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Painting Tutorial – Rooster

06 Monday Apr 2020

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acrylic painting, art, artist, instructional painting video, painting, painting tutorial, painting video, rooster painting, things to do during quarantine

As promised, here’s another of the acrylic painting tutorials I filmed a couple years ago. Sit back and enjoy watching, or get out your paints and canvas and paint along! This includes step-by-step instructions for how to both teach or just create the painting. Enjoy!

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Engine #25

03 Thursday Jan 2019

Posted by emilypageart in art, death, dementia, family, painting, Uncategorized

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acrylic painting, art, dad, death, dementia, Emily Page, Emily Page Art, grief, painting, painting of train, train buff, train painting, what to give a train lover

I started 2019 off the correct way: in the art studio. And it felt so good. I’ve been so busy and exhausted that I haven’t been painting much lately. But I took Tuesday off and just painted what I wanted to paint. And it was a good thing. And it was a bad thing. Because what I chose to paint was this:

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Engine #25 acrylic on canvas 24″ x 30″ $750  *links for purchasing the original and for prints and such at the end of the post

You know, ’cause my dad was a train freak. Next month will be the third anniversary of my dad’s death, and between that knowledge and the holidays, I’ve been missing him something fierce. About a month ago, S poppped in some of my old home movies, and I got to watch my dad in his 30’s – younger than I am now. And, for the first time since he was diagnosed with dementia, it made me actually feel happy to watch. I really enjoyed it. And then I started having nightmares about him again. WTF is that? I wasn’t sad watching those videos, so why did they spark a new round of “Dadmares?”

And now I’m struggling again. Every time I feel like I’m getting back to normal, thinking about him a little less and with less pain, I get thrown back in. And what I’m thrown into, more than anything, is those final, horrible days with him, when he was hurting so much and my mom and I couldn’t make it better for him. It just fucking haunts me. I worked so hard to make sure that I had as few regrets as possible as we cared for him following his diagnosis. I’ve dealt with enough death to know that regret that can’t ever be remedied is not something I want to deal with again. So I set out to do things right with my dad. And I did. I’m proud of how fiercely I worked to love him and advocate for him. But there wasn’t anything we could do at the end.

It’s not so much regret, I suppose, as just grief that I was so helpless to make his pain stop. Watching someone you love suffer for that long…it just stays with you. And most of the time, when I think of him, that’s what I think of. I flashback to sitting in the hallway outside of his room after about 48 hours of watching him writhe and moan, and just losing my shit while a CNA watched helplessly. I flashback to lying on his bed and whispering soothing things in his ear to try to distract him from the pain. I flashback to feeling so tired it made me queasy, and ignoring the death rattle for close to an hour because I just couldn’t make myself open my eyes and get out of the recliner one more time to check on him.

Here I am, three years later, still desperate to make his pain stop, even though he’s already long gone. I don’t know how to let it go. So for now, I’m just painting something that made him happy in the hopes that it’ll make me happy.

*Original available here. Prints and stickers and phone cases and t-shirts and such available here, here, and here.

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Sunflower Painting Video

18 Sunday Mar 2018

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acrylic painting, Artistic Abandon, Emily Page Art, Emily Page artist, instructional painting video, instructional video, painting video, sip and paint studio, sunflower painting

I just realized that I uploaded another instructional painting video about a month ago and never posted it here. So guess what I’m doing? Posting it here. I know. You didn’t see that coming, did you? I’m just full of surprises. Anyway, sit back, eat some nom nom, and watch a painting happen. Or grab a paintbrush and paint along. Either way, enjoy!

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The Artist

23 Friday Feb 2018

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acrylic on canvas, acrylic painting, art, art nouveau, art nouveau female, art nouveau flowers, art nouveau tattoo, art nouveau woman, artist, Emily Page artist, tattooing, tattoos

As I’ve been studying tattoo styles in preparation for starting my training  in the art of tattooing, I’m definitely drawn to how well art nouveau lends itself to tattoos. It’s very stylized, elegant, feminine, has defined outlines, and I love a lot of the more popular color schemes. And I love the ornate decorative elements. I had one blank wall in my tattoo room, and I wanted to create something new for it, so I decided to create an art nouveau painting of an artist. Voila!

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The Artist 48″ x 30″ acrylic on canvas

Prints and clothes and books and such available here and here.

