Snow Angels

Do you love making snow angels?  When I was little, my family lived in New Jersey and before that Chicago.  I remember making snow angels every winter and just loving it!  I could fill up the whole yard with snow angels if Dad would have let me!  

So when I set out to make an angel doll, 
I knew she had to be a snow angel!  

Meet Edwina!

Edwina delights in snowy winter days. She is a perfect little snow angel with her removable feathered wings and snow white dress. Even her sneakers are engraved with snow flakes and she holds a sparkling snowball in a cage.

Edwina is sculpted with layers of Paper Clay and painted with artist acrylics. Her snow white dress is hand stitched from a vintage vanity mat. Her sneakers are sculpted from Polymer clay, her eyes are glass and her hair is mohair.  I added a wire armature to her arms so they are semi-posable and her wings are removable (tied on with baby blue silk ribbons). She is free standing and approximately 7 inches tall. 

SOLD
Thank you Kim!
www.pumpkinheadstudio.etsy.com

A Painting to Share

Wow, I feel so guilty about neglecting this blog for over a month!  That tends to happen this time of year with the holidays rapidly approaching.  This year I'm trying to create a handmade gift for those on my list.  Throw in a couple holiday parties and before you know it time has slipped away.

Anyway I wanted to share with you the painting I created of our little Maggie...

I started with torn pieces of decorative paper.  Simply ripped them into squares and rectangles and attached them as a mosaic on the canvas (this one is 24 x 36) and attached with a gel medium.

Then, after it dried, I sketched the outline of Maggie and used a white Gesso to paint the basic shape.  I used the photo I took of her with her pumpkin as the model.

When that was dried, the fun started.  I painted the background using a wash of green, then added texture using some bubble wrap and an old credit card.  I had actually added a wash of blue on the top portion of the canvas but decided I didn't like it so I just tore up a bit more paper and covered it up.   I used liquid acrylics to layer in Maggie's fur and detail her features.

Finally, I added in some shading, again with liquid acrylics.

This was the largest painting I'd done to date.  It was a lot of fun!   

Have a happy day!

BOO Y'ALL!

Happy Halloween!

Hey, Maggie here!  This is my pumpkin!  Yup, it's mine!

Yesterday we carved my pumpkin.  Tried to make it look like me but I think it kinda looks like a cat!  Oh well, a cat is appropriate for today, isn't it?

We have another pumpkin to carve today to get ready for fun tonight.   This is my first Halloween so I'm really excited!  So have fun everyone!
Happy Halloween!  Love, Maggie!

BOO Y'ALL!

NEW - Gretchen and Kitty

This is my latest Pumpkinhead!  Well, she might be more of a squash, I think. 

Regardless, this is Gretchen with her little Kitty....

Gretchen is wearing her favorite little frock that her mom made for her.  She loves the big orange spots!

If you are wondering about the sly smile on Gretchen's face, it could be because she is secretly plotting how to paint Kitty black with big orange spots so she can match her favorite frock, but she knows she would get into big trouble if she did that!  Still.......

Gretchen is about 8 inches tall.  She is a semi-posable shelf sitter (cannot stand on her own).  She is purely sculpted with paperclay.  Her arms and legs are sculpted with polymer clay.  She is then painted and stained with professional liquid acrylics.  Her eyes are glass.

Gretchen and Kitty are available today in my Etsy shop

http://www.pumpkinheadstudio.etsy.com/



Autumn Colors

Living in the desert can be frustrating sometimes.  Autumn is my favorite time of year.  I'm so inspired by all the wonderful rich colors!  But when it's still over 100 degrees during the day, and you can't get out of town, you have to be a bit more creative when looking for that inspiration.

Leave it to Fry's Marketplace to give me some Autumn inspiration!  I so loved their display that I pulled out my iPhone and snapped some photos!  A mom with her two children saw me do that and was inspired to photograph her kids (much to the horror of her teenager) as if they were in a pumpkin patch!  

I just love the purple mums with the pumpkins!  Beautiful!  Thank you Fry's!

The Pumpkinheads Have No Clothes!

I kept my promise to you, didn't I Pumpkinheads? 

I realize that you have no clothes but at least you have arms now, legs too!  Besides, since when do pumpkins wear clothes?  Hmmm....guess that would apply to your limbs too....and your eyes... 

Never mind, I'll get busy.

The only problem is that since I painted you, the fabric choices I had set aside won't work

so I'll have to dig through the stash first!

Not to worry, I'll get it done. 

Don't look at me like that!  I will!

Stop Looking At Me!

Yes, Pumpkinheads!  I see you sitting there on the kitchen counter waiting for your bodies

(not to mention your limbs)! 

I'm sorry!  I've slipped into "Kitty time" again and haven't addressed your "issues" lately! 

I know you watch me pass through the room, feed the dogs and cook dinner! 

Stop staring!  It's creepy!

I have your outfits picked out already!  Doesn't that count for something?

Okay, Okay!  I'm sorry!  I'll work with you today!  I promise!