Magical painted papers

 Happy Friday !

I've been in an art funk as of late. Summer always has its way with me. Staying inside in the AC is not for me. I like to get out and walk, go to the park, and meander around breathing fresh air. I love birding and looking for Gators. I love to watch nature. When forced to stay inside, I begin to feel smothered and for some reason question my art. Should I let slow sales and activity deem my worthiness? Heck no! But does it? a big fat yes. I am working on that part of my self and staying resilient. My body is not happy sitting all day. And art making has really turned into work and something I don't look forward to. My body hurts.

When faced with challenges like this, it can be a blessing. So a light bulb went off the other day to paint papers. I've been going through my sketchbook and getting inspired by scribbles and paint marks and simple lil faces. So I've been standing and making more art. And my body is happier. I've been sleeping better even! I'm creating gelli prints, painting papers, and making marks. 

I have been wanting to paint more abstractly. But I really suck at it....haha! Abstracts are so hard. As I've been painting these papers and experimenting with mark making and really playing and staying curious....I'm thinking this may be a perfect avenue to help me feel more confident painting abstractly.

And these papers have been such a gift and blessing to me! I decided to put together some packs for you. And you can check them all out in my etsy shop.

I have a large pack and one that is smaller. Each pack is a mystery and will be similar to what you see here but all are unique and original and one of a kind.

Large packs:

full sheets that are around 8x10"

one of my favorite pages so far

Stay tuned! I'm creating a class around these magical painted papers!

Half off prints, new work, and more!

 Happy Wednesday, friends! I hope the summer has been treating you well. We are having some intense heat (and humidity) here in Florida but we have the almost daily rain cooled evenings....so it's a nice reprieve from the heat.

I'm reading a new book from Howard White. He has worked with Nike for many years and mentors athletes. He's most known for mentoring Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley and is the head of the Jordan brand. I learned about him from the movie Air. Have you seen it? First off the soundtrack is incredible. If you are a child of the 80's, then the soundtrack alone is enough reason to watch the movie. Air is so nostalgic and inspiring! I love marketing strategy and it was a groundbreaking strategy back then. One of my favorite parts was the shoe they designed was not allowed. 51% of the shoe had to be white. Nike wanted to design the shoe around Michael specifically with red and black for the Bulls. "More Red!" But the NBA would fine them $5000. So what Nike said...."let's just pay the fines. make a commercial out of it. The NBA will fine Michael for being too colorful." Just brilliant! Now everyone wears colorful shoes and gets to express themselves and their brand. Anyways, the Howard White character is played by Chris Tucker. Such an outstanding performance. Funny! But also inspiring and very wise.

*NEW things I've been working on

I've been working on some painted papers and hope to have a class based around those open for registration in the next couple of weeks.

HALF OFF PRINT SALE!!!

I haven't had a print sale in forever! Get half off all prints now through Sunday. Have you had your eye on a print of mine? Now is the best time to grab them.

NEW ORIGINAL ARTWORK!

I've been busy creating some holiday, unicorn, and Halloween artwork. This time leading up to the fall is one of my favorite times to create. The anticipation and prep is so fun.

Here's one of my lil unicorn paintings and is still available in my etsy shop.

MYSTERY STICKER PACKS

Mystery sticker sheet packs are here and you receive 5 random sheets for only $13, folks!

If you haven't jumped into a paid tier yet, here are some of the things we are working on this month. For the rest of the month, I'm focusing on Halloween cuties. We'll be using a wedge and some acrylic ink and fall in love with gesso again. All paid tiers have discounts on online classes, a shop discount and first access to new originals. I would love to have you!

Frankenberry - Watercolor Wallflower tier

Messy Inner Child tier

I hope you have a great rest of your week and hope to see you around online, in a class or ship a print or stickers to you.

Thank you for your amazing support and love over the years. I've been creating art full time since 2008 and could absolutely not do it without your support. It means the world to me!

xoxo,

Mindy

Half off all Original artwork!

 Hi friends! I just wanted to pop in and let you know that I'm making room for more goodies and have decided to put all my original artwork on sale at 1/2 off now through Sunday!

here are some of my latest work:

Mystery sticker sheet packs are here!

 Now available only in my sticker shop!

Grab a mystery pack for a STEAL! You get 5 sheets. Random selection for only $13 plus $2.50 shipping.

New original ornaments, tag, and wood board artwork!

 Hey friends and happy Monday! Today, I got inspired to get an early start on my Halloween and Christmas ornaments. I also created some big eyed cuties! They are available in my etsy shop now!

New !!

 

New original artwork is here!

New original artwork

Hi friends, I've been playing around with oil pastels lately and have a few new goodies up in the shop! 

2 new journal clips!

Created using pencil and oil pastel

original tag

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