program, the video is raw and pretty much soundless hehehe

Oh well...

The whole purpose is to show the Frida ACEO I finished. My 5th day of 30 days of posting art:

I used water mixable oil pastels. I never used them before and in fact didn't even know about them till I saw them in the craft store.

They look velvety, you can water them to look like watercolors, very transparent, like in the skin area, or make them really thick like in the background.

I don't see myself getting addicted to them like with acrylics, but they are fun to work with.

Now lets see how this post behaves. I might have to do it again if I can't come up with something else before the part gets here and I have access to my usual ways.

I better keep this short. If it works they way it should, I will go and update the other post from yesterday the same way :o)

Please let me know if it takes a long time to open! Thanks!



Day of the Dead WIP and tip

More pictures of the painting I am re-working on:

Painting Tip: When you are not sure about what to add, and unsure about how it is going to look, take a picture and printer. I have card stock to do so and be able to paint on it (which regular print paper does not always allow. WIth oils, I really don't like to mess up wet on wet, and wait...So it is helpful to see before hand.

Option A, option B... Option C?

And since I was going with the blue oils, I started to splash another piece... But that's another post :o)

Day of the dead/ Dia de los Muertos Art

I like the more whimsical side of "DoD" art. I don't like grotesque or scary images, but for this season of fall, harvest, celebration of ghosts, spirits and the dead... I like the cute skeletons, which of course  I love to mix with a spun-full of Frida Kahlo flavor!
This is the one painting I have been working on, slowly, as my hand doesn't allow for much this week.

It was hard to start painting on it but I had an idea in my mind to do a Day of the Dead painting, after finding an image in my files of an old painting I made years ago:

Twitter-Art-Exhibit (140 Charachters) in Moss, Norway

I had posted about the twitter exhibit before, but I just got an email from David Sandum about the Twitter-Art-Exhibit (140 Characters) in Moss, Norway with more pictures. I participated with 2 Frida Kahlo inspired paintings, and was so exited to hear one sold right away and the other one a few days later. This was for the benefit of their local children's Library and was a total success, having people from many countries sending art to help with funds. Here are some pictures:

 

 

 It was a total success... Congrats David!

Frida Celebration -part Two

Here are more inspired Fridas creations, for the ADO mini challenge of July.
See the first post for more ADO Frida dolls HERE

My doll is finished and I am particularly proud, because seems like I can't ever finish a challenge in time!
Here are some pictures:

Click on the links at each picture to see more of each doll maker!
Some cool costumes:

http://stitchywoowoo.blogspot.com

http://freakylittledolls.blogspot.com

 A pretty sculpted bust:

 http://joannathomasdolls.blogspot.com/

A little deer by Evelyn:

 http://www.evelynswonderland.com

Frida's Blue Bird House

This is Frida's blue hose. If Frida was a bird. Or if a birdy named Frida lived here... Because it is a real working bird house.
...Or you can just keep it as part of the decor. It can also be used as a fancy outhouse (for a tiny midget). Maybe not.

Well in any case, I listed this original and colorful piece. It is one of those projects that took a while to finish then I didn't know where to list it,  but finally here we go!

Painted in all 4 sides as shown. I love painting on wood. See it HERE

I also listed a wood mini paint on ebay HERE

And to see my Christmas in July CIJ items click HERE

Frida Celebration

This is so far what we have from our ADO July Frida challenge. Link to artist under each picture.

darcyarts.wordpress.com

 piecakeprimitives.blogspot.com

Spiritmama-Art.blogspot.com

Here is my Work In Progress picture, still no hair and no dress.. that zarape is just for the picture but the color is not so bad huh? :o)

The pretty roses are from my anniversary Xo)

I will post the finished doll as soon as she is done.
UPDATE to see here finished click HERE

Happy Birthday Frida!

Today is Frida's Birthday, and I want to celebrate the month of July with a big invitation to all creative people,  to come join me making ACEOs with the theme Frida Kahlo. Make a portrait, or any art card based on her art and list is in any site (Art Fire, Etsy, Ebay, etc). I love collecting Fridas myself and it is such an inspiration to me an many others that this is going to be fun.

So, to participate, you have to make an ACEO Art card, any material, medium, style and number of pieces. Make it original, for this celebration!
List it anywhere you want, but please send me a link here in my blog so I can blog about it and post it on FB and twitter. Sound like fun?

Come and play, we have all month to create as many Frida inspired art as you like!

One of her Last Paintings

Cinco de Mayo

Here is a "Cinco de Mayo" Frida. She will go to my Etsy soon, but I wanted to share this funny picture, kind of a creepy angle if you ask me:

I was taking the dolls photographs and I had an audience.
Well some people hire models, I have Panzón on the roof ha! I wanted to take a picture of him with a bandanna but he would have none of it. Dratted cat >^.^< hehehehe

So instead, I made a new avatar:

I've been busy...

Oh my goodness, May already!
I've been busy creating and finishing: A Frida doll, a bird doll and my Alice in Wonderland for ADO.
Also taking care of a poor sick child with fever since Friday....going from the kitchen to the TV room, to the computer and back to the kitchen where I set camp for my dolls to be close to my sickly kid, who by the way feels much better today thank heavens.

....And I've been spotted!

Some weeks ago I found this cool website that blogs handmade work and all kinds of cool things.
My Frida with calla lilies made it to their front page!
Visit them and discover all the goodies they have there.

Have a wonderful day!