Winter Goddess

My latest painting wich is also a class

starting this next November 15th,

she`s based on my last year`s painting "Winter"

Down below

This time I used a 19.7" X 19.7" streched canvas

that will look fantstic when framed!!

I am really happy about how she turned out!

She`s magical and ethereal

she`s giving birth to new unique baby snowflakes

that sparkle endlessly and bring joy to our eyes

and warmth to our hearts in this winter season!

Happy Halloween!

The night beholds secrets

the heart rains sparkles,

I witch

am to be,

I witch

the moon`s dream,

In the corners of all peace

lost all fears,

navigate the fields

became fearless,

Now I live

bewitched by the leaves

of my fantasies,

Now I live

the hunted dream,

now I live,

And so the night I pleed

flying over it`s music,

I witch

Am free!

Happy Halloween! :)

Hello Halloween, Spooky sister 3 is here!

Hello Halloween!

Here I present the new Spooky sister #3!!

She was a little bit shy you know...

she has been waiting too long for the

right one! Lol!

My favorite is the arrangement on her

head! I`ll be using more of this in my future works

for I`ve just falled in love with it again!!

Don`t you just Love her flirting eyes?

She trully makes me smile!

I hope you enjoy her as well and

check the slide show down bellow!

Here are the three of them!

This afternoon, they will be up at my Etsy shop

if you wanna take a look!

Ho! And Have a fantastic week! ;)

The eyes of innocence

The webster`s definition:

**Freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil**

When you see a baby or a child and look in to their eyes,

they are so bright, so full of life, they are so deep

that the world is blocked!

Can we find evil there?

I know I can`t!

So I wonder...

Is evil learned?

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If we are born pure, then evil is not a part of the soul!

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We are born complete,

We are children of Love,

We are Pure,

We are Goddness!

Le`s not forget while we grow up!

Frida Kahlo shadow box

I had to take a break from the spooky sisters and rest

a bit so I can finish the third one when I`m fresh again so this weekend I did

one of my favorite doings: Shadow boxes!!

They are so much fun to me and I really enjoy

digging in to a bunch of collage papers and make an

assamblage out of that!

I really love the way it turned out, it`s always something

uncertain how it`s going to be and this is why I like this,

it`s a challenge!

I used a print of one of my paintings and cutted out the butterfly,

Frida`s photo was found at a flea market,

I just love her pose and expression!

It is a simple paper assamblage but I`ve learned

over the years

that less is better! And it`s about using what

I already have in my studio!

Hope you have a colorful week!

Spooky 2

I`ve just finished one more Spooky Sister today, she`s so much fun and I love her cute face, they supposed to be scarry! Lol! They can help being cute! My favorite is the wardrobe and the little, tiny kitty in her bony hands! I love how the two paintings go together, even with the unfinished third one, when they are together, they look wonderful, I will post a picture of them all together when finished; in the mean time, enjoy the second sister`s show for now! :)

Spooky painting finished!

Tank you so much for your wonderful comments!

You have inspired me to finished the painting faster! :)

I love how it came out, I added a lot of details

that hopefully you are able to see in the photos!

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I`m also working on her two sisters, little by little they are coming to life!

They have different personalities and are waiting to be finished for

they are so anxious to come out to the world to play!

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Enjoy the show!

and have a fantastic day! ;)

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Spooky!

I am working on a new spooky painting inspired in halloween although I am mixing my culture here, as many of you know in Mexico we celebrate the day of the dead but I love halloween for all of the creatures I may create with so many inspirations, looking around the web for so many artists that create only halloween caracteres, I get really inspired and hopefully I am showing my own style!

I always start with the sketch, it is a most have for me, is were I feel super free and without the pressure of the paint drying so fast as acrylics can be demanding! And I love having a collection of sketch books, over the years I go to the old ones and refresh some of them, some are so wonderful I just duplicate them!

Here is were I am, it is not finished but most of the work is done, I leave the painting rest a few days before I finish it so I refresh my ideas about it and then suddenly inspiration comes and it`s easier to finish it! I love the way it`s going, the kitty wand just blows me away!! I wanted to share with you so maybe you also get inspired some how!

I hope you have a fantastic week and that Love and Inspiration are born in your hearts!

Halloween bottle class!

