Phonex the Macaw

Hi Everyone

I thought today I would bring you a picture of a piece that I put together for my Son. 

My son and his partner purchased a baby Macaw for the family.  

Over the time they had Phonex the bird lost a number of tail feathers - which is part of the normal yearly mating of the Macaw's.  My son knew that as part of my craft obsession I collect such things as feathers so therefore passed all these beautiful feathers on to me. 

Also, I regularly take my grandson to cricket on Saturday mornings and while there, much to my grandsons embarrassment, I collected dried twigs and little nut casings from the gum nut tree. 

Due to illness within the family they decided it was unfair for for the bird to keep it as they could not give it the attention it needed. So they decided they would sell the bird to someone who could spend good quality time with it.

As a reminder gift I created this lovely bright art piece using the colours from the bird.  I love how the yellows, oranges and blues all blend well, with the use of the feathers and the twigs I picked up it all comes together nicely. I also used some chipboard leaves and flowers that I had in my stash to blend into the background and give the canvas a little bit of texture. 

The paints that I used were from Prima Marketing - Art Alchemy Metallique Acrylic Paint in Royal Blue, Yellow and Orange. 

Today, while sitting quietly preparing for the new year I decided I would look at some of the Mixed Media Challenges that were currently open and came across the

Mixed Media Academy - December 2021 challenge. 

Products Used: 

 Prima Marketing Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint Metallique 

I do hope you all like the wonderful piece of Phonex the Macaw .....

Christmas Decorations

This year I decided that I would make Christmas decorations to give to friends. 

I loved making these little gems with everyone made specifically for the person who received them. 

They started off as a plastic reindeer I purchased online. 

I then added a few little embellishments to the reindeer and then painted them with gesso. The embellishments I used included wings, cogs and flowers made with Finnabair Prima moulds and other assorted embellishments from Finnabair and little pieces I have picked up in my travels. 

 

Once decorated the reindeer where painted in either white or black gesso. The reindeer are then coloured with Prima Finnabair Waxes. 

Then to give each reindeer a little bit of bling I painted each one with Glitter.

These little beauties look enchanting on the Christmas tree