Tag Archives: mixed media

Portraits – Oil Sticks

I have been playing around with blending Oil Sticks and Oil Pastels trying to use as many colours as I can to create some Portraits…

Meet ” Naranja”

Naranja - Oil Sticks

Portraits – How I see … What I paint ….

Here I have posted portraits that I have based people or portraits that have been done before….

1) This portrait was inspired by my visit to the Louvre … I love anything to do with Egypt ! not sure why I am so fixated with Egypt but I love anything Egyptian ….

So this portrait I have created was inspired by a wax painting on wood ,Funerary portrait of a young woman known as “Portrait of the Faiyum”

I have painted this on Hot Press Paper using Golden Acrylic Paint.

Portrait of the Faiyum

Portraits – Pulled Art

Inspired by a tutortial by Mystele via www.willowingart.org

Portraits Pulled Art -  I have started with a blank canvas as you would say in this case a blank sheet of  watercolour paper .

Pulled art simply implies to what image you can pull from the background… I have written words, scribbled and made heaps of different shapes onto the paper, (using, pencils and pastels and acrylic paint) and then continued to do this with several layers until I am happy with what I see…  then I have Pulled a Portrait out of the shapes that have appeared through the top layer…  You can pull any picture out of this, but I am just working on creating all different types of portraits at this stage so I am looking for any type of facial features I can see, like a nose lips eyes etc… so here are a couple of my Not so Beautiful Beauties …..

Green with Envy

Going around in Circles

Create this Cool Marbling effect with Shaving Foam and Golden Air Brush Colours

Ok this is a great way to create a lovely Marbling effect!

Material List – Paper, Shaving Foam, Spatula Pallet knife, fork and skewer, Newspaper, heaps of handy towels, Golden Air Brush Colours. (Air Brush acrylics have a very thin viscosity and are very close to ink like!)

1) Start off with two pieces of Paper, the same size .

2) Spray some Shaving Foam onto the first piece of paper, and then spread it out with a pallet knife ( shaving foam needs to be approx 1cm in-depth) mmm its just like icing a cake lol

3) Drop some Golden Air Brush colours onto the shaving Foam, maybe to start with pick 4 or 5 colours, dropping about 5 drops per colour.

4) Once you have all your colours dropped onto your shaving foam, then use your (fork, spatula, pallet knife or skewer) whatever you have to move the paint around, swirl it, zig zag it, make patterns, words whatever you like.

5) Now that you have done this, place the other piece of paper down onto the painted shaving foam and press or Burnish really well, Yip this is messy, as some of the excess shaving foam will spill out the sides … but it is important that you do press and rub firmly, when you are done then peel back the top paper and place down in front of you!

6) Now using your paper towels, wipe off all the Shaving Foam from that paper, and you will be left looking at a very Cool Marble Paper !!

Wolaa !

Play around with using all different kinds of colour, and tools to make the designs.  Here is one that I have made and painted some cocoons and Butterflies on…

“Evolve – A Journey”

Quick Art Tip – What is the difference between Gel and Paste ?

I often get people asking me What is the difference between Gel Medium or Paste?

Simply put….

Gel Medium is usually White when wet and dries Clear  ( with exception of Coarse Pumice gel and Extra Coarse Pumice Gel).

Paste is White when wet and stays the same colour when dry!

Gel mediums can be used an adhesive for  collage , to add texture to your artwork, to thicken paint, and added with paint can make a lovely glaze!

Pastes can add a lovely texture to your artwork, and depending on the type of paste you use you can get lots of different effects. examples of pastes are Crackle Paste, Fibre Past and Molding pastes light, hard, and coarse.

For more information regarding gels and pastes check out my upcoming Workshop to be held in Christchurch on March the 25th 2012!

“Transform “Playing around with transfering My Painting and Photography images to create…..

Transform - By Donna Steel

Playing around some of my Artwork Images and my own photography came up with this Image – Transform

cheers Donna

Art and Music …. !

After being introduced to this theory of how the condition of Water changes its form when it is exposed to various types of environments, moods and emotions  music and energy…  check out some of the amazing photos taken … http://www.our-drinking-water.com/water-crystals-hiroshima.html

So I thought I would create this artwork as a present for a good friend of mine who is an energy healer !

I thought that I would see what would happen if I put on some lovely peaceful Meditation music  added some  mediums and colour to a canvas and let it flow!

This is what I got ….

Flow - An artwork created and shaped by music

Flow could also go this way....

Sorry this Artwork is Not For Sale

If you would like your own Artwork created to music, a wide choice of colours.

Please note that these artworks are totally spontanious, original, unique and cannot be duplicated!

Contact Donna for more details :) donnasteel1@xtra.co.nz

A Day at Taylors- Taylors Mistake – Batches Sold

Taylors Mistake – Batches

I Love Taylors Mistake ! and have spent a lot of time at the beach there and also walking around the hills to Godley Head…. this we artwork is based on one of the photos I have taken whilst at Taylors Mistake.

“ A Day at Taylors”

Miniature Artwork (includes miniature easel)

Acyclic Mixed Media

130mm x 180mm

4 Sale

sold

This Art work along with a wide range of my art can be viewed and purchased from

Cafe’ Mint, Wairakei Road, Burnside

Resin Artworks, 4 Sale

These artworks are totally unique to me!  It is very hard to show all the detail within the artwork via photographs, they are much more vibrant in person!

ROCK POOLS
ROCK POOLS

Acrylic Mixed Media

400mm x 400mm

For Sale

$410.00
Strung Out
Strung Out

Acrylic Mixed Media

300mm x300mm

For Sale

$195.00

If you love texture then this artwork is for you!

This series combined the rough with the smooth and I really liked what came out of it… only a couple left in this series.  Textures within this artwork is  Hessian, Gold Leaf, Rich Natural colour in artist quality acrylic paint.  Artwork is finished off with thick layers of Resin.

Torn Apart
Torn Apart
Acrylic Mixed Media 

300mm x300mm

For Sale

SOLD

If you love texture then this artwork is for you!

The Textures within these artwork are Hessian, Gold Leaf, Rich Natural colour in artist quality acrylic paint and finished off with layers of Resin

Harakeke’s Oil 4 Sale

HARAKEKESHARAKEKES

HARAKEKES

OIL ON CANVAS

400mm x 400mm

FOR SALE

$510.00