July Birthday Presents: Paintings

Well I moved out of my hometown a couple of years ago so sending gifts 

usually means selecting something from Amazon Prime

since the shipping is included but sometimes gifts from online feels impersonal. 

Dollar Tree sells multiple sizes in white canvas (not much bigger than a book).

They conveniently weigh nothing so it only cost about $1 to send each gift. 

Kristina's birthday gift

I don't think I have ever painted anything for Kristina that wasn't a skull or skeleton. 

She always receives an annually late skeleton christmas gift (see past posts)

White background, black skull outline I found online, & black

arrow stamps that I made out of a bent paperclip. 

Black skull outline & paperclip stamps 

Elizabeth's birthday gift

We both share a love for all things Harry Potter 

and this painting has been on my list for some time.

 I researched a couple of youtube videos on Starry Hogwarts to paint my base. 

I like how it turned out but there's always room for improvement. 

Starry Night at Hogwarts 

Hey, look at that! you painted another skull...

Grand blue skull painting:

I bought a large canvas (3ftx4ft) and I already knew I wanted to paint a skull...the trouble was picking the style. 

At first I liked the double skull from different angles but later decided on a skull sitting back.

Started by painting the background a matte black. 

After drawing out my stencil from a photo on Google, I traced the stencil with pencil. 

 I used bright blue, dark blue, cobalt blue, and pool blue along with white and black acrylic paint to shade.

  I added gold accents around the shaded areas and on his teeth and then I made a masking tape border (photo on left) and painted it in with gold. 

My cat, Keanu, hanging out in the background as usual

 TA DAH!