Aisling Kiernan Art

Monday

Mixed Media Workshop Details

Mixed Media Workshop

Tuesday 22nd November

10am till 1pm

Small class in warm comfortable environment, in Ballinea just 7 miles from Mullingar.

Suitable for beginners and experienced painters

Mixed media is a fun expressive creative way of painting that is equally suitable to those who are experienced in other media and to those who have never painted before. It can be used for any theme and is particularly great for making memory paintings of special times using all sorts of bits and pieces, to embellish the painting. Anything from scraps of old letters, to labels, tickets, photos that we copy onto a special product called Extravorganza before collaging on to our picture, to buttons, beads etc.
Details of possible projects will be posted on this blog over the coming weeks.

Your will need to bring a canvas, some brushes, and a few tubes of acrylic paints which are are available to buy locally or can be purchased at the class. You can bring various items to embellish your painting as well. Additional materials and ephemera and light refreshments will be provided.

Cost; E25

To book or for more info, please phone me on 087 9287692

Wednesday

Mixed Media Workshop

MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP

COMING SOON

DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS

Tuesday

Rose card

Here's a little card I painted yesterday.

Thursday

Derelict Cottage at Churchtown, Ballinea, Mullingar.

I pass this little cottage most days coming and going from my home. In the Spring, ancient, long forgotten bluebells flourish by the door as cars, lorries and other traffic speed by going to God only knows where. Do they even notice the bluebells or even the cottage itself?

I often wonder who lived there, was it a happy home? Or was it filled with angry voices, and times strapped people rushing hither and tither fretting over things that are no longer important? Does it even matter?

I like to think it was a happy contented little place where callers would be welcomed in for a cup of tea and maybe a scone and some bramble jam and a chat by the fire in the days before the road that runs past became so busy.

Sometimes when I am running around like a headless chicken fretting about stuff, I think of that little cottage, and I say to myself, "Does it really matter".

This painting can be purchased herehttp://www.etsy.com/shop/AislingKiernan?section_id=6115284

Jewelry Upcycling demo

I had a lovely morning yesterday with the wonderful ladies of Milltownpass. They have a monthly coffee morning and get together which is so important for rural communities. Living in the country can be isolating and it makes such a difference to have a great community to meet and socialise with. We always have great craic in Milltown and the topic of conversation can be very diverse to say the least. They also run art classes and have a variety of very interesting speakers on all sorts of topics at their coffee mornings.

I was invited to do a jewelry demonstration. What with the recession and so much emphasis on recycling and reusing these days I decided to demonstrate how to update some old jewelry. We all have bits and pieces of jewelry lying around that we no longer wear but don't want to throw away. So, I took apart an old necklace that had some lovely Rose Quartz, and also a high street bracelet. I had been looking for a bracelet to go with a dress I bought for my daughters' confirmation but had'nt been able to match the colors. I combined the quartz, with some beads from the high street bracelet, along with a few swarovski crystals and some gorgeous glass flower beads that I bought a while ago just because I loved them.