acrylics – Mellanie Collins, Artist

So Many Days, So Many Dead Show

In September, I was invited to submit a few painting to the Fall opener at People’s Art Gallery. The October show is called “So Many Days, So Many Dead and its a mash-up of Halloween, Day of the Dead, and anything creepy, dead, or undead. I was so excited when I received the invite, butContinue reading “So Many Days, So Many Dead Show”

Albert Einstein on Intuition

I created this 6″x 6″ painting for a friend of mine. She’s starting an Indiegogo campaign soon and asked for donations of items she could use for incentives. So pleased with how this turned out. But I like the preliminary painted sketch better. Oh well, that’s the way it goes sometimes. The quote isn’t onContinue reading “Albert Einstein on Intuition”

Acrylic Portrait Sketches: Poe and Einstein

Last month I decided to take a break from artist trading cards and work on something larger. I found an old 5.5″ x 8″ mixed-media sketchbook that I had not quite finished and and some tubes of black and white acrylic paint so I decided to practice acrylic portrait painting. I find that I reallyContinue reading “Acrylic Portrait Sketches: Poe and Einstein”

Something Completely Different – Paint!

I got out my paints and did this little self-portrait sketch in acrylics on paper. I hadn’t painted in two years, so I was pleased with how this turned out. After working with colored pencils, it was kind of a relief to work with paints. Painting is so much more forgiving.

More Daffodils: EDM 76

I have only a slightly sunburned neck and these daffodils to remind me of the glorious 78 degree sunny Saturday last. Now its cold and rainy again. Anyway, enough with my complaints about the manic-depressive weather patterns around here. I sat and worked on more flower drawings. This is the best of the lot. IContinue reading “More Daffodils: EDM 76”