My art for sale in a little gift shop in my hometown..

Just before Christmas I was brave enough to take my paintings to a little and sweet gift shop here in my hometown Keflavík. 

The owner was so nice and told me to bring everything I had.

So I went back home and packed in 3 big bags and brought it to her.

Next time I stopped by my painting were all over the shop looking so great.

It made my heart take an extra jump seeing all My Lovely Ladies on the walls and shelfs.

And my books and cards and bookmarks and Guardian Angels paintings as well.

Dont you think it looks great?

Im proud of my self to day, I have been working so hard making my dream come true and Im almost there. Now I just have to keep on working on my goals. 

The year 2013 is going to be the year..

Have a beautiful day all of you and a happy PPF to you to.

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Merry Christmas to all of you..

I just want to say Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of you visiting my page.

Thank you so much and please feel free to leave a comment.

Merry Christmas :-)

Lady in blue..

How can one be so bussy before Christmas??

I have been counting the days for the school to end this year and finally I having my Christmas holidays..

But then this stupid Christmas preparation starts.. Shopping, shopping and do some more shopping... 

I dont have the time I thought I would have to paint and create..

but today I sat down trying to finish my painting after Ady Almanza´s class for the 

Life Book. 

My scanner is not good enough because you can not see all the glitter on her wings and eyelashes, she is much more colorful when I look at her here on my desk.

But anyhow I did finish a painting and Im quite happy with the resulte.

Hope you all have a great weekend and a happy PPF.

A new style after Ady Almanza class..

Yesterday I did start a painting after watching Ady Almanza class on Life Book.

I dont know why I did not do it before because when I did start I just keept on coloring. 

Im adding a little doodling in the wings, I love doodling. 

Now I have to start painting and working on the background.

I love Life Book, always new teachers and always new style.

Still thinking about Life Book 2013.... sign in or not... 

Think Ill have to finish Flore Bowleys class first, then sign in to the Life Book..

Have a beautiful day, all of you.

The most beautiful Ornaments I have made..

This is my Babuska, Loved to make her and I think she is adorable.

Love this Christmas class Im taking with Christy Tomlinson.

And this is my absolutely favorite Ornament.  

A Lovely Lady Ornament.

I did buy a big one, gessoed it and started painting.

Im so happy with the result, might make another Lovely Lady Ornament.

As Im posting this to PPF I have to show you my other two I did make in this class.

This is my tree.

I just love it and I would love to make few different size standing together in a group..

The angel I bought few years ago.

And this in my ornament to hang on my tree, this one I did after Juliette Crane lesson. 

Love my Lady.. she is the one Im using for my Christmas Cards this year.

Have a beautiful day and happy PPF to all of you.

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New Ornament for Christmas

To day I made a new Ornament from Christy Tomlinson online class 

2012 Twelve Artsy Ornament of Christmas

This time it was wonderful Juliette Crane that was the teacher, I kind of like this one, going to try to make more and do them different way.

My Christmas class with Christy Tomlinson and her friends.

Finally I had time to create. 

After having a flue for over two weeks I could sit down and work a little with the Christmas class Im taking from Christi Tomlinson.

The first thing was to make a beautiful Christmas tree.

I had a little help from my cat, he loved to play with my fabric, usually he is not aloud to stay on the dining table but sometimes I cant push him away.

The time was well over midnight and I knew if I did not finish it now I would not finish it before next weekend. So I and my cat stayed up till almost 4 o´clock in the morning.

Here I have my tree ready made, think it looks good beside my angel. I might make another smaller tree with the same fabric so I have two standing together or maybe three.

Happy PPF girls, sorry I dont have any painting to show this week, hopefully next week.

By the way, Im doing great with my product (my books and the other things Im making) Last week I did get my newest product, my little calendar.

Ill show it to you next time.

Look at the back cover....

To day I saw the back cover of Featuring Magazine.

It felt so good to see one of My Lovely Ladies there.. Im so happy..

Next time Im going to have one of them inside a magazine and in the end on the front cover..

Go and take a look..

Featuring

Prints in my Etsy shop...

I have been adding some prints to my Etsy shop, more to come.

Please take a look if you have time.

Have a wonderful week..

My Etsy shop

Doodling..... and doodling..

I have told you before and Im telling you again... I love to doodle.

I you have not tried you should give it a try. 

If you go to Youtube there you will find a lot of how to doodle.

You can look for Zentangle as well.

 I have been having such a problem with this blog, im always getting the same.. you have used all of your 1GB.. so I have been deleting a lot of photo bot from here, from my Picasa as well as my Picasa web album but nothing is working... So now Im going to do my last try.. if not I dont know what to do.. 

If you know what to do please leave me a message and tell me..

Flora Bowleys e-class.....

Today I signed up for Flora Bowley's e- course starting in January... 
Have been wanting to take her class since this sommer when I found out about her and her beautiful way of create. 

Flora Bowley

I had a little difficulty choosing a class, so many I want to take but I found it a little challenge to paint big like Im going to do at Floras course.

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I did buy her book, that book is a Bible, so nice to read, so relaxing and the photos are beautiful.