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Marie Catoinette

12 Monday Feb 2018

Posted by emilypageart in art, cats, culture, humor, painting, Uncategorized

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18th century fashion, 18th century hairstyles, acrylic painting, art, cat art, cats, Emily Page Art, Emily Page artist, marie antoinette, marie antoinette hair, marie antoinette wig, marie catoinette, painting

I have a friend. She turned 50. I know: quite the accomplishment. In order to help her celebrate said milestone, I promised her a work of original art. She likes cats. And words. And fantasy. And, based on some of the art in her home, 18th century fashion? I don’t know, I could be getting that wrong. But she has a kickass sense of humor, so I decided to combine several of her loves for her very special, one of a kind, original Emily Page painting:

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Marie Catoinette 20″ x 16″ acrylic on canvas

Elle est tres jolie, non? Happy birthday, Laura!

Prints and stuffs available here and here.

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Post-Thanksgiving Painting Video

24 Friday Nov 2017

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acrylic painting, Artistic Abandon, Emily Page Art, instructional video, paint and pour, paint and sip, painting, painting instructional video, painting video, Raleigh artist, sip and paint studio, wine and paint

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a smashing Thanksgiving yesterday, and are now lazing around with bloated bellies until it’s time to dig into your leftovers. To give you an excuse to avoid getting into another political fight with your crazy Uncle Albie, here is another instructional video for one of Artistic Abandon’s paintings, Blue Window.

If you’re interested in licensing our paintings (all of which are copyrighted) for your own paint and sip business or classroom, please contact us at artisticabandon@gmail.com. If you’re a budding artist and just want to paint along at home (not to teach or to sell as your own painting or financially profit from in any way), you are welcome to use this video free of charge. Have fun!

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Dogwood Mural

13 Wednesday Sep 2017

Posted by emilypageart in art, painting, Uncategorized

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acrylic painting, dogwood blossoms, fence mural, floral mural, murals, painting, painting fences, pink dogwood

I started working on a privately commissioned mural last spring, but had to quit for the summer because of the rain and the heat. This weekend, I was finally able to finish it up. I started by drawing it on in chalk, then filling everything in in white. Then it was just a matter of adding color. I used an exterior enamel paint since it’ll be exposed to the elements. Each panel took about 2-3 hours, but it turned out well and I’m happy with it. And even more importantly, the owner is happy with it!

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Here you can see some of the chalk lines and the first layer of white, as well as the pink on a few flowers.

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Now I just have to polyurethane the hell out of it to preserve it!

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Monet’s Garden

06 Tuesday Jun 2017

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acrylic, acrylic painting, Emily Page Art, floral, flower painting, Giverny, Monet's Garden, tulip, tulip painting, watercolor

Part of the river cruise that I took last month included a day trip to Giverny and Monet’s garden. Everything was lush and gorgeous and we got good weather and it was pure, unadulterated heaven. In an effort to not be totally derivative by just recreating his waterlily paintings, I opted to paint some of the flowers I photographed instead. There were so many different kinds of tulips I lost count. Here are 2 quick paintings I did based off of a couple, one fairly delicate and one big and bold:

Monet's Garden tulip painting

Monet’s Tulip 8″ x 6″ watercolor on paper

Orange Tulip

A Tulip For Jolee 12″ x 12″ acrylic on canvas

 

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Aurora Borealis

19 Sunday Feb 2017

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acrylic, acrylic painting, alaska, art, artist, aurora borealis, night sky, north pole, paint, painter, painting, pine trees, sip and paint studio, sky reflected on water, starry sky, trees reflected on water

My favorite part of owning a paint and sip studio, is creating new paintings each month to teach to our customers. Here’s a recent addition that I think will be a fun one to teach:

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Can’t get to my studio to paint, but love the painting? You can buy a print or other fun swag here.

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Greeting Cards

01 Thursday Dec 2016

Posted by emilypageart in art, painting, Uncategorized

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acrylic painting, art, artist, bird, cardinal, castle, charlie brown christmas tree, christmas, christmas tree, Emily Page, Emily Page Art, funky tree, greeting card, holiday card, holidays, merchandise, paint, painter, painting, Raleigh artist, snow castle, snowy landscape, snowy scene, stained glass

Are you looking for the perfect holiday greeting cards this year? I’m on it. I’ve put some of my artwork onto customizable greeting cards. Some examples are below. Click on the title below each picture to purchase and/or see other options (this will take you to Fine Art America. Below the image on a greeting card, you’ll see other merchandise. If you click on my name, it’ll take you to all of my available merchandise and prints.):

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Winter’s Glow

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Stained Glass Cardinal

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The Silence of Snow

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The Castle

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Ornaments and Snowflakes

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Ornaments

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Funky Tree at Christmas

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