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:

No idea how to call this post. . . .

I have a few updates, a reminder and some news. New news and old news, that is...

As for updating, well, I finally and "with a little help of my friends", changed the name in my art page in facebook.  When you click on it, confetti will fall all over your room, and firecrackewrs will go in the sky. OK, maybe not, but sounded fun, right? Nevermind. So now the URL is this:

http://www.facebook.com/AyalaArt

No longer will have the long string of numbers after the name, and I didn't include the "Dolls" part just to make it easier. Thanks Diane Clancy and Cris Melo, fabulous artists and wonderful people.

The reminder part of this post: There's still time to participate in my blog giveaway! yaay! Click HERE for the original post, I will be selecting a participant to win one of my paintings, the picture is there too :o) 

My new news is that I re worked on a canvas that had me wishing to do something to it for a long time, but I have been so in love with my acrylics, that I had not touched my oils for a long time.  I finally went for it and this is where I am in that painting: Color is richer, more painterly and movement in the brush strokes

WIP re-worked

It was like this, the background a bit pale and at the time I wanted to make the image with less detail and shadows, but I was not happy. She was also missing the big uni-brow :oP

Old look

I will work on more shadowing next, and highlighting the leaves. (ツ♥)

Working on a commission: Done!

Here's the finished commissioned painting. I am very happy the way it turned out

 

  Unfortunately the colors are not exactly as in person. Try as I did and still I couldn't catch the right way, but it looks very nice in person.

Blog Anniversary Giveaway!

Wow, can you believe it's been 6 years of blogging now?? I can't. Seems like it just went too fast! I want to thank all the wonderful people that come and visit my little blog, that have become friends in the distance, and that have been letting me share a bit of me and the things I like to do most, which is playing with paints and clay.

 ♥Thank you!☺♥

To celebrate I want to have a giveaway. A pretty paint on wood made by me, will go to one  lucky winner from anywhere in the world!

Guidelines:
* You have to be a follower of this blog.

* Any friend from any country can participate. You can do one, or 2 or all of the following:

* Post a comment on this post, and that will be 1 chance to be a winner
  ...or
* Like" my facebook page HERE and that's a 2nd chance to be a winner(post again to let me know)
  ...or
* Subscribe to my youtube channel HERE for a 3rd chance to win (and come back to tell me here!)
  ...or
* Blog about it, and that will be a 4th chance! (Come and post it too)

** If you blog about it and more people come to visit, even if you were not the winner, I will select a second name (from the bloggers list) and will send you an ACEO card :o)
Giveaway will run from tomorrow right now till August 21st, sometime around noon pacific time.

If you want to copy and use this little icon for your blog, you are welcome to it:

How about that?
Oh... I almost forgot the image of the painting!
 Here it is.....

6x12 inches

Good luck everyone, and thanks for stopping by!

UPDATE: Thanks for all your posts! Make sure there's a way for me to contact you back! There are some members that do not show a blog or a way to contact them if they win!

Working on a commission

Time is funny... some days it goes just too slow, like dripping amber from a tree. And some other days you blink and a whole week has passed. Wonder why's that? Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ

I have been working on a commissioned painting. This is a little detail of the background:

It looks a bit lighter in person, but then again, all monitors show images a little different. I am very happy with the texture and the colors. There's a whole family in the painting so i have been busy with my paint brush.

And there's my blog anniversary coming up! Keep an eye open, I will be having a Painting Giveaway!

One done, one still in the making

I finally scanned this recent work. This is a 6x4 mixed media on bristol board. I'm inclined to call it "Not as lonely" because he has his little cricket in the hand. (update: I listed it HERE )

And here's soem detail of the texture, I'm very happy with it.

I'd like to hear any comments on it. Hope you have a very nice day!
P.S. I hope I can finish and scan my "IF" piece so I can enter it in the IF blog! The word is "obsession" and I want to enter a Frida ACEO for it (my obsession and her obsessions!) [•._,•]

Little how-to picture tutorial

Hi there. A friend needed to see how to post a video in the blog, and I made this little how-to images and decided to share with all, in case anyone needs it.
Here you go: (Click to enlarge image)

Second step:

Are the instructions clear? Let me know!

Cleaning, reorganizing (again!) and letting go

You would think that by having the kids (and their errands) out of school, one would have more time to do art. But is not the case. Never is. My schedule (and household) is messed up, crazy and upside down. I know I am not the only one so guess find comfort in numbers right?  I like to box, to put behind doors and inside drawers etc all the stuff in neat little groups.
Well, everything is poured everywhere. 3 people against me LOL (I won't even mention the pets. They are a whole other post altogether....)

So, in my effort to be able to control chaos and claim back some territory, have been reorganizing at least MY stuff. Well, I already went through their closets to donate all the clothing and gadgets they are not able or willing to use again. ☺

Now, slowly, I am listing crafty goodies HERE starting all at 99 cents. Call it separation anxiety, but I just can't go and take artsy/craftsy items in a box to be left abandoned at the donation center. I have to see that it goes to someone that really wants it and ship it to them. ♥

You can expect to see paper goods, cloth, yarn, polymer, wood, even fur and feathers! Heck I'm ready to put the dog and the cat there too LOL
I will list older work as well, so keep an eye and wish me luck!

Last night we were still at 93F / 33C hot weather at 9 PM, goodness gracious. How's your summer going so far?

Anniversary

We celebrated today 19 years together. 19 interesting, full, wonderful years together. I thank God everyday for letting me share my life with this man with all the ups and downs. It takes a brave guy to eat what I cook for all this time, and sharing the kitchen (and every other room) with art projects and crafty junk in every corner ♥

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 Time sure goes fast ☺

Results of Giveaway!

I decided to have 2 winners... here are the results:



Took me all day to make this video, between one thing and the next, but it is still the 15th as promised! ['._,']
Thanks for participating! 
P.S. I do not like to hear my voice on a video!