Garden Pixie, Painting and Burger

In a week of grey skies and antibiotics I created, and drew into my corner a few slices of colour.

Two of my designs appeared in this month's issue of Handmade magazine. And in fact my Sweet Garden Pixie made it onto the cover, with my name credit. How incredible!

Wanting to create some cheerful colour, I painted a canvas for my kids' bedroom wall. The painting is in fact of them. When my youngest saw the painting for the first time she laughed out loud – she likes it!

 Once the antibiotics started working I was able to put my mind into doing other things. I designed a felt (and crochet) burger. I am considering building on it by adding a drink and chips.

Tulips

    I created this with my daughter's paint session leftovers...

Art by Melissa Gaggiano

A Moments Paint

Painting by Melissa Gaggiano.

    Some of my best days are the ones spent with my kids doing arts and crafts. Today I got out the paints for my eldest, and she invited me to join her. We sat together, each doing our own separate thing.
    I painted a palm tree using a candle and just a handful of acrylic paints. A lot of painting is done in this house, so it doesn't take long for the paint supply to disappear.

My Creative Space

    In my creative space this week I had been painting on canvas. Following are a few snap shots of my progress.


The original illustration.



I begin progress on the acrylic painting.
Using a 60 x 90 CM canvas frame.



My painting palette - what stories it could tell.



The finished piece.

Find other creative apaces here.

The Girl and the Night Bird

    This painting is my latest creative offering. This week I felt the urge to pick up my paint brushes and create something new. This painting is based on a much smaller original illustration from a few months ago.

Title: The Girl and the Night Bird

Artist: Melissa Gaggiano

Materials: Acrylic painting on canvas frame

Dimensions: 90 CM x 60 CM

Value: $200 AUD

    If you are interested in purchasing this painting you may drop me a line at emjieart@y7mail.com.

A Painting For Gwen

Gwen simply loves cars! That is a statement and paragraph in itself.
I have wanted to do a painting for Gwen's room, but have long struggled with a concept that would suit her. Finally though, when Gwen's attraction to cars took root, the answer became obvious. I would paint a car.
Below is a progress of my painting. Would you believe, I began painting yesterday evening, and finished it this morning. Part of the colour scheme has been inspired by Batman: The Animated Series, which often depicts the night sky in a red colour.
Gwen saw the painting early this morning in a half finished state and knew exactly what she was looking at.

This Is Me

My husband took this photo of me a couple of weeks ago. I don't usually like how I look in photos, but I don't mind this side profile shot.

My Creative Space...

This week I finished a painting which will go on the bedroom wall of a future nephew/niece. Although you can't tell from the photo there is actually glitter within the paint of the night sky.

This week I have been working a little bit on a short story for a local writing competition. On top of that I am reading Knit Knit, a book that I borrowed from the library (for the second time).

It is a time of contemplation for me at the moment — this happens a lot. There are always so many things I want to try, and not enough hours in the day to do it all. Do I focus on drawing? Or on writing? On sewing? Or knitting? Or can I combine all of the above?

Check out what other people are doing in their creative spaces over at Kootoyoo.

No Doubt it is Gwen

This is an acrylic painting that I had created earlier this year. I was completely inspired by Gwen Stefani and simply had the urge to paint her. This is of course my second Gwen painting to date.