Art & Craft

White on black- who knew it would be so magical!

By Annie Holland / January 27, 2010

Out of nowhere I developed the desire to draw white on black. I got myself some black drawing paper and a lot of different white gel, ink pens and even markers. I started and I couldn’t stop!  I have so many now that I am not even sure what to do with them. One idea…

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12″ Mandala plate- the bigest I ever pyrographed!

By Annie Holland / January 26, 2010

  For quite some time I have been meaning to try to pyrograph a large 12″ wooden plate. I have always found challenging and fascinating the woodburning of large wooden pieces, mostly because I like to finish the art work in one sitting and large pieces don’t allow that. The moment I saw this 12″…

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Ellipse mandala

By Annie Holland / January 25, 2010

It turns out you can make mandala on ellipse wooden plaque! I was looking at the piece of wood and I was wondering, what can I do with it…what can I do with it…and then it dawned on me! It doesn’t matter it’s ellipse, I can still make a mandala out of it! So I…

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Second Mandala Birch plate

By Annie Holland / January 23, 2010

The process of creating this mandala is exactly the same as with the previous one, so I would not repeat myself, but I just wanted to say that although the process is the same, the actual creating of a particular woodburned piece can be so different. What I mean is that whenever I start, I…

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Inspiration- a subconscious game or true magic?

By Annie Holland / January 22, 2010

I often wonder, what makes one thing more inspiring than other? I can be inspired by a picture, by a song, by a book, by a person…and I never found the logic of it. All these things I find inspiring are so different…and yet the same! What actually is the reason to be inspired by…

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I need your help- Update

By Annie Holland / January 18, 2010

Hi all, I am just writing an update to yesterday’s post, to let you know about my decision which watercolors I will use for the art show IF I have to choose! I am saying IF, because I got some good news yesterday from the person organizing the event ( Thank you, Don, I’m very…

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I need your help- Update

By Annie Holland / January 18, 2010

Hi all, I am just writing an update to yesterday’s post, to let you know about my decision which watercolors I will use for the art show IF I have to choose! I am saying IF, because I got some good news yesterday from the person organizing the event ( Thank you, Don, I’m very…

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My paintings finally got frames!

By Annie Holland / January 17, 2010

I can finally show you most of my oil paintings! I admit I have couple more, that are either drying up or are in the store for framing, but I think you are going to like the look with frames!I have been meaning to do this forever, and finally ( mostly because of the art…

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My paintings finally got frames!

By Annie Holland / January 17, 2010

I can finally show you most of my oil paintings! I admit I have couple more, that are either drying up or are in the store for framing, but I think you are going to like the look with frames!I have been meaning to do this forever, and finally ( mostly because of the art…

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I need your help!

By Annie Holland / January 16, 2010

I am totally going bonkers today! I am trying to figure out which one of the paintings should I have for the art show…and can’t decide. I want to have for sure 1 with flowers and one landscape. Overall I have to show 3 ( or 4 if Don is so good to let me)…

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