We are having so much fun at the Halloween Party!! that started last week and this weekend we`ll be making some halloween bottles like this one and some halloween hand made cards, it is lovely to give away somenthing you made your self! At least to me it is much more appreciated that someone took their precious time to make somenthing thinking about me! I plan to fill up my bottle with some sweet chocolates and to add an extra touch to my bottle I will finish making my halloween tags as well so I can write somenthing on it for the lovely friend I will be giving it to! Please join us if you feel like making some cute, easy and fun projects at Hands and Heart Ning and spend this weekend creatively! Ho! Did I mention is free to join?

Cristina Zinnia is a wonderful teacher and is doing a great job in the bottle and Tag classes, she`s a special gest at the halloween party but she can be found as well in her ning site Roses on my table! Please visit her and take a look at her fantastic place and all of the fun workshops and groups she has created for ya!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend! :)

Night Queen`s Halloween Party!

Hello dear friends! I want to let you know I will be hosting a halloween party at my ning site starting this next September 25th!  Night Queen`s Halloween Party!

There will be lots of yummy goddies for everyone, we will have free and paid workshops and some cool give aways, games, prizes and lots more!   

I also will be featuring Cristina Zinnia`s work and she will be offering altered art workshops that are cool and easy to follow for your halloween projects and gifts!

 I am pretty exited about this and I hope you`ll join us and have lots of fun with us!  If you  haven`t joine Hands and Heart online school, then this a great time for you to do so and take this wonderful opportunitty to learn, have fun and meet other artist from around the world!

Sneak a peak in to the fun painting workshops by me "Witchetty Boo"!   It is fun and super easy, thought specially for beginners and for those who have their inner child  jumping in this halloween days!

For those that  want to learn a bit more about the Mexican traditon "The day of the dead" and create a painting inspired in that, I`ve created a workshop painting a sugar skull, celebrating we are alive and happy and we can create art!  All of my workshops show every step from start to finish with videos that you may download for you to keep forever!

For those kitty cat lovers like me, I`ve created a super cute kitty painting that holds a flag that says trick or treat and a wich that is outside the house looking in to see what is going on!  Any of this paintings could be hanging in your living room painted by you, to welcome your loved ones or can be a wonderful gift for someone special in this great hollidays, or simply to learn to paint with acrylics!  You could also offer this workshops as a wonderful gift for someone you know is wanting to learn how to paint!

One of my free classes I will be offering!!

A paper doll wich!




Cristina Zinnia`s free halloween workshops!

Easy Crackle Paint Halloween Hang Tags

Altered Art Halloween Spell Bottle

And her wonderful paid class!!

Zinnia's Halloween Collage Bag Book. Lesson's include step by step instruction on how to create a mini bag book using decorative papers, vintage emphemera, and more! Detailed demonstrations on collage technqiues, creating altered art tags, plus, embellishment techniques with beads and ribbon. Packed with fun ideas and easy to follow steps. Class will also include digital vintage images used in the workshiop.
A fun project that can be created over and over again!
(materials list to follow)

FAbulous Clay Skulls Workshop!

Take this wonderful class with Marie Gibbons and learn how to make some beautiful skulls to give as present or to adorn your home with clay, this workshop is really a lot of fun, if you are a beginer you will love Marie`s easy to follow intructions and if you are advanced you will also have fun with it for Marie is a wonderful and inspiring teacher!

The price to join the workshop is super! Only 10 usd!! So join now and save your spot! Class starts October 3rd!

Registrations to the party will start September 25th so you have time to create your projects for your own celebrations at home or to give as gifts to your loved ones!

If you help promoting the party at your blog, you could enter the draw to win all of the Halloween workshops offered at Hands and Heart for free!  All you have to do is grab the Night Queen`s Halloween Party flyer (the first photo in this post, just right click and save) and add it to your blog, please let me know you did so I can count you in the draw!!  You may leave a comment in this post for so.

Thank you so much and I hope you have a great week!

Visit Hands and Heart ning to keep up dated and register, it is free to join! :)

Blooming

Don`t take me wrong...but sometimes I get frustrated,

some days I feel I haven`t reached what I want... it hurts but this

feeling helps me remove things in my life, it makes me focus on what needs

to be done from now own to acomplish those things that are important to me,

 it is difficult for me to understand and accept that this is part of my nature

 and this is what keeps me developing more and more

in different areas...

