Rita Marie Art: 2015

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Little Houses - Mixed Media

Saturday, December 19, 2015

December Vlog & A Peek At My New Studio

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

The Gypsy & The Witch - Winter Solstice - The Return of The Sun

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Playing With Water Color - Mixed Media

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Bohemian Dreamer - Mixed Media

Hi Friends!

Here is my NEW WORKSHOP available on The Creative Workshops Site... Please come and check it out! Workshop will start January 11, 2016, but you can go sign up now... Christmas present? I hope so. I would love to spend 2016 making art with you... Love to you! xo

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi Friends!

I just want to say Happy Thanksgiving to you all, be safe and have lots of fun.

My Husband and I have been blessed with the most wonderful Thanksgiving Day family fun for so many years. We enjoyed the laughter, the food, and have been lucky enough to have loving family and friends around us year after year. For that I am so grateful.

The picture below is of my husband and I standing in our beautiful back yard in Cave Creek, AZ on a magnificent Thanksgiving Day! November in AZ is beautiful, and I always loved celebrating the holidays there. Though the weather may not be freezing and we didn't see much snow, the crisp dry cooler air and the breathtaking mountains covered in the lovely Saguaro Cactus, was the most magnificent setting to me for the holidays. We always started decorating for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving as did most of our neighbors. With hot apple cider brewing and jingle bells playing we untangled the lights and checked to see if any of them still worked (sometimes we were lucky). We laughed about how the lights always seemed to be tangled no matter how we packed them, and we were going to try and pack them better for the next year. Hanging the wreath on the front door was the icing on the cake. By the weekend most homes were sparkling with twinkles of lights, and decorated cactus in their front yards ( very tricky to do) but a beautiful sight.

In the next few weeks the hunt for the perfect tree would begin. We would anticipate the tree we would find and decorate. By then the weather would be even cooler especially the evenings, so the wonderful smell of fires burning was all around us while we went out on our adventure to look for the very special tree.

When it was time for the big celebration we had no worries of driving in a blizzard to visit family and friends, there was always lots of wonderful food with plenty of Holiday Cheer for all. Memories of hanging chili pepper lights, (my favorite) in our kitchen... Every holiday meal had chips and salsa for an appetizer, because you can't live and breath in AZ without them.

My most precious of memories will always be of me with my family and friends celebrating the Holidays in AZ, my true home and where my heart will always be. Love to you all! XO

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Free Workshops & My New Website

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

My Friend Secret's Gypsy Girl- painting

Hi My Friends!

Here is a sweet gypsy girl done by my friend Secret Soto... She did an amazing job on this and I love her... Enjoy! xoxoxox

Monday, November 16, 2015

Happy Mail & My Grumbacher Prize

Sunday, November 15, 2015

The Gypsy & The Witch - Magical Mythos - Elf Fairy

Hi Friends!

Here is a quick little tutorial using my Aqua Markers and TomBow Markers. I have not used these markers to their full potential before and I was very happy with the results. This picture was lots of fun and I hope I can inspire you to try these products they are so easy to use and the colors are amazing... Enjoy!

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

#Thankful4Art - Water Colors

Hi My Lovely Friends!

So nice of you to visit me... Here is my new video for the Creative Arts Collaboration... November is #Thankful4Art. Please check me out and then go and check out all the other artists that are involved in this collaboration. You will get to meet tons of new artists and enjoy all different kinds of new and creative ideas to inspire your soul. I hope you enjoy and will leave me a comment letting me know. Thank you my dear friends... xo

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Mixed Media Girl Tutorial

Hi Friends!

Here is a sweet girl I did for a collaboration with my friend Tibby... This was so much fun and I hope you enjoy the tutorial... Please feel free to leave me a comment I would love to hear from you... I hope I can inspire you... Thank you! xo

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Art Journaling - Mixed Media

Thursday, October 15, 2015

The Witching Hour - The Gypsy & The Witch

Sunday, October 11, 2015

My Lovely Faces

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Fairies

Hi There Friends!

Here is a new video done for a collaboration I am doing with one of my dear friends... We have decided to do a swap and put the tutorials of our creations on youtube for everyone to be inspired. I hope you enjoy and take the time to watch my video...

Thank you! Enjoy!

Sunday, September 20, 2015

October Girl - Trick or Treat

Hi Friends!

We are getting into the best time of year with all the wonderful smells and colors. My FAVORITE holiday! Halloween! Well, I just had to make a little witch out on a Halloween adventure with her little kitty. Maybe some tricks maybe treats, but I think more tricks then treats for this little witch.

She's so cute no one would suspect a thing... hehe

This witch sketch and her assessors are downloadable and available in my Etsy Shop.

Thank you, and I hope you enjoy the video... Love to you... xo

Thursday, September 17, 2015

#LoveFallArt - An Autumn Girl Tutorial

Here we go again with another Hashtag Event #LoveFallArt! Come and check out all the wonderful artists that are sharing their talents on youtube... Just pop on over to your Youtube channel and type in the hashtag #LoveFallArt and you will be amazed at the hundreds of artist waiting for you there.

I hope you will come check us out... These videos will be up for ever so you can make playlists to watch at your leisure. No need to rush through them all, there not going anywhere.

Thank you! Love to you all! xo

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

The Gypsy & The Witch - Autumn Leaves

Hi My Friends!

As you can see we did another themed journal page for the The Gypsy & The Witch... We also started a really cool Facebook group for our collaboration. You can come and join us and follow along using us as your inspiration. We encourage you to show off your creations in the group and just have fun. We want to see all your gypsy, witches, dragons and magical creations.

I hope you enjoy this video and come along over to our Facebook Group "The Gypsy & The Witch"...

Thank you so much for stopping by... Love to you all! xo

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Artwork Created By My Student Artists!

Hello My Friends!

I would like to share with you a few lovely creations done by my student artists. They are doing such a wonderful job, and I find them all so inspiring. They bring so much joy and inspiration to me that sometimes I feel like crying from happiness. They are simply a wonderful group of friends, and I love sharing my creative soul with them.

This is a little peek into a few of my workshops and what these creative artists are doing. I hope you enjoy and stop by MY SCHOOL to check out some of my workshops. I also have a Free workshop "No Boundaries," if you would like to try that out. The free workshop is a great place to start especially if you have never taken a workshop before.

It's a full workshop with a download sketch and product list. Enjoy for Free!

I have private groups set up for everyone that is enrolled in my workshops. It is a safe positive place for you to share with other student artists that are enrolled in my workshops. When you enroll you will get an invite to the groups. There is an abundance of inspiration there for you to enjoy...

I will keep adding pictures as I get them and permission to share.