Painting Week Day 4

Today I thought I would share some of the painting that I have created over the past few months. I hope you enjoy these and I would love to hear  your comments. 

I hope you come back and join me for the last day of Painting Week tomorrow.

Painting Week Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of Painting Week. I hope you have enjoyed the week so far. Today's post will feature one of my latest paintings that I have created for the 10 x 10 series. This painting is bright and colorful and full of lots of fun layers. 

Supplies: 

• 1 10 x 10 primed canvas
• 5 colors of bright paint (should include black and white also)
• 1 Large Black waterproof Chisel Tip Marker 
• A few various sized brushes (not shown)
• The best tool of all to paint with ( Your fingers and hands)

 Start by adding some messy layers of paint and drippy paint letting each layer dry in between. I f you do not let it dry in between each layer you will only get mud, and there will not be these pretty bright layers of color.

 Next, after letting it dry for at least 3 hours,  I got out my Bic Mark-it Chisel tip marker and drew some shapes that I liked over the messy layers. (I forgot to take a picture at this step because I got so caught up in the process.)

I then started to work my way across the canvas adding a rainbow of colors. These layers are semi-transparent so that the messy layers will show through. This is achieved by using the tube paints that are on the more professional side. 

I then started adding come white back in with a small paint brush. I also added a little bit of drippy white on top to bring out the contrast. (I  didn't worry about the black lines because I will draw them back in, in the final steps.) 

Once I was satisfied with the white contrast, I let it dry over night. Then I added the black lines back with the chisel tip marker.

Here is the completed piece.

Painting Week Day 2

Painting Week Day 2: Painting with markers on canvas. 

 Supplies:

• 1 - 10 x 10 inch canvas
• 4 Prismacolor Markers of your choice I used a couple of shades of pink, a green, and an orange. 
• 1 Faber-Castell Big Red Marker

 This canvas is a doodle canvas and I know that it is not technically a painting but since it is on a canvas I thought I would share it.

I started it off with the small flowers and started to fill in the entire surface. I used different flowers that I like to draw. I added in some circles and then outlined them with the large red brush marker. 

This was a really fun canvas to create. I originally planned on this just being a under layer that I would paint over, but it turned out more to my liking and I decided to just work it into a finished piece. I might used the markers to color the edges so that I can just hang it as it is. 

I hope that you are enjoying this series and come back tomorrow for Day 3 of Painting Week. 

Painting Week Day 1

Today is day one of Painting Week here on A Southern Lady's Ramblings. I hope you enjoy what I have planned for the week.

Today I would like to share a few blogs that inspire me.

Belinda Fireman of Drawn From the Fire

Chrissie Grace of In His Grace

Jenni Horne of Jenni Horne Studios

Roben-Marie of Every Life has a Story

I hope you enjoy taking a look around these beautiful blogs and are able to gather some inspiration as I have. Leave them some comment love and let them know that I sent you. I hope you come back tomorrow for a marker on canvas painting. 

Painting Week Preview

Here is a peek at the paintings that I am working on for next weeks painting week here at A Southern Lady's Ramblings. I will be showcasing some of my favorite supplies, techniques, and artist blogs that inspire me. I hope you will come and join me for a fun week of color and inspiration.

Here is a couple of previews of some of the paintings in progress that I have shared on my Instagram account.