Some more sketches and sneak peaks for you!!

SNEAK PEAK!!!! This is from a mixed media on canvas piece I have been working on for AGES... over a year!!! Its very personal, for someone very dear to me, and I want it to be just right.  Oh, and of course, its still not finished yet....

Here's my latest piece, "Angels Praise", still in progress as you can see.

8" x 8" / 20.4cm x 20.4 cm canvas panel

I applied gesso all over to begin with.

 For colour, I mainly used various shades of acrylics by JoyOND,  

and water colours by Eraldo and Paolo, both of which I found at Riot.)

First background layer is a staggering of acrylics, dark shades around the edges to light in the centre...

deep blues and purples, adding a little white to lighten toward the centre. 

Then, using Sky blue by Southern Krown - a water-based gloss acrylic,

I painted swirls emanating from the lower right corner out to the edges.

From the same focal point, turnin the painting on its side and upside down and on a few angles,
I dripped water colours - purple, deep blue, 

then mixed silver and white water colour...

to allow drippage flow to the extremities over top of the sky blue swizzles. 

I also added bronze and white, and gold and white drips, 

allowing each layer to dry before adding another.

Whilst layers were drying, I prepared the angel. She is hand-drawn by  me, onto cream card stock. I cut her out, cutting the wings away as a separate piece. I gessoed both. I used the gesso on the wings to form texure and division etc, and also on the angel's hair to provide layers and curls etc.

Once that was dry, I painted white acrylic on the hair, and silver on the wings. 

I then reattached the wings to the angel's main body, and glued the whole angel to the canvas panel using a strong glue to keep her in place. 

I gessoed lightly over as another form of keeping her in place and in preparation for the rest of the painting etc I will need to do to complete this piece.

She's been drying for a day and a bit now, so on with completing her.

I must say, I am really happy with how this is turning out, and I'm really proud of myself lol.

A few more ANGELS from ANGELS ON HIGH

Just 3 of my original pencil sketches of ANGELS for upcoming artworks!

Having so much fun x

A Preview

Here's the first preview of our range, ANGELS ON HIGH....

Just basic design drawings for now, will show finished product soon!

love♥love

Debs xxx

Angels On High

Well, its taken a while, but here we go... ready to launch our first range, just in time for Christmas 2012...

Angels on High

Will be loading pics etc soon, hope you enjoy.

love Debs x