A Painted Garden

creative life

  • Sketching with paint 4

    For this entry, I used a paper roll. These flowers are fun to make. You stamp and get random textures. You paint over the texture when the stamp is near dry. It’s beautiful! I even used the tips of the… Continue reading

  • You will bloom, so bloom!

    It feels like I haven’t worked on paper collage in a long time. I’ve been having fun with my journal. I’m taking time to explore ideas, layouts and color schemes. I spent at least a few hours working on ideas.… Continue reading

  • Tempera paint you did good!

    My bottle of Crayola paint is almost gone. There was this almost dry blob in the cap. I scooped it out with a brush, put it on a plate, added a little water, and painted. For days I’ve been trying… Continue reading

  • An Artist Signs Her Work

    My name is Mireya Pizarro. I am the artist. I am the writer. I have gone back and forth with how to sign my art. At first I didn’t even sign my work because am I an artist? The verdict… Continue reading

  • There’s a Gem In Every Project

    Ana & George was my first book project. For a short time, it was published but I stopped selling it because it was too much of a work in progress. The story began with a destined-to-be queen bee. Bellisia wanted… Continue reading

  • Let’s Yellow Collage Flower

    What project did I wrip the leaves from? The texture in these leaves is just too beautiful to throw away. Let’s is a mood. It’s exactly what I was feeling. I started this project by cutting a flower shape and… Continue reading