flawless imperfection

9" x 12" mixed media on 300 lb watercolor paper
©manon doyle

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.
~Miss Piggy

I seem to have gone a little overboard on the molding paste in this painting. I thought a whole minute about fixing her but I like that she's not perfect. I never paint anything that's flawless so why start now.....lol.

I'm heading out to the Valley of the Sun on Tuesday. I will be bringing some paint with me to AZ so I can work in my journal. I'll see ya'll from there!

fill your heart with art

~manon

a little of this and that

©manon doyle

I've got so much going on right now that I'm looking for time to paint....yikes!! The other day I did get a chance to hightail it over to Blick's and bought my favorite 6" x 6" boards. I gave them all a coat of molding paste and threw on some more gesso. : )). Btw....I only spent an hour in there incase anyone was wondering.... : ))))


©manon doyle

Yes, yes....it's always a mess on my palette. This is the good one actually....lol.


9" x 12" work in progress on 300 lb watercolor paper
©manon doyle

This is the start of a new painting. I will continue to paint her and figure out if the background will stay or go. I am the maker of mud.....that's what that background color looks like so far....lol.

fill your heart with art

~manon

new journal page

7" x 10" mixed media painting
©manon doyle

I'm posting this page not because I'm finished or happy with her but because I wanted to say that I really don't like light molding paste. I usually use the regular molding paste but yesterday I noticed I had a small jar of the light stuff and I thought I'd throw it on. I'm not sure why but I'm definitely not feeling it....lol.



This is what she looked like with her underpainting!! LOL! Looks like she'd be a candidate for the Blue Man Group!! : ))

fill your heart with art

~manon

a gift for me

*time to sea*
©samuel sloma

Around Christmas time I had the pleasure of meeting Sam. He is my daughter Alex's friend. They both attend Ohio University and Sam is on an internship in Ireland right now. We got to talking a bit and he is a very creative guy. He had spent a few years collecting interesting antiques and objects and fashioning them into necklaces. Two days ago I received a gift from Sam. My heart was touched. My necklace is called *time to sea*. He wrote me that the piece was made from Lake Erie lake glass, a 1940 Bearus cocktail watch and what's left of an early 20th century rosary. (I guess the tattoo I have helped influence the rosary....lol) There's definitely a lot about me in this necklace and I wanted to share it with you.

Thank you so very much, Sam Sloma!!



*time to sea*
©samuel sloma



watercolor
©manon doyle

I decided to share a very old painting of mine when I thought for a whole second that watercolors were my thing....lol. Anyway.... I just love poppies but I can see in this painting that I had no concept of proper shading....lol. I still like looking at it though. It's a good thing this one is behind glass or it would most definitely get a *manon makeover*...lol!!

And the winner is......

Lisa Holtzman! Please check out Lisa's blog. She is an amazing calligrapher and artist!!

Thank you so much for all the lovely comments on my heart giveaway!! I wish I had one for all of you!!

fill your heart with art

~manon

journal page and a GIVEAWAY!!!

7" x 10" mixed media journal page
©manon doyle

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.
~john ruskin

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
~buddha

I've often been asked if I find the poems or songs that I post before I paint something or is it the other way around. Usually I do a painting, write in my words and then I'll see a quote or hear lyrics that match what I may be trying to say but sometimes it's the other way around. There's no rhyme or reason....lol. Today there were two quotes that fit the bill for this painting. I couldn't pick one so I went with both. : ))

VALENTINE'S DAY GIVEAWAY


6" x 6" mixed media on board
©manon doyle

To all my beautiful hearted friends!!!!! I would like to giveaway a little painting to one of you for Valentine's Day!! Leave me a comment here or on my Facebook art page and I will put you into the drawing!!

fill your heart with art

~manon