Downtown Art Crawl - Cancelled

Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the Downtown Arts Alliance has cancelled the April Art Crawl.

Stay safe everyone.

Looking back in past art crawl. Enjoy the photos!

Live Wedding Painting

Hey - Have you heard that I have been offering live event painting? If you are in the Northeast Louisiana area and need a wedding painter - contact me!

Check out my facebook page for more info

https://www.facebook.com/MelanieDouthitArtStudio

Thanks and have a great day!!

Hand painted nutcrackers

I painted a few nutcrackers and they were a hit. I had several 3" boards in the garage. They fit great. 

The Santa was painted on an old cabinet door. The hardest part was getting the oil paint off the door.

Another nutcracker.

Not much else to show, but I'm enjoying the Hallmark Christmas movies. Anyone else?

Fa La La

Instagram

I have been posting regularly on Instagram. If you are looking for my most recent art projects - feel free to follow me there.

thanks!!

https://www.instagram.com/douthitart

Wedding Painting!

I was so happy to have been asked to paint at the wedding reception for this sweet couple.

It was held at the Hamilton House Inn in West Monroe, Louisiana. The historic building has been completely renovated to a beautiful reciption area downstairs and a bed and breakfast upstairs.

If you are looking for a live event painter, or wedding painter, contact me now to book.

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to check out my facebook page and Instagram page for more current events. 

Mixed Media Flower Art and Upcycling

I love using mixed media in my art. There's just something fun about the unexpected outcome. Lately, I have been using old frames for my art as well. Upcycling!! Making something old - new again.

If you are here for the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge for June - then you are at the right place.

Our sponsor for June is Donna Downey Studio with a $50 gift certificate to their store which is good towards their classes also.

The theme this month is - A Year of Challenges. Meaning anything from the previous challenges! 

My superpower is collage and paint. lol! 

Here's my project. 

I used patterned paper on wood for the background / collage. Then I painted the lines for the flowers with black paint. I painted the background with white paint. Then I used aqua on the bottom and misted it with water and let it trip towards the top (of course I turned it upside down). It's really quite simple to do. The collage papers make the image so interesting. The frame is something we found at a thrift store. I repainted it to make it "new" again.

Want to play along and have a chance at winning?

Make sure you visit each designer's blog and leave some comment love for them... we LOVE hearing from you all!

Please follow these rules to be eligible for placements and prizes. Entries not following our rules will be deleted.

* You must use our challenge graphic in your challenge post.

* You must comment on at least 3 design team member's blogs. 

* Your post must link back to the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge post

* Add a link to your direct post, not your entire blog, a YouTube Video or a Pinterest Board

* You can combine with up to 4 other challenges. 

* No Backlinking (linking a project completed before the start date of our challenge) allowed! Any back-linked entries will be deleted.

* You can enter up to 5 times, create whatever you want, and HAVE FUN!

You have until 11:55 pm EST on June 30th to enter! 

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - May

This is a little something I created for the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge for May. The challenge was to use stamps on your project.

Our April Sponsor is Topflight Stamps!!
Topflight Stamps, LLC is a new Art Stamp Online Store. They are a US based company that carries Rubber and Clear Stamps from different countries around the world. Check them out for unique international stamps. All US orders over $50 ship free. 

For my project, I created a collage over the wood. My hubby cuts wood to fit reclaimed frames. I loe using wood for my projects.  After I collaged the surface, I painted in my flower design and covered the background with white paint. Then I added blue and green in the sky area. The butterflies are stamps from TopFlight stamps. I stamped the images on patterned scrapbook paper, then cut them out. I also used a textured stamp from Top Flight to stamp random scratch mark in the background with deep green StayzOn ink.

If you take part in the challenge, one lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to Top Flight stamps!

Here's the rules

Make sure you visit each designer's blog and leave some comment love for them... we LOVE hearing from you all!

Please follow these rules to be eligible for placements and prizes. Entries not following our rules will be deleted.

* You must use our challenge graphic in your challenge post.
* You must comment on at least 3 design team member's blogs. 

* Your post must link back to the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge post
* Add a link to your direct post, not your entire blog, a YouTube Video or a Pinterest Board
* You can combine with up to 4 other challenges. 
* No Backlinking (linking a project completed before the start date of our challenge) allowed! Any back-linked entries will be deleted.
* You can enter up to 5 times, create whatever you want, and HAVE FUN!

You have until 11:55 pm EST on May 30th to enter! 
NOTE We're closing a day early this month to make some changes to our Web site!!!