Book Challenge and Sketching workshop

 

My Living Room by Marla L. Niederer

Summer seems to be flying by so quickly!  It seems like the more you enjoy something the faster it goes by doesn’t it? 

I thought I would share with you some of the creative things I have been up to lately.  I have been working on a sketchbook practice online class presented by Yvonne Morell this month.  For the class one of the activities was to do a sketch of your living room.  This is a sketch of my living room couch.

My Living Room by Marla L. Niederer

Another activity was to sketch people in public.  This is a sketch I did while plein air painting with the art group I belong too.  Such fun!

Plein air sketch by Marla L. Niederer

I also have been involved in a Five Books in Five Days challenge presented by Ali Manning.  Well, I don’t think I will make the five books in five days deadline but had so much fun making two of the forms of accordion books presented in the challenge.  I still have a bit more work to do on them.  I’m sure glitter will be involved but thought I would share a picture of them with you. 

Accordion Books by Marla L. Niederer 

Just a reminder, I have two digital original paper doll downloads in my shop now that can be used for your personal mixed media, collage, and junk journaling projects.  You can find out more about them by clicking on each picture below.

Estelle A Digital Fairy Paper Doll by Marla L. Niederer

Little Fox a Digital Paper Doll by Marla L. Niederer

You can see a free video on how I assembled and decorated my paper doll Estelle on my OrsinisAngels YouTube channel by clicking on the picture below.

 

How to assemble Estelle a Fairy Paper Doll by Marla L. Niederer

If you wish to see and find out about my self-study classes you can click on the picture below.

 

Self Study Classes by Marla L. Niederer

If you wish to see all of my free video tutorials on my OrsinisAngels YouTube channel just click on the picture below.

 

Free Video Tutorials on my OrsinisAngels YouTube channel

To see all of my free tutorials click on the picture below.

 

Free Tutorials by Marla L. Niederer

To find out more about me just click on my picture below.

 

About Me

Untill next time…….

 

Warm hugs,

Marla

Mermaids

 

Mermaid Watercolor painting by Marla L. Niederer

This summer I’ve been working on a few mermaids.  I started out being inspired by a Jane Davenport book on mermaids and painted this.

Mermaids by Marla L. Niederer inspired by Jane Davenport's book on mermaids

I then was inspired by a Toni Burt mini class for Kalidoscope 2022 her session and created this journal page.

Art Journal page by Marla L. Niederer inspired by Tony Burt's Kaleidoscope session

I then created this Mermaid watercolor painting.   I won't even tell you that I was listening to ocean sounds and had seashells on my desk while I was painting. I also won't tell you that I recently purchased a set of mermaid paintbrushes either lol!

 

Mermaid watercolor painting by Marla L. Niederer

My fascination with mermaids is far from over so I will probably create a few more mermaid projects this summer.

 

My watercolor painting desk

I also wanted to share that I have a few original digital download paper dolls available in my shop now.  They can be used for personal card making, art journaling, junk journaling, shelf decorations, party activities, amongst other personal creative pursuits that you may fancy.

 

You can see more about my original Little Fox digital paper doll and purchase her if you wish by clicking on her picture below.

 

Little Fox Digital Paper Doll by Marla L. Niederer

You can see more about my Fairy Digital Paper Doll Estelle and purchase her if you wish by clicking on her picture below.

 

Estelle Fairy Digital Paper Doll by Marla L. Niederer

You can see a free video on how I assembled and decorated my paper doll Estelle on my OrsinisAngels YouTube channel by clicking on the picture below.

 

Estelle Paper Doll Assembly free tutorial by Marla L. Niederer

If you wish to see and find out about my self-study classes you can click on the picture below.

 

Self Study Classes by Marla L. Niederer

If you wish to see all of my free video tutorials on my OrsinisAngels YouTube channel just click on the picture below.

 

Free video tutorials by Marla L. Niederer

To see all of my free tutorials click on the picture below.

 

Free tutorials by Marla L. Niederer

To find out more about me just click on my picture below.

 

About Me

Until next time…….

 

Warm hugs,

Marla

Sakura by Roslind Sherman

 

Sakura by Roslind Sherman

On my last blog post I shared about participating in the Progressive Paper Doll group on Facebook. I wanted to share with you today some photos of the paper doll I received in the Enchanted Garden theme paper doll exchange.

Sakura by Roslind Sherman

 I received this incredible original paper doll “Sakura” designed and created by the very talented artist Roslind Sherman.

The packaging Sakura arrived in

The packaging of  Sakura was a gift in and of itself!

Sakura by Roslind Sherman

Roslind shared with me that Sakura meant beauty and joy.

Sakura and background paper screen by Roslind Sherman

In addition to the paper doll Sakura, I received a letter telling me a bit about the doll written by Roslind.   I also received a beautiful handmade paper screen also created by Roslind.

Sakura and background screen by Roslind Sherman

I was completely blown away by the intricate layering of papers to create both this beautiful paper doll and background screen.

Sakura by Roslind Sherman

Thank you again Roslind for sharing such a beautiful gift of talent and joy with me!

 

If you would like to make my original art paper doll Estelle, I just placed a free tutorial on how to embellish and assemble her on my OrsinisAngels YouTube channel.  Just click on the picture below to see it.

 

Estelle Art Paper Doll Free Video Tutorial by Marla Niederer

My Paper Doll Estelle is also now available as a digital download in my shop.  To find out more or purchase the download just click on the picture below.

 

Estelle an Articulated Paper Doll by Marla L. Niederer Digital Download

If you wish to see and find out about my self-study classes you can click on the picture below.

 

Self Study Classes by Marla L. Niederer

If you wish to see all of my free video tutorials on my OrsinisAngels YouTube channel just click on the picture below.

 

Free video tutorials by Marla L. Niederer

To see all of my free tutorials click on the picture below.

 

Free Tutorials by Marla L. Niederer

To find out more about me just click on my picture below.

 

About Me

Until next time…….

 

Warm hugs,

Marla