Saturday 31 October 2015

Holiday activity - birthday presents

We've had autumn-holidays here and I have been busy preparing birthday presents for my son and my husband.
My husband loves old cars, especially Volvo Amazons, so my daughter and I decided to make a series of T-shirts for him with his favorite car on them and for fun some chickens, which he is also very fond of. We have been in a cultural centre in Flensburg, where we have edited some photos for the process and made a few serigraphy prints for my husband



and some for me of one of my favorite photo collages:



We had a wonderful time! Two days, in which we were creative and had fun preparing the prints and buying t-shirts, on the second day we made the actual prints, messing around and enjoyed being together.


The following paintings are done as preparation and in between working on a painting for my eldest son, who had a wish for one of my paintings. They are all inspired/painted after old master's portraits:






Below is a detail of the painting I made for my son:


Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
Ilona :-)

Linking to Paint Party Friday: PPF


11 comments:

  1. great birthday treats; sure they will love these gifts

    have a nice weekend; happy birthdays to your husband and your son

    much love...

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  2. Oh my goodness you are sooooo talented.... I love the shirts...fabulous idea...he will love them...and the paintings are jaw dropping so gorgeous!! Wow so good to see all the beauty you have created... thanks for sharing and coming back to ppf during your busy schedule!! Loved your comment on my blog too...so happy to see you back!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  3. What fun to print the t-shirts, your printing looks good.
    Your portraits are outstanding, all of them. Maybe my favourite is the third with the lovely blues and purples and the lady's pensive expression.

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  4. These are truly wonderful pieces of art!

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  5. Alles ganz wunderbare Kunstwerke! Herrlich!
    Sei lieb gegrüßt von Susi

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  6. Wow, those prints are looking amazing! How fun to print your own t-shirts, and it's a wonderful gift-idea! Love those paintings too!

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  7. Great faces and idea for t-shirts.
    Have a good week!

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  8. Shirts are fabulous. I love the paintings you did. Wonderful work.

    Kate

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  9. Wie ich Deine Bilder liebe! Grossartige Kunst und erst die Drucke! Einmalig! Da hat sich aber jemand gefreut ;) http://piaromsartjournaling.blogspot.de

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