Second tutorial, level Intermediate

This is my new project.
Step by Step you will learn to make a jointed paper doll, stay tuned!


you can see Level Easy on www.paperdollsprintables.com

Is emerging your seed?

Cassandra sleeping, 1985

When I sleep I often dream of creations that then come in the next day.
My dreams are often complex and full of colours. My oniric activity is essential for the things I create. I love to dream, yet I do not expect to dream. The dream comes soft and smooth and i don't even know it does. Sometimes I begin to think of something that I want to create and my eyes start to close... Sleep regenerates the cells.

Cassandra sleeping,1985, a particular

Sleep renews ideas, Sleep keeps warm the seed that tomorrow will begin to grow, Even now the seed is emerging...Also your seed!

Goodnight friends!

tactile self-portrait

Why do I use my image so often? Perhaps do I love too much myself? Perhaps do I am narcissist? This is not a great self-esteem mixed with cult of myself!
I am the only human model that I have at hand!And it is very fun to play with my own image, You too,try and play with your image!

This painting is called Icon.
I have played with the Byzantine painting, rich of gold and metallic contrasts.
I have added a 'tactile' element made with yarn of wool and silk. Also the painting that I used is very tactile: the layers of color are similar to lumps. I did not glue the yarn everywhere because I wanted the yarn to move in the air.
The child above the head is the new, new ideas, the change.The butterflies... I simply adore them, but They are also very common symbols!
For me, a Painting is created for the eyes and hands...and a little for the ears, the yarn rustles in the wind!

Painting,making dolls,creating jewels...smiling!

I had been tagged awhile back by Sandra Mucciardi from Canada http://sandramucciardi.blogspot.com/ to list 5 things I do to keep my mind healthy and my life balanced.
first of all..smile, smile, smile, people don't smile...a smile is a precious gift! smiling...Sandra says 'we need to smile!'

( 'Smile', 1987,This is my old friend Mariella, She was so smiling...)

2) making jewels, creating jewels, drawing jewels, thinking of jewels...rings, necklaces, pendants...It's a little obsession ehehehhe (see my etsy store, left side of this blog)
3) Painting...my old passion, my future passion, This is my passion!
4) creating dolls...dolls are my other passion, my obsession
5) listening to music...sometime I create with Enya...or Bach, or Mozart or contemporary music, I love music!

It is now my turn to do the tagging...
Here are 5 artists I found surfing on the net, I love them!...

They are:
Amanda Howard http://maygreen-fairies.blogspot.com/

Leanne Ellis http://www.la-la-laillustration.blogspot.com

Mr Harte http://aidanharte.blogspot.com/

Barbara Canepa http://canepabarbara.blogspot.com/

Alessandra Sorrentino http://pandaleina.blogspot.com/

My life is balanced by Art! and your Life?

Old Paintings

I found two old paintings in my parent's house...I painted these women when I was 16 years. The photos aren't perfect, I photographed these paintings with my mobile phone in a rainy and dark day...
The first woman is Salome dancing with her body
the second painting is a woman in the water, title 'Dream'
the other notice is a new award! Laurie gave me a little blog award (see the left side of my blog, fabulous blog).
I pass the award along to five additional blog recipients after my 5 Addictions:
1) Computer: I love to read, to see, to write, to...surf!
2) Books: I read, I collect, I buy, I love books!
3) The Sunset: When the sun goes down, my energy is incredible. I love the night
4) The Autumn: It's my Season!
5) Stones...I love stones!

Ok, the 5 blogs, I love the magical atmosphere of these blogs:
1) Sandra Arteaga http://sandra-arteaga-dolls.blogspot.com/
2) Jordi Solano http://jordi-solano.blogspot.com/
3) Rosanna Art http://rosannasart.blogspot.com/
4) Gothic Rose Antiques http://gothicroseantiques.blogspot.com/
5) The Tattered house blog http://thetatteredhouseblog.blogspot.com/

an award for you!

Painting and fans

This is my last gift to a little little fan...Mattia! He is 2 years old and He is very sweet.
The technique is the same of my self-portraits: a transferred photo on canvas with charms and acrilic paintings
hey Mattia, thank you, you are a perfect model!

Urban Elf has emerged with urban pixies...

..from the depth of the night..into the city, here is the Urban Elf with pixies...

...and into the light, the pixies!!

Urban Elf: He is emerging in the city...

...and This is the Elf's house...with graffiti...




stay tuned!

creative box

The box is finished!

Goddess on the creative box

The Goddess takes Energy from THE Source! This is a magic Saturday for me! It's a rainy day, the sky is very dark, a wonderful silence....the sea near my house...only silence and rain...and my imagination goes on...







Puppen Fimo, acrilic paints, Pirkka.

Nature=Art

The Nature is the most important Art in the Universe! some pictures from my last trip in Friuli, Northern Italy...



...and a man sits down and paints the beauty!