Then... in the company of my thoughts, I keep on digging in to this 

feeling so I can understand it more... I think of the beautiful things I have

developed and how this makes me feel great about my self and how I am living

what I want to live or if I would change anything....

Then I realize this is a process, the process of living,

 the process of life it self!  

What a relief! 

 It is life wanting to live, it is life streaching out to live more

and better and happier, if this wouldn`t be this way 

maybe I wouldn`t make any 

efforts to change or try to reach out for those things!

  So this feeling is a hidden gift from goodness,

so I can continiously bloom in to a better self.

It is me wanting to live...

The Magical Kit

This week`s Hands and Heart magical kit is:

The Pencil workshop 

The Color my world workshop

Not enough?

The magic keeps going!!  

 You are able to choose one more workshop of choice of those offered ! 

Just let me know wich one you want in the paypal instructions for the seller box! :)

This three workshops for only $90 usd.!!

This offer will last this week only!

You can`t miss this opportunity!!

Get it now!

Visit Hands and Heart Ning site!

Color my world, up coming class August 20th.

Hello sweets! I`ve been bussy creating a new class for you to have fun, I loved the final result of the class and I think it will be fantastic for you to try it! Check on the video and get an idea of what we will be creating! The "Color my world" class starts this next August 20th., it will be an open class so you can join at any time. 

The drawing pencil workshop has been a great class and everybody left happy and with a lot of tools to improve their drawing skills so I`ve decided to open a new class this August 20th, it will be an open class as well so you study and practise at the peace of your own speed and rythm!

Please visit my NING SITE for more info about it!

Hope you all have a fantastic Sunday and feel optimistic to start the week!

Hope you`ll join me!

The everyday life...

You make yourself a great cup of your  favorite coffe

 and take it to your sacred place,  you think about life... you wonder if what you

are doing with your present is trully fulfilling your dreams, 

wild dreams you had when you were younger....

You wander in your imagination and sometimes

you get it!  You feel everything is ok, all you have done

is the best you could and you know deep inside

you will keep on doing just that!

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In there,

 in your refuge, 

you look up to the sky,

you know you have to conquer faith,

everyday you are looking for the fastest way to get there,

 you just won`t give up

`cause you know it`s there...

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In your heart,

and no one else holds the key to it

but Love...

So you climb

and climb and climb...

in the everyday life

you climb

 the everyday life...

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This is the final painting, 

I did it in a 6" x 8" artistic board,

I`ve made a little video to show you

the sparkles wich are much of the fun of this painting!

I hope yo enjoy! :)

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Memory painting

When I want to prove to my self how much

 I have observed my models I draw-paint, I do what I call a memory painting.

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  I create features without a real model with pencil or/and acrylics, this helps me understand how much and how deeply I have

memorized the features, the final result will speak to me telling me

were I have to look better, this has helped me develope my painting skills

although is a long term process and I know I have to be patient.

This is the memory paiting I`m currently working on this weekend, 

it is not finished, I wanted to give you a sneak a peak in to my 

studio! I know some artist don`t like to show the process but I enjoy

sharing and I know some love to see this process.

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I know I still have a long path to develop and that one never stops learning

but I like what I do and I love how it`s going;   some enjoy my works and I am

trully grateful for that! 

It is for them that I keep going on trying new things and wanting to be better.

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Art  is a strange solitary journey but couldn`t do anything else at this point in my life,

well...I could but don`t want to!

This feels right to me!

The use of will although is hard, makes us tear out our dreams from heaven

and realize them, step by step we walk the path using this will,

we build the shape of our hearts with the strength of it.

One day we flourish as happy flowers looking at the sky!

Consequence.

The consequence of being conscious

is to do and follow after your heart 

so at the end 

one leaves with a good taste on the mouth.

Serenity Constelation

Many paths can try

but only one is wise,

SERENITY       

It makes you look up

to the stars!

Friendship

Continuing with the small  journal

I`ve made a new entry inspired by new

friends I`ve met thanks to the technology of the internert

we are in different countries but we 

share similar interests and

they are so wonderful, artistic and kind,

I am grateful to have met them!