Reuse & Recycle

Something that I'll definitely try! And empty plastic bottle, some acrylic paint and the cutest little owl will be the best decorative idea for your home this Autumn.

Κάτι που σίγουρα θα δοκιμάσω! Ένα άδειο πλαστικό μπουκάλι, λίγη ακρυλική μπογιά και η πιο χαριτωμένη κουκουβάγια θα είναι η καλύτερη διακοσμητική ιδέα για το σπίτι σας αυτό το Φθινόπωρο.

Go to Craftberry Bush and see for yourselves the tutorial.

Πηγαίντε στο Craftberry Bush και δείτε το tutorial.

You can also check the Polar Love and the March of the Penguins.

SO CUTE!

Μπορείτε επίσης να δείτε το Polar Love και το March of the Penguins.

ΤΟΣΟ ΧΑΡΙΤΩΜΕΝΑ!

Painting Again

My hunger to learn and experiment has no end! Maybe I should stick to the things I know and do well and stop wandering around, as Alex told me. But it's no use! I can't help it! I always want to try myself in different things. Maybe I haven't found my "thing" yet, or maybe I don't have ONLY ONE "thing".

My first love has been painting, but I gave it up too soon. I've made some efforts from time to time but nothing too serious. I've never stop sketching and drawing of course, also as a part of my other profession, a part-time art teacher for elementary school. But I was thinking "Anyone can impress a seven-year-old with their drawing skills", so I didn't give me much credit.

Now that will has come back to stay, I think. Lately, I've been watching many videos-tutorials on YouTube about mixed media techniques, collage and stuff and I'M HOOKED! Looks simple and easy and in fact, these aren't things that I haven't already tried in some way. The only thing I lack is the proper supplies, but a visit to the shops will be all that I need.

My latest painting was this one, in which I've tried to make some layers with scraps of paper but since I had only acrylic paints and not the fancy water color pencils and crayons that I've seen in many tutorials the result isn't so transparent. I'm working on it though.

What Do You Think?

Seems that a new adventure has begun! PAINTING!

Let's see how I'll make it with this one too...

A Project In Progress

Lately, I've decided to start painting again, or at least experiment more on that field, since I've never done it properly. I've always wanted to do it but I was never confident enough about it. I had the idea that I wasn't so good, or even that my designs were very childish. In my mind it was that "if I couldn't do it perfectly, I wouldn't be doing it at all". Silly me, I know. That’s not a really positive attitude. Well, this is me, I have my issues that still need a lot of work. Anyway, I’ve tried some things from time to time,

but nothing that I would be really proud of. I guess I’m better at sketching and drawing than painting. Or at least, I’ve practiced more these two and totally neglected the other. I decided to change that. So, I took out my acrylic paints and brushes and got to work. I can’t say that I really know what I’m doing, but it’s a try and error process.

This little fellow is part of a group of characters that I've been working on for quite some time now, but I haven't got the courage to release them just yet. I have big plans for them though.

I'd like to know

your opinion on that!
Is it a keeper?
I still find my
designs a little childish
but that's the beauty of them,
I guess.

Happy Weekend

Have a great weekend everyone!

I hope mine will be lovely and

will include some of these:

 or maybe I'll do even something like this:

(images via We Heart It)

What are your plans for this weekend?