Floras book 

I have not made up my mind about The Life Book 2013, one year, 22 new teachers. Very interesting.. but I can sign in there after Floras course as Im familiar to Life Book now after taking Life Book 2012

Life Book 2013 

In Desember I am taking a small Christmas class

2012 Artsy Ornaments of Christmas by Christy Tomlinson

 There will be 11 super great teachers and among them is my lovely Juliette Crane. I love her style, cant wait till this class startes December 4th...

The other teachers are:

Alisa Burke, Mindy Lacefield, Juliette Crane, Emily Falconbridge, Jamie Soucey, Jeanne Oliver, Chrissy Gardner, Junelle Jacobson, Marige Romney-Aslett, Shea & Debbie and of cours Chrisy Tomlinson.

So as usual Im having enough to do... never without my brushes..

B.t.w. now Im adding prints of My Lovely Ladies to my Etsy shop, think I will be done by saturday/sunday. 
Please take a look if you have time, mail me if there is something you like and have a question about.

Have a beautiful weekend and a Happy PPf.

My sweet little princess and few unfinished Whimsie girls..

I have not told you much about my self but now I´m going to show you my sweet little granddaughter.

She is my first grandchild and I just adore her.

Today is her two months birthday, she is growing so fast.

I´m so much looking forward to spend the Christmas with her and her parents.

She is smiling all day long..

Here are my new Whimsies style girls, little different from My Lovely Ladies, but as much fun to make. I am a little bit in love with them and I think I´m going to make much more of these..

I have been sick all week. Hate to be sick, I have not been able to paint but I could doodle a little where I was sitting trying to get better. 

First I made one drawing, then another and so on, I could not stop. This was reminding me of when I started with My Lovely Lady, I could not stop... 

When I had 8 done I did start coloring them, started with my Neocolor, then a little water and brush, little pens here and there and then colored pencils. 

After that they had dried out I did start with my white Acryl painting, 

painting strait from the tube.

Now I did start working on the background with my Neocolor and my brush.

Now I just have to get better of this flu... so that I can start working on the background with all my paint and stuff. 

Have a beautiful weekend and a happy PPF.

Some of my favorite paintings..

Today I don´t have any new painting to show.. 

so Im going to post a few old one..

This one is one of my favorites..

This one was made for Ellie´s Jornal, a collaborative art project.. for fundraising for 

Ellie´s fund, brain tumor trust.  

I love this painting..

This one is my angel, love this one too, love the colors and her 

beautiful wings with all the doodle..

Here is another angel I love.

I used to paint in dark colors using oil color until. 

That was before I found out about Mixed Media..

After taking Fabulous Faces at the Willowing I did paint this angel, 

she is so sweet, so dreamy..

I kind of love this one, a little wild with her flower hair.. nice colors and I think she has a beautiful mouth and nose..

I think I love all of them.. they are my favorite..

Thats all for now.

Have a happy PPF..

A new little whimsies girl..

Weeks 45 in Life Book class was making a little whimsies girl. 

I liked making this one very much, think they are cute. 

As an art teacher I always try to teach my student to have the right size of the head and the body and now Im drawing whimsies with a big head.. so form now on Im going to allow them to draw a little whimsies too.

First I made a drawing, then I colored it with a Neocolor and finally I did paint over with acryl and used markers and pens and a little glimmer to the spider web. 

Now the Life Book is almost over, one more month to go. 

This year has gone very fast, always waiting for new classes.. 

Life Book 2013 will start on January 1, my birthday... 

Now I have to decide if or not I shall sign in..

22 new teachers and the price is so good....only 60 pound. 

52 weeks of fun and nice friends..

Have a beautiful week all of you and Happy PPF.

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Sandra McCall´s interview with me.

INTERVIEW BY SANDRA MCCALL OCT 30.

SIGGA DÍS LIVES AN ARTFUL LIFE IN ICELAND.  SHE IS AN ART INSTRUCTOR WHO TEACHES KIDS- AGES SIX THROUGH SIXTEEN. PHEW- BIG AGE SPREAD THERE. I THINK THAT IT MUST BE A CHALLENGE TO COME UP WITH GAME PLANS THAT WILL KEEP KIDS OF ALL AGES INTERESTED IN ART. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT SIGGA HAS A THRIVING BLOG, AN ETSY SHOP AND IS ON FACEBOOK TOO.

SIGGA SAYS THAT WITH ALL OF HER WORK AND PAINTING, SHE DOES NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT TV IS ANYMORE. I ASKED THIS BUSY LADY IF SHE WOULD TAKE TIME OUT TO TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT HERSELF, HER STUDIO AND HER ARTWORK. SHE HAS GRACIOUSLY SUPPLIED SOME PHOTOS AND HAS ANSWERED A FEW LITTLE “INTERVIEW” QUESTIONS FOR US.

SM: WHEN DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER YOUR PASSION FOR ART?

SD: I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DRAWING, PAINTING AND WORKING WITH CLAY.

I LOVED TO GO TO ART CLASS WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL.  SOMETIMES MY ART TEACHER GAVE ME SOME BOOKS TO TAKE HOME TO READ. I WAS SO PROUD WHEN I MET HER A FEW YEARS AGO AND TOLD HER I HAD BECOME AN ART TEACHER TOO.

SM: THAT MEETING WITH YOUR TEACHER MUST HAVE BEEN FUN. WHAT PATH DID YOU TAKE? WHAT IS YOUR CREATIVE SPECIALTY TODAY?

SD: TODAY –  IT’S MIXED MEDIA. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT MM. WHEN YOU WORK WITH MIXED MEDIA, YOU CAN PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND MAKE A PIECE OF ART. YOU CAN PAINT, CUT, STAMP, GLUE, DRAW AND MIX IT ALL TOGETHER. BEFORE I JUST LIKE TO PAINT WITH OIL COLORS AND WATERCOLOR.

SM: I LOVE YOUR FACES. THEY ARE ADORABLE ON THE MUGS TOO. YOU HAVE A STYLE THAT LENDS  ITSELF TO A VARIETY OF MERCHANDISE. HOW WOULD YOUDESCRIBE YOUR STYLE?

SD: I DON’T KNOW. I LOVE TO DRAW GIRLS AND LADIES, BUT THEY ARE LADIES WITH BIG NOSES AND THEIR EYES HERE AND THERE. I THINK I HAVE MADE ABOUT 50 OF THEM AND I LOVE ALL OF THEM.

SM: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE ART MEDIUMS? AND WHY IS THAT?

SD: NEOCOLOR, ACRYLIC, STAMPS AND PENS. IF I HAVE THESE, I CAN DO A LOT AND OF COURSE WATERCOLOR PAPER 300GR, MY FAVORITE.

SM: DO YOU EXHIBIT YOUR WORK? 

SD: YES I DO. THIS YEAR I HAVE HAD 4 EXHIBITIONS WITH MY LOVELY LADIES THAT ALL WENT AND I’M BOOKED AT 4 PLACES NEXT YEAR.

SM: WHAT IS YOUR BEST TIP FOR ORGANIZING YOUR STUDIO?

SD: I HAVE JUST MOVED TO A NEW ROOM WITH MY STUFF, IN MY OLD ROOM I COULD NOT PAINT ANYMORE. I HAD STUFF ALL OVER THE PLACE. NO I’M GOING TO CLEAN THE MESS AFTER EVERY PAINTING I MAKE. WHEN WORKING IN MM YOU ARE USING ALL KIND OF PAPER AND JUST ALL KIND OF STUFF SO IT IS VERY EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OVER YOUR STUFF. I TRY TO ORGANIZE MY THINGS, LIKE KEEPING ALL OF MY PENS TOGETHER, ALL MY PAINT TOGETHER, ALL MY PAPER AND MAGAZINE AT ONE PLACE AND SO ON. EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE A MESS, I ALWAYS KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND EVERYTHING. I WAS WONDERING IF I SHOULD HAVE MY COMPUTER IN THE SAME ROOM AND DID DECIDED TO TAKE IT WITH ME.  I THINK I WAS RIGHT BECAUSE THEN I CAN LISTEN TO CLASS WHILE WORKING.

SM: WHAT’S COMING NEXT FROM YOUR STUDIO?

SD: TODAY I WAS WORKING ON A PAINTING FOR LIFE BOOK. IT WAS FUN. I HAD TO USE FABRIC AND ALL KIND OF THINGS. TOMORROW I’M GOING TO USE MY SEWING MACHINE TO FINISH THAT PAINTING. THAT’S THE ONE LAYING ON MY DESK IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES.

SM: ANY BLOGS, WEB SITES, LINKS OR CONTACT INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO

LEAVE US WITH?

SD: I HAVE A BLOG AND A FACEBOOK PAGE. THEN I HAVE ETSY SHOP, BUT I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO WORK ON THAT ONE FOR A LONG TIME BUT WILL SOON.

WWW.SIGGADISART.BLOGSPOT.COM

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SIGGADISART

HTTP://ETSY.COM/SHOP/SIGGADISART

E-MAIL:  SDIS@SIMNET.IS

Tracy Verdugo was this week teacher in the Life Book

I loved this week lesson in the Life Book. 

Tracy Verdugo was teaching and this time I loved her lesson.

I have admired her paintings for a long time and vanted to learn what kind 

of teknik she is using.

Now I know so I was so excited to try.

I was so happy with my first painting.

First I did start adding some dots here and there. 

Then I played with a wooden stick and my fingers, 

added a little water spray.

Then I did add some more colors and more dots and little of this and that.

And that is the resultat. 

I love studying the colors. Yellow, red and blue are the primary colors, if we mix them together we have a brown color. These are the colors I was using in this one plus the white color and a permanent pen for the writing. 

And when I had made one I had to make another.

Now I was only using red and blue using the same teknik, dots here and there and then the wooden stick and water spray.

Then I added a little more, used my stencil and my fingertips.

It was looking beautiful..

And to finish I was using the white color and my permanent pen. 

Love this pice. 

 The second one reminds me of Christmas, the red and the blue together with the white.

Hope you like my new painting as much as I do :)

Have a beautiful weekend all of you

and

Happy PPF to the rest..