Tag Archives: acrylic paint

More Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone :)

December 23, 2023Uncategorizedacrylic paint, c2023, Christmas, paintFinch

For my friend who took this trip with me, for Christmas 🙂 I had a lot of fun discovering how to do the shadows and finding out how much detail I wanted on the trees. I’ve been experimenting recently with how I depict trees, there’s usually so many of them that I lose interest and just draw lines, but that’s not really what I want to be doing. I used a bunch of different shades of green for these, and I really like how the ones on the right turned out.

I only used my original sketch as reference, and worked the colors from memory as Thomas Moran did (though some of his sketches have colors written in pencil :)). I think it makes the final product more vivid and oversaturated, more true to how it felt to be there, and less how the camera captured it.

Project completed December 2023.

Follow your art heart

June 11, 2023Uncategorizedacrylic paint, aquarium, c2022, c2023, crochet, fmq, HST, machine quilting, machine sewing, paint, pottery, ruler quilting, self draftedFinch

Been making a lot of different kinds of things! I’m reaching into multimedia and experimenting with new materials and techniques. 🙂

Swirly Paintings!

October 21, 2021Uncategorizedacrylic paint, bag, c2021, embroidery, hand embroidery, paintFinch

I was inspired to pick up the brush again by katiesstudio on TikTok; I wanted to try out their “swirl the blobs” technique of moving and mixing color across the canvas. And of course, I brought my masking tape techniques with me.

Then I wanted to take this color blending kick over to my embroidery, because I already have variegated thread in lots of colors (shout out to Walmart for the thread).

An of course my next question is… how can i incorporate this into my quilting? I’ve been thinking about trying more detailed pieces and more “thread painting”, and I think this abstract color blending mood could bring me into that. 🙂

Random Updates!

August 12, 2020Uncategorizedacrylic paint, applique, fmq, memory quilt, pillow, updateFinch

With COVID-19, I’ve struggled to get into the sewing room as often as I’d like, but I wanted to share some of the things I’ve worked on / am working on right now.

Currently in progress: 3 memory quilts for family and a skirt for a friend.

Fabric bought but project not started: another spiral rug and a cactus quilt.

Tangled masks straight out of the dryer before I discovered you can use hair ties to tame the strings, **PLEASE COMMENT OR EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT MASKS, I WILL SEND THEM TO YOU**

Pillow for my mom for her birthday using scraps from the bed runner I made her

Entryway paintings made with masking tape and acrylic paint

(above): Wall hanging of my mom’s dog for Mother’s Day, I used applique for the dog and FMQ to make grass texture which was really fun.

Friendly sewing helper blessing one of the memory quilts

Update of my Christmas cat pillow with the cat who inspired it!

Rocky Mountain Mural

February 4, 2020Uncategorizedacrylic paint, c2019, paintFinch

I painted this mural as a combination of a Bob Ross / Rocky Mountain National Park / Glacier National Park homage 🙂 My downstairs bathroom used to be a total gray box and I wanted to fill the space without spending a ton of money. It finished up at about 43″x47″. I used acrylic paint and paintbrushes from Michael’s and some painter’s tape.

I watched a bunch of Bob Ross tutorials before embarking on this painting, and I knew I wanted a mountain and sunset scene.

The mountains on the left are a big Glacier NP inspired, and the ones on the right RMNP inspired.

I also added this autumnal bush for interest and fun!

Project completed October 12, 2019.

Abstract Masking Tape Paintings!

December 31, 2019Uncategorizedacrylic paint, c2019, paintFinch

So these started out as a project for my bathroom, since I had a big wall to fill but buying something ~50″ can be expensive. I taped these two canvases together and then used masking tape to create different shapes and straight lines.

Then, because I had so much fun with those, I bought some small canvasses (8″ x 10″) on clearance and now I’m working on making a little collection that will hang in my entryway.

Finch's Creative Endeavors

Textile arts with other miscellaneous crafts