Artist Renee Mak

Birthday Bash Giveaway Winners!!! Drum roll please..... and the FABULOUS winners are 1. Peggy 2.  Sharon 3.   Jennifer  The following people are just as fabulous because they  came in just behind the top three and will receive one of the following art cards... 4.   Cindy 5.   Alicia 6.   Maggie 7.   April 8.   Corrine Thank you very much everyone  for taking part in my  Birthday Bash Giveaway! {I'm sorry for the delay in this announcement!}   Just email me the address I should send your gift to and it will be on its way!!! Have a fabulous, happy creative day! xoxo

Happy Friday everyone...  and a special welcome to all of my  Paint Party Friday and Sneak Peek Friday friends!  You are deeply appreciated here! What a busy week I've had... I only got to paint twice! But I'm heading to the studio soon, will paint the day away  and post my  Bloom True   progress tomorrow, so stay tuned! {read tomorrows post here!} All week I've been posting about what inspires me and asking the same questions of you.   I posted about inspirations  outside , with nature, and about  the "pops" of color I found  inside  my home.  I celebrated another fabulous Birthday... and posted my  Birthday Bash Giveaway ...  in case you missed that post, you can read all about it here ! To celebrate my Birthday week  I'm giving away three original pendant necklaces that I've created... {It's not too late to enter!} My grandmother always told me to  count my blessings one by one.  This week h...

What INSPIRES you! It's clear from my last INspiRaTIOn iS EvERYwHERe!  post  that many artists find inspiration in color. I do too and absolutely love color ! Going deeper, I decided that what I  really love is when colors POP...  or stand out! This is very  clear if you enter my home  and just look around. I have little pops of color everywhere. One way to make your colors come alive is to place opposite colors next to or near each other. The red flower above  really stands out because it's on top of a green book cover. The same holds true for this oil painting... the red scarf really pops because it's painted on a green background. Another way to get colors to jump out at you is to add them to a neutral background... like the picture below. The neutral wall color, the candle holders and the vintage bling all help the red candle stand out! One more way to get color to pop is through contrast... placing lights and darks near each other. The yellow ros...

Hooray!   It's my birthday once again and for some reason, I love to give presents to others on this day!  I've learned so much over the past year about art,  business and myself...  to say I'm grateful would be  an understatement.   Blessed beyond measure   would be way more accurate! And because of this, I want to bless others with some of my Fuss It Up! creations! The first necklace (top photo) is a tiny print of my original mixed media artwork on  a vintage ivory domino! It represents a heart overflowing with love, music and happiness. The second necklace (key) features a vintage  earring with glitter and the word "happy" in type  on the front.  It declares to the world that you've found the key to happiness. The third piece (above) is a mixed media soldered glass pendant necklace.  It has original artwork and the word  "happy" between two pieces of glass, soldered with lead free solder.  It again declares your ha...

What INSPIRES you!   Since it's the first day of the week and I have so much to do, I did  what comes naturally to any creative type. . . I put off my responsibilities, grabbed my camera  and went on a walk looking for inspiration! I stated recently that I get inspired by nature everyday and today was no exception.  The colors seemed to PoP everywhere I looked!  I tried to pin down exactly what inspires me  so much about nature... and anything, for that matter. I decided I'm always inspired by patterns. . . and colors . . . and contrasting elements. . . and textures. And the more of these each thing has, the better! What inspires YOU most in nature?   And how does it show up in your artwork? Please tell me!   Because it's my birthday week {and I always celebrate ALL week long!} every comment I receive this week will be entered into an end-of-the-week Birthday Bash Giveaway ! Comment now and stay tuned for giveaway details! xoxo