Outdoor rug makeover
Outdoor rug makeover – how do you paint outdoor rug and create a pattern using a masking tape
Painting
Hand Painted Glass Christmas Tree Bulbs
Hand painted glass christmas tree decor is an amazing alternative for everywhere available cheap plastic christmas tree bulb
Stencil painting on reclaimed wood
A quick stencil (painting was quick, not cutting the stencil) from last weekend. This is copied form a really cute photo of my husband’s nephew and his fatehr.
Repurposed coffe and tea cans – stencil painted
I had many empty coffee cans and quite a mess in my tea and coffee cabinet, so I decided to paint them and have them labelled. Here is how you can repurpose old coffee cans by turning them into tea and coffee containers and keep the shelves organised. You can make your own stencils or download …
*SOLD* Stencil on Reclaimed Wood – €50
This is one of the first stencil paintings i have ever made. I upcycled the old cabinet that we put apart. Sold just recently – I believe i went for some kind of charity auction.
Stencils on reclaimed wood – Kate
Finished a long time ago but never published. so I am sharing them today. The painting is already gifted.
Stencil art on reclaimed wood – portrait of a woman in red ;)
It took me longer than I expected and planned. It felt wrong, incomplete .. something was missing.. I started in November and started adding layers.. in December I decided to go for something more than stencil, added some additional acrylic paint layers. Eventually some day in January I decided it is finished 🙂
Rainy weekend stencils
The weather was crap this weekend. Really bad. Look at the photo of my balcony if you don’t believe me. What to do, what to do I asked myself and decided to reuse the wood left from the disassembled cabinet. How? By painting it. Nice glass of wine and hazardous spray fumes made my weekend really …
Rejuvenated Old Table with Bird Stencils
I found this old foldable table on a bric-a-bra sale and decided to rejuvenate it. Her is what I ended up with 🙂 I used 150 sandpaper on a palm sander. It it could be done by hand with some elbow grease. Lightly sand the entire table and legs. You do not need to remove …
Love Your Cat Day
Tomorrow’s Love Your Cat Day is a fundraising event in Lillies Bordello, Dublin to help all the cats & kittens in Cats’ Aid Dublin care. There will be live music, raffle with fantastic prizes, nibbles and special guests including Ann Doyle and Pete the Vet!!! If you want to find out more check out their facebook …
Batik paintings
I just finished my first batch of batiks. All fabrics were dyed with the batik dyes I brought from my last trip to Indonesia, from Jogyakarta. I had a feeling, that some of these dyes ingredients have gone bad, as instead of powder, they turned to see through gel. I was afraid that becaose of …
Painting from Stencils – renovating a cabinet
Yesterday I eventually found some time to finish this stencil and use it to paint our multimedia cabinet. You can find the instructions on each of the images. They picture pretty much every step of stencil making and stencil painting process. In case you have difficulties to read (I know some of the inserts are …
Acrylic Paintings on Canvas
Acrylic Paintings on Canvas. Most of them I made last year. There are few paintings inspired by iconic art that I made to order. [wpecards]
Gustav Klimt ‘The Maiden’ – Painted on the glass
This is one of my first paintings on the glass. I will not be modest and say that I absolutely love it. I love it because it is copy of my favourite painter, Klimt. I also love it, because I never expected that my copy of it will look so amazing. The process of painting …
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Hand Painted Glass Christmas Tree Balls
I wanted to show you few more Christmas Tree Balls that I painted last week. Some of them will be given as Christmas Gifts and the rest of them will be available to by on the Christmas Fair ‘Jarmark Rzeczy Ładnych’ *
Beautiful glass Christmas tree ornaments
Today I would like to share with you few more christmas ornaments that I made this week. These colourful stars and hearts are made of glass. Each of the Christmas tree ornaments I’d individually painted with special high quality paints for glass. Most of them are completely, or partially transparent and they look amazing when …
Handmade Christmas Decorations – Painted Glass Christmas Tree Balls
There’s something about handmade ornaments that really make me smile. I often make ornaments with my family. Especially I like the traditional glass Christmas tree balls – colorful and shiny, as I remember from my grandparents Christmas tree. Beautiful radiant colors.. and the tension that we were all decorating the Christmas tree with. We …
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Edgy, funky baby and toddler clothing – hand painted limited edition
I have recently came back to painting on fabric. What I realised was that I have big collection of hand painted male t-shirts and many cool hand painted girl tops. What I was lacking is clothing for children. So I decided to do something about this gap. Here you can see the the limited collection …
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New cool motifs on hand painted womens t-shirts by ArtCave
I am back from my travels. For the last couple of months, ever since I did this batik course in Java I couldnt wait to do something creative. I had so many ideas, so many concepts but I started with my old passion – painting on fabrics. As I decided to participate in one or …
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More painting on fabrics – unique t-shirts
Today I was busy painting t-shirts. Some of them I just prepared for the next stages of applying more colours (on the base layer). The rest is ready and you can see them below.
Getting ready for this year Cristmas Craft Fairs
This year I decided to come out and make my debut at few craft fairs in Poland. I already have a lot of items, that I can sale: paintings, jewelery, t-shirts, bags, etc. Because there are few craft fairs I enrolled to, which means that I need to keep working. I kept myself busy this …
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Batik. Fabric, wax and madness of colours
Recently I spent some time in Yogyakarta, the batik capital of the world. While being there, I could not miss the fantastic opportunity of learning more about batik and its history. I also decided to put my hands on some batik tools and learn myself how to make it. After going through some research, I …
Painted Wine Glass Set
I have recently received an order for 13 pieces wine glasses set. I had a very short deadline to paint it, but I made it in time 🙂 It is going to be an important decorative element at the First Communion function. I mean for the function table 🙂 I painted many pieces of decorative …
Hand Painted T-shirts
T-shirts with the unique manually painted motifs are sagnificant element of my artistic portfolio. All motifs on the t-shirts are with hands, brushes or sponges. Special paints for textiles and fabric are used for creating the original motifs. After drying, the painting is hardened by heating and cooling it a few times. As a result it is …
Traditional Icons – my old fascination
Ever since I studied Russian (especially medieval Russian) history and culture I was fascinated by Icons and their power and symbolism. I heard the opinions, that icon can not be written by the technique alone. Traditional Icon Writers usually prepare themselve spiritually. They follow the process of preparation, which is more of a constant state …
Pastels and Mixed Techniques on Canvas
When I immerse myself in something that I want to paint, the idea for the painting becomes clear to me. Because quite often I start painting without knowing exactly how it will turn out, as I put those first colors on the support, I am always nervous about what I am doing, because I do …
Halloween Make Up and Costume Ideas
I am getting quite good at halloween make -up 🙂 This year I have painted faces for couple of Draculas, I made the Corps Bride make up and the LadyVampire Make Up. I also made few bullet hole make ups using wax, paint and fake liquid blood. Every year before Halloween some of us face the …