Murals

I have never painted anything on this large of scale, but boy are these artist amazing.  First one was painted by my friend  Emily, she is so talented.  After we stopped at her mural we stopped in her studio/shop Mucho Mas in downtown Phoenix.  The kids and my sister got to meet her.  She was so generous with her time and has the best loving energy.

This is a mural painted by my friend Emily Costello (Instagram @emcostelloart) in Phoenix.  

Another large wall mural painted by Emily Costello, Mucho Mas Studio Phoenix.

Mural of Chef Silvana Salcio Esparza by Lucretia Torva.   @torvasm
 I love the strength this mural represents and the "Si, Se Puede" tattoo!  Chef Silvana is one of my favorite people.  I don't know her personally but I have met her,  I donated masks to her cause she was feeding so many people during the covid shutdown.  

My sister showing her angel wings.  Grant, Nebraska   @popperposies

A storage shed in Winslow, Arizona.

 

"Shelter In Place"

Shelter in place = Studio time!

I started working on two art pieces.  I haven't painted in awhile and it feels good!  They're far from done and that's the fun part of doing these pieces!  Gotta add more paint, more texture, some glitter, lots of glitter, words, detail outlining and finishing touches.  The details of the face will be my biggest challenge I think.  I hope you use this time to get creative and feed your soul with positivity.

Angel wings

Like I said, anytime I see angel wings I have to stop!  Love the vibrant red orange color!

Fashion Square Mall, Scottsdale, AZ

This year's card, part 4

This is my 2019 Xmas card!  I ended up using only one of the girl photos.  I altered five or six of them and time was not wasted because I will be using the altered photos for another project.  You'll need to stay tune for that.  I added texture by using a star stencil with texture paste I tinted with green glitter!  I love glitter!!!  I added red glitter drops to the crown stars and glitter to her wings.  I titled the card  "La Princesa de Naveidad"  The Christmas Princess.  I added a papals banner. 

The Christmas Princess

Handmade envelopes and labels

Back of envelope.  Open end style

I made a template and cut the envelopes out of this wonderful green thin paper.  The paper is a paint masking paper you can find in the paint isle in any home improvement store.  I love everything about this paper!  I use it for so many projects.  The labels are printed on Japanese rice paper.  Both papers are strong even tho they are thin.

I'm really happy how my cards turned out.  I never stress about my xmas card.  The ideas for my xmas cards come along all year long.  I like to use a technique, a paint, a color, a paper, a image, words I come across throughout the year.  If I must be honest my head overflows with creative ideas all the time.  I write or sketch ideas daily!!   

This year's card

Sneak peek....

Vintage (public domain) images I found on the internet.  Resized them,  desaturated, and painted using my iPad and Procreate app.  I have more embellishing to do!  So far I love love love!

Some updates & thoughts

Anyone who knows me, knows I have no concept of time.  I have no schedule, I rarely do anything the same, all things I make are one of a kind.  Taking my “having fun” in the craft room to working in my studio is where I'm at right now.  I have a blog, a Facebook page with a new web address, a logo, a business name, business cards, email and working on a project to log my creations.  Getting things together is a never ending process and I know there’s no time schedule to this creative journey I’m on. I named my business brokenwing, I have a collection of angels in my house and the thing they all have in common is every one of them has a broken wing and they’re perfect.  It’s one of those things I couldn’t explain how each one ended up with a broken wing that needed to be glued.   What it taught me … it doesn’t need to be perfect to be perfect, which describes my art, my jewelry, my photography, my cards, my studio, my home, everything Jobi.  My Facebook page address is www.facebook.com/the.brokenwing & my email is 

brokenwing @cox.net.  Here's my logo.

Meghan in my studio

This is Meghan, she's visiting from New Hampshire.  She's an awesome young lady.  Normally, most kids her age don't care to spend anytime in the studio.  Meghan was completely different.  I asked her to go with me to run errands and she said she would rather paint.  She had noticed my artwork and asked how to paint it.  She said she wasn't a painter and I told her she could do it with some guidance.  I showed her Kelly Rea Roberts book, Taking Flight.  That's how it all began with Meghan.

 

 

Meghan wearing my magic tiara.  The creative universe is open!

 

Meghan picked out some scrapbook paper and punched squares.  We glued them to a piece of wood.

 

We whitewashed the piece and practiced making our angels.

 

 

 

 

 This is Meghan's painting.  She did a great job and loves glitter!

 

Here's our paintings.  Meghan's is done but mine is not finished.  I loved the way it's turned out so far.