This original is available in the shop HERE

In today’s painting I wanted to paint my gratitude… This however was not my first attempt. The first piece I did, the camera didn’t record… I said a few not so nice words and had to chuckle at myself. Here I was wanting to share about gratitude and I was rolling around in negativity! .. aaannnd, the second piece turned out better than the first.

It was a great lesson in being grateful, sometimes things don’t go the way we planned or life outright breaks your heart and the burdens and brokenness seem unbearable. In the midst of the struggle, if we can find just one thing to be grateful for, it allows for the light to come in to the darkness. It starts the healing, it calms the frustration. Finding gratitude can seem daunting in the hardest of times.. but I have found that in the darkest of days, or the simple setbacks of everyday living, pausing to find gratitude creates a shift in me. One that always takes me to a better place. I hope you find something to be grateful for today!

Enjoy the video

Supplies Used: 11×17 mdf board, Deco art media black & white gesso, Deco art media fluid acrylic (titanium white, titan buff, cobalt teal, quin magenta, english red oxide, prussion blue hue,carbon black, green gold), Deco Art premium acrylic paint (green gold, quin violet, quin magenta, quin Gold, cobalt teal, raw umber, carbon black) catalyst wedge, catalyst spatula, fineline applicator, charcoal pencil, soft pastel in black, gelli prints and made collage papers, Americana glazing medium,

Stencils Used: doodle triangle and geometric flower

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In case you missed the start of the mixed media mania you tube hop, there’s still time to watch and enter to win one of the many prizes!

This is the project I did for the hop…. you can see it HERE

Coming Friday April 27th…..