by CraftyPaws | Jul 24, 2018 | Cards and ATCs, Layouts, Painting, Tags
I recently attended the Stamp and Scrapbook Expo in Duluth, GA this past weekend, and I had a fabulous time, learned a ton, and got some great new crafty goodies! I usually just attend one day but this year the classes I particularly wanted to take were on different...
by CraftyPaws | Jul 1, 2018 | Altered Items, Clean and Simple, Painting
I have been envisioning this piece for a client’s lobby for a few weeks. They have a large space that I think could use a little brightness and energy. And what better than a pour painting of a refreshing ocean wave?! I knew I wanted to create a round piece so...
by CraftyPaws | May 23, 2018 | Clean and Simple, Painting
For this third installment of my acrylic flow art series, I wanted to share with you all the steps for cleaning and varnishing finished acrylic flow art paintings. Basically, if you want to protect the acrylic paintings, you need to seal the pores in the canvas and...
by CraftyPaws | May 11, 2018 | Clean and Simple, Painting, Prim or Primative
This is part 2 of my Acrylic Flow Art series (as I was commissioned to do 3 large canvases (each 24″ x 48″) I knew I’d get at least a few videos and blog posts out of this project – LOL). If you’re interested in the formulas I used for my...
by CraftyPaws | May 10, 2018 | Clean and Simple, Painting
I had a commission to create art for a huge wall in an office lobby. I have been wanting to try acrylic flow art painting for a while and I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to give this a try. Little did I know when I committed to this, that flow art is...
by CraftyPaws | Dec 12, 2017 | Clean and Simple, Doggy Projects, Painting
My niece recently moved into her first apartment and she is seriously missing her dog (who has stayed at home with my sister and her husband). So for a Christmas present, I decided to make a 4-piece canvas collage of her dog, Boomer for her. I started with a full...
by CraftyPaws | Oct 27, 2017 | Altered Items, Clean and Simple, Doggy Projects, Painting
Mr. CraftyPaws had another large wall to fill at his office, so this time I thought I’d create a composite canvas piece that was totally personalized with something we cherish — our dogs (but this can be done for cats, children — just about anything...