dog art doll .......by Sandy Mastroni

today I made another dog art doll ........

another dog art doll

I made another one ...... yes I did

Two Italian Grandmas { cut outs } by Sandy Mastroni

I was asked to paint an Italian Grandma !!! ........ here is the sketch on wood { looks awful doesn't it ! }

Here she is ...... all done !

This is a close up of Grandma #1


and here is the second grandma that I painted .....................

 this is laying it out on mdf board .......

 ALL done

close up of Grandma #2
**** update .... Grandma #2 has sold *****


I really love making cut outs .  I paint on MDF board { usually } , sometimes luanne plywood , I use colored pencil , acrylics and OF COURSE ..... INKTENSE too !    then I go to the basement and cut out on my saw

I'm a cat girl

Oh .... I am 100% cat ...... I did have beagles when I was a kid , that was a long time ago , since then ,,,,, my whole adult life I've lived with cats .  I had a really nice lady ask me to make her bull terrier as a dog doll . This was my day ..... making this doll . If you are a DOG person , tell me what you think ....... hopefully my etsy customer will like this dog doll

Art dolls by Sandy Mastroni

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 sold...........

 sold............

This last doll , the one in the patchwork quilt dress is in my shop for sale ....



All I want to do is make dolls ....... and eat ..... and sleep ..... and watch old episodes of Superman with Michael .

We want to live in California

All of us dolls here ........ we want to live in California with Denise
Do you want us Denise ?
UPDATE >>> two have sold , the clown guy in dark blue is for sale in my etsy shop...Update .....all have sold

Doll Wall collection and works in progress

 I have a wonderful customer , Her name is Gail .... she has bought many of my dolls .....

This is her cat ....... don't you LOVE her cat ! ....... His name is Morty

 And this is how Gail displayed all the dolls in her house
Make sure you click on the photos to see them Larger !

And these are some new dolls I'm working on now

Punch and Judy , Humpty Dumpty and Fancy Cat

 My Painting of Punch and Judy is going to Maxine in Australia !

 Closer look at Judy and the Baby

 Pleased as Punch !

 and my painting of Humpty Dumpty is still on my studio wall

but Fancy Cat painting is in my shop ...... button embellished frame
I painted this cat on LINOLEUM .... the back of linoleum is fantastic to paint on ...... I love Painting on it  !........... The ONLY thing I don't like to paint on is stretched canvas !
Oh I forgot to say that I painted Humpty and Punch and Judy on linoleum TOO
try it ... buy a big roll of linoleum at Home Depot , you can cut it with regular scissors ..... wonderful to paint on !  A big roll costs about $28.00
write and tell me if you try it , and if you like it ! ....... I'd love to see what you paint on it !

Cat doll and Humpty Dumpty doll

 a corner at my desk ...... three of my dolls ...... the cat is in my shop

so  this Humpty Dumpty AND the cat doll .... AND a creepier Humpty { see last post } .... the three dolls are in my shop
I'm TIRED ... it is 4 p.m. .... spent the day doing taxes and then pack up some orders , list some dolls on Etsy and Flickr and facebook , I was hoping to start a doll today , but I think I'm beat .

Humpty Dumpty Land ...... art dolls

 this is Humpty Dumpty # one { above }

 This is Humpty Dumpty # two { above }
***** Update ***** # 2 has sold

Together

I've been away ........ In Humty Dumpty Land
These two are for Gail ..... Gail ...... do you like either of these ?
**** update >>>> Gail wants second Humpty Dumpty .  He is sold . Thank you Gail *****

and
I will be back to blogging soon .  I stayed away too long , and I lost my momentum , overwhelmed with work , but also Face book , and Pinterest and Fickr ............ It's so much time on the computer !
so I'm trying to think about my time doing all this , and work too { not to even mention ... when do I clean the house or read or cook } ah ....... But I do miss blogging
so
Happy New Year to EVERYONE ......... !

odd dolls

Christmas Carol { sold }     

                                            Cute Kate [ sold ]

                                                    Little Wynona [ sold ]

                                           Betty Confetti { sold }

                                                    Odd Olive { sold }

                                          All together now