Serendipity Series #1

Serendipity 
noun
The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

I like to find accidental images that are pleasing to the eye or even little works of art in themselves. So, I thought I would start a series of posts on the subject.

I picked out this image from a page I have which was created by citrasolv on a page from a National Geographic Magazine.

To me, this looks like a scene of a cliff edge.

I hasten to add that this was not originally a picture of a cliff . This image has been created solely from the ink on the page after it has dissolved.

I think I may enjoy this 'series' I hope you do.

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XXX 

WOYWW

Time again for WOYWW and on my desk today is a finished mixed media work on paper to celebrate  Spring.
It started with a mono print.

I added some collage and paint.

Then continued layering

I then started to work on my figure ant tried out some possible dress designs.

Then the final touches and here is the finished piece.

Spring

mixed media on paper.

Here is some close up shots.

Why not click on the button in the side-bar and take a look at whats on other peoples desks this week.

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I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

XXX

No Peeking.

Sometimes I like to just pick up my Portfolio oil pastels and create one of my 'quick' girls.

I did this one today.

No Peeking

She was done on the back of a piece of card that was lying on my desk.

I have mentioned before but I will again. I just love working in these pastels. Before these I just had some really cheap ones that were very hard to work with as they were difficult to blend. Working in these pastels have convinced me that it would be worth while taking a step up to the more expensive artist grade pastels.

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XXX 

Paint Party Friday.

Yes..... the week has flown over and here we are again.

If you have visited here since last Friday you will know that I was making a board book from some old cardboard packaging but unfortunately the cover didn't work out. If you would like you can read about it here.

However I have been working on the loose pages and have been practicing some abstracts. This is my latest one.

You can see the other pages here and here.

I intend to continue with abstracts on the loose pages and when they are completed then I will make a cover and bind them together.

If you haven't already done so why not pop over and take a look at what the other party goers are doing over at PAINT PARTY FRIDAY.

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XXX

Another Abstract.

Yes.....another page in my unbound board book (without a cover).

This is, by far, my favourite  up to now.

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IT MEANS A LOT.

XXX

WOYWW

What's on my desk this Wednesday?

In my last post here  I shared some pic's of remnants left over from a failed project.  The idea was to make a board book from cardboard packaging. Even though the cover went awry I have been using the pages to practice some abstracts.

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XXX

Linking this post to WOYWW.

Untitled

In my last post I said that I was hoping to have another piece ready in time for the Deconstruction challenge over at Paper Artsy.

My intention was to make a board book out of some old dog food boxes and some packaging left over from my new bed linen. The idea was for it to be in black and white and to feature found words from book text. However it all went horribly wrong.

At first I struggled with the limited palette. I just couldn't seem to create anything that was interesting to look at. Then I decided to go ahead and bind it together but I went and punched the wholes in the spine for the signatures in the wrong place. So, that was it. There was only one thing for it and that was to give it up as a bad job and so I 'deconstructed' it a bit more by ripping it to pieces

Now that I am left with some bits and pieces I quite like them, so, I decided to take some pic's and share them  here. They are just bits and pieces so, needless to say, they won't be entered into  challenge but you never know they might get used as part of something in the future.

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XXX