Monday, June 11, 2012

Rainbow Sherbert - SOC 2

Happy Monday!
It is pure happiness in the Randall house because it is officially summer vacation. Yiiippppeee!
My daughter's last day of school was Friday (after a whirlwind of a week)!
I am really looking forward to slower mornings, lazy summer days, and family fun over vacation. How about you? We are just waiting for my Hubby to finish two more weeks and then he has a month off. Serious party time! :)

The weekend was fabulous and started with a little celebration on Friday for my Sugarbean's passage into second grade. She thinks she is all gown up now. Lol. Then we had dance pictures on Saturday in her new costume for her July recital. Absolute pink cuteness! I am not a fan of the studio pictures so I took her down to the lake for a mini photo session. LOVED the outdoor pics so much better! I had a date night Saturday with my cutie husband and saw Snow White & the Huntsman. Sunday was all about church, art time, frozen yogurt, and a lost tooth. Yep. We had a visit from the tooth fairy last night!


Now...a perfect summer kick off - The Summer of Color 2 hosted by Kristin.
Like I mentioned before, the theme is Ice Cream Inspirations and the first flavor choice is rainbow sherbert. The color inspiration is a bright combination of pinks, oranges, and yellow. On my last post I shared the backgrounds I had created with paper towels for texture. Using Mystele's pulled art technique, I had a quirky cotton candy haired girl pop out of the background. It is pretty amazing to see what images or shapes you can find hidden in your background creations.


The texture is really yummy. I used acrylic paint, watercolor crayons & pencils, pen, and typed up the saying on the computer. She is not perfect and I can't seem to make eyes that look the same. One eye is always a little wonky. But, I am totally OK with that. My mantra - Perfection is boring. :)


Then, I couldn't stop using these fabulous colors, so I painted one of my little girlies in my portrait journal. I usually create these sweeties without faces, but today I felt like giving her a face. That sounds pretty funny. 
I think she is adorable.


Same supplies were used on her except I added some scrapbook paper for the collaged flowers and the Welcome Summer "sign." I am obsessed with headbands and flowers in the hair.


My daughter loves to wear headbands. I usually have to talk her into clips, ponytails, or pigtails. So I think that is where my inspiration comes from.


I hope you enjoyed my rainbow sherbert creations. I know there is tons of arty inspiration over here. I can't wait to look around. Come take a peek! 

XXOO,


27 comments:

  1. Love your SOC goodies!! I have two more weeks of school...! I teach second grade, so I can imagne your daughter finishing first and feeling excited!

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  2. Love you pieces for Summer of Colour. x x x

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  3. Surely! I love everything Jen. I will be forever one of your fans. How I wish my journal would be half as beautiful as your own works. If that would happen, I would be the happiest. Have a great day!

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  4. These are wonderful--how can you not love these colors!!!

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  5. I love both of them!! But,...oooohhh, that "Welcome Summer"-girl is sooo adorable!!! I love everything about her! :)

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  6. What great pieces of art - love the delicateness of your shading techniques. Great work.

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  7. The little girl with the ice creams is my favourite. Wonderful art!
    ManonX

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  8. Love both the works esp the second one...it would be one of my daughter's favs! I too enbellish with lots of sequins, beads and stuff in my mixed media paintings:)

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  9. Both are fabulous - I love love the second one. these colors are contagious and so happy. I can see why you wanted to make more using them. On to chocolate chip mint now. what fun!

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  10. This is so cut! Love the girl with the ice cream cones. :)

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  11. I love both of these so much- they're so bright and full of happy and cute!

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  12. These are fabulous and I especially LOVE your ice cream girl with her yellow stripey tights- she is amazing!

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  13. I love the words you choose to pair with your art so much!

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  14. Loving your wonderful SOC pages, Annette x

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  15. Just gorgeous work...loving both if these delightful girls...xxx

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  16. I'm envious - we have 6 or 7 weeks until our girls break up for the summer holidays here in the UK. I'm so ready it :) But in the meantime we have the end of term madness just beginning!

    Love both your girls, your first looks so serene while your second looks like a ball of mischief :)

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  17. these are wonderful. i love all the texture and shadow in the top piece (and, i don't think her eyes look wonky at all... especially since real people don't have perfectly symmetrical eyes!)

    your headband girl is too cute for words.

    sounds like your summer is off to a great start. (how did you like snow white and the hunstmen? we were thinking of seeing it this weekend...)

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  18. I am pretty jealous that it isn't summer vacation time here, and these pages are both really gorgeous... can't quite decide which I like better so maybe I'll say I love them both and leave it at that ...apologies for being so late getting here and looking forward to what you create for week two...xx

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  19. Love them both! Your little ice cream cone girl is just precious!

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  20. Oh Jen..Your rainbow sherbert artwork is fab!How sweet is is the little gal with her ice-creams :)...looking forward to your week 2 now!!
    Jan x

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  21. oh nice work for one week you! My fav is the last one inviting summer! Love love!

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  22. What sweet girls... love them.. the journal page and words are perfect.. I miss the excitement of the kids getting out of school for the summer..
    xx

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  23. First word that popped into my head was AMAZING.. Love these..

    Hugs~

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