Reminds Me of Olives

I really like color combo of the painting I made for a friend, so I created a much smaller scale piece with one of the original sketches I made for her.

I've actually put a glossy finish on it since I took the picture. I like it better that way.
So imagine it if you can....

Acrylic 11x14"

Antique Keys

I played with lots of layers here:

1. Blue Watercolor

2. Yellow/Orange stamp pad ink spread on with a make-up sponge over a circle stencil

3. Keys drawn in ink inside the circles

4. It felt incomplete so I used a small pen to outline the wonderful bleeding edges of the watercolor

4x6" mixed media

Inspired

I read in a book that make-up sponges (you know, the triangle things) are great applicators for ink (stamp pads) and paint.

So I tried it out. 

Pretty quick and easy!

(with no clean up since I just threw them in a bowl for later use!)

5x5" mixed media