Artist Renee Mak

Happy Valentine's Day art lovers!  Hope you enjoy this digital art...  created from one of my own original painted backgrounds, photographed papers and flowers,  and a vintage photo of my mom.   Feel free to share with your  own special Valentine or  on social media.  Be sure and check out more fabulous art today... I'm linking up to Paint Party Friday ... so enjoy!  xoxo Commission requests warmly welcomed! Copyright protected... artist Renee Mak & Fuss It Up! Designs

For today's #tbt I'd like to go back to the Summer of 2012.  It was a bright, sunny day and this little poetic phrase came to me.  The pictures are from a previous project and seemed to fit just right! "...their houses were tucked neatly beneath the brightest colored flowers... allowing only shimmering light to pass through... and dazzle their days with  magical color..." The days were long and my studio was a place of bright colors and endless inspiration. Currently, it's been a long, cold winter... but this reminds me that Summer will come again soon. You can see the original post here ... it's short and sweet!

Valentine's Day is right around the corner.  Do you have your cards signed, mailed and sealed with a kiss?  I sure hope so... but if not, here are some noteworthy quotes all about love to get you inspired! "Keep love in your heart.  A live without it is like a  sunless garden when the flowers are dead." Oscar Wilde "A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and a  man cannot live without love." Max Muller "Being deeply loved gives you strength, while loving deeply gives you courage." Lao Tzu "If I speak in the tongues of men and angels but have not love, I am just a noisy gong or clanging cymbal." I Cor. 13:1 The Bible And we all know and love the way the Beatles said it... "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE... LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED." XOXO P.S... I had so much fun creating these "LOVE" prints!  Click on this link and check out how print & PATTERN inspired me to cr

 In honor of Saint Valentine and my own love of  hearts, I've created this free downloadable sheet of Valentines! Click here to download!   It's based on my original acrylic painting, " Mercy "and can be printed out and used with any Valentine craft you can think of! This download includes two sheets of usable art, including the  "xoxo" circle below and a fun bookmark. Download PDF here The obvious thing to do is make cards.  But it would also be cute to create banners, cupcake toppers or even lunch box love notes! Below are 5 links I found on Pinterest  to fabulous websites just filled with more fun ideas to celebrate this Valentine's Day! 1.   Brit+Co. 2.   Modern Parents, Messy Kids 3.   Dollar Store Crafts   4.   Today's Mama 5.   the Dating Divas Happy Creating and enjoy this season of love! xoxo

Happy Thursday Bloggers!  About this time  two years ago I had just begun my painting adventure with artist   Flora Bowley   and her  Bloom True Workshop .   I absolutely love the experience I had and still use it for inspiration today!  If you have a chance to take this workshop or get her book, Brave Intuitive Painting , (available in my Awesome Books bookshop to the right--->) I highly recommend it.  Now, in the tradition of #throwbackthursday,  here is my post from the second week of  the Bloom True Workshop (originally posted 2/11/12)...  with the addition of my finished paintings! I had a fabulous paint day in the studio today!  I began my second assignment (first lesson  here ) in the  Bloom True Workshop  by Flora Bowley  and love what happened. The colors really pop!  The lesson was about getting to know my tools... the brushes... and whatever else I use to apply paint! I used cool colors over the warm colors . . . and sim

Dreaming...  always one of my favorite things to do! I recently had the chance to put a show together  and I decided this piece was to be my  inspiration piece for the whole show. Interestingly enough, it was not finished at the time.   If you remember, I've been working on this and showing bits  and pieces of this for quite some time...  unfinished as it was. I've sold cards and prints, even had offers for the painting.   But deep down inside, like only an artist knows, it wasn't yet  time for us to part ways.   Something told me I still had work to do! This is the way it's looked for a little over a year.  I loved it... but still wanted it to say more. So while planning the show, it made perfect sense  to end with and build the show around this painting.    The name of my show is called "Evolution of a Dream", and it takes the viewer along a 5 year journey from  fear and hopelessness to strength, fre