Color Exploration – Page 3

New Abstraction

January 19, 2017 by Amanda, posted in 2017 Artwork, Abstract, acrylic, Art, Artist, canada, Color Exploration, creative, Fort Saskatchewan, In Progress creations, paint, Paintings

Ever get that feeling where you have to stop everything and create something new???

Well I do lol usually when I’m in the midst of a series or have a stack of unfinished paintings to work on.

Needless to say this came into existence last night.

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It has a mix of soft & fluid paints, iridescents and pearl x pigments.

It’s hard to get color accurate pictures until I can get some pics in nature lighting but it gives you an idea. I still plan to add some more detail, glazes and perhaps a heavy gloss to finish it.

More pics to come!

Cheers for now.

Amanda

Creative Overdrive

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 by Amanda, posted in 2016 Artwork, Abstract, acrylic, Art, Art Classes, Art Exhibit, Art Submissions, Christian Themes, Color Exploration, Etsy Shop, Fort Saskatchewan, Hand Stamped Designs, Home Studio, Jewelry

As I shared with you last time I’ve been working away on some Mixed media pieces lately.

Currently I have 15+ paintings on the go in prep for some Art Submissions as well as 2 or more gallery exhibits coming up in 2017.

Busy busy. On top of all the art I’m also increasingly busy as I enter into the Christmas order rush with my hand stamped jewelry business.

For those that don’t know I own Amanda Milke Art and Jewelry Studio so my hands are always working on something. This fall has been a steady mix of Painting, Teaching art classes and Metal stamping orders. Now I enter in to my peak season and starting mid November I’ll be adding Christmas markets into the mix as I set up my booth as a vendor.

Thus why I am trying to get a bunch done now before I hit my chaos zone.

Here’s a look at the studio and some of the pieces I’m in progress of.

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Well back to it… I still have a mixed media workshop to prep and teach this weekend 😉

May your creative Muse be kind allowing you to create something beautiful.

Cheers,

Midnight in the Garden

January 30, 2016 by Amanda, posted in 2016 Artwork, Abstract, acrylic, Art, Artist, canada, Christian Themes, Color Exploration, Fort Saskatchewan, Golden, Home Studio, In Progress creations, Inspiration, medium exploration, Paintings, photos

I’m still painting up a frenzy over here!
I started working on this piece which once done will be called ‘Midnight in the Garden’
It’s a square, 24″x 24″ gallery profiled mixed media painting.
I used a variety of mediums to build up layers and texture on the piece. I started with has a teal, napthol red and white wash followed by layers of glass beads, modeling paste and fiber paste.
Once that was dried I painted it in a variety of purples, magentas and greens with a touch of blues.
Once dried I started on the color pours and collect the run off at the bottom for a string layer on top. From here I’m planning on potentially adding some white paint sprays and black lava then transforming the finish into a matte layer.
Here are some of my in progress shots.