WOYWW

Today is hot and humid in the UK and thunder storms are forecast for tonight. I had lots of housework to do today but just didn't feel like doing it in this sticky weather so I made this little tag instead.

I made the tag from a piece of A4 card and used a Stabilo All pencil and a water brush.

Linking this post WOYWW.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

XXX

Summerof Colour #4

This week the colour combo over at Summer of Colour is

RED + RED + METALLIC 

When I heard these were the colours for this week I remembered that I had a page in my art journal where I had cleaned off my brushes after another project in just those exact colours. It was a long time ago and thought I would never use it for anything. Then an idea came to me and here it is.

 

This is what the page looked like before I started.

HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

XXX

Stencils

Over at Paper Artsy the current challenge is to do something with stencils. So I thought I would join in the fun and did this page in my art journal.

I used a flower stencil with acrylic paint but in reverse so that you get the negative image.  For the girl I used Stabilo All pencil and a water brush and oil pastels for her face.

Why not pop over to the Paper Artsy blog and take a look. There are some inspirational videos and a  load more inspiration from featured artists.

THANKS FOR VISITING.

XXX 

Summer of Colour #3

This weeks colours are...............

PURPLE + PURPLE + YELLