Underneath the Paint

Friday, August 02, 2013

Lego Art!

The Alamance County Arts Council is hosting "The Art of the Brick!"

This exhibition features a traveling show of more than 30 Lego Sculptures by artist Nathan Sawaya. It opens to the public on August 3 and the community has come together to plan lots of activities around the exhibition. The Graham Public Library, the Children's Museum of Alamance County, Alamance Arts Council and The Burlington City Park are offering "brick building" classes, competitions and tons of other activities from now through October! For a complete listing, scroll down to the "Calendar of Special Events" on this page.

Thursday, August 01, 2013

Painting Commission

Here's a painting that I finished about a month ago for someone that purchased a commission through an auction that I participated in hosted by the Alamance County Arts Council. I had an amazing photograph to work from taken by Josh Drye.

The mother of these two beautiful girls gave me carte blanche with the background. I had recently covered Alphonse Mucha in my art classes at school, so that definitely played a part in choosing the circular design of flowers that seemed to fit so well in this composition.

If you're interested in commissioning a painting, check out my prices on my Commissions Page!

Monday, July 29, 2013

Summer Project #1: Website 'nip and tuck'

I only have 3 more weeks to finish all of my summer projects before the teacher workdays begin. I've been very unorganized this summer; I've begun multiple projects and have finished zero.

Project numero uno is to go through my website, windylampson.com, and give it a slight make-over. I have spent most of my time working on my "prints" page, and I'm going to start selling my prints via Canvas On Demand and Snapfish. This will eliminate a lot of the extra shipping and handling costs. I also added more choices. Here is an example of one of the prints that is now available.

To see other available prints, along with sizes/prices, and to "ooooh and ahhhhh" at what I have accomplished during my son's naptime over the last week, click here: http://windylampson.com/prints.html

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Cultural Self-Portraits

Here's an assignment that I give Art 3 students. They are required to research a culture of their choosing and create a composite drawing that includes a self-portrait adorned in clothing, jewelry, make-up, etc. from that culture. Here are a few from this past year.

Arely chose ancient Greece. She also decided to include a pop of color.

Eddie chose to research the Aztec culture.

Here is Wynn as a Roman Gladiator.

Selena is a beautiful Egyptian Queen.

I love Usu's body language in his Japanese portrait.

Saturday, March 03, 2012

Father and Son

This is a painting of my husband and my son. I let my son choose his own colors and paint on the canvas first. Then, I drew the image of both of them and painted over most of it, letting my son's handiwork show through in a few places. I also let him paint his hand and print it on a piece of paper. Then, I cut it out and glued it down in the top left corner with gel medium.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Commission

Here's another commission that I finished a couple of months ago. Click HERE to see pricing for commissions.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Commission

Here's a commission that I finished several months ago, but forgot to post. If you are interested in a commission, please view my pricing information HERE.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Noah and His Cars

Here is a painting of my son playing with his cars in 'his own little world.' If you're interested in commissioning a painting of your own child, take a look at my commission prices HERE.

Sunday, October 02, 2011

Emma at the Pond

This painting was a commission created from several photographs sent to me from a client. If you are interested in ordering a commission, CLICK HERE.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Commission #13

If you would like to commission a painting (a portrait of your children, family, parents, pets, etc.) click HERE for more information!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Smitten

"Smitten"

11" x 14"

This painting was created in 2008 and is currently available on Ebay for a very reasonable price. Click HERE to view the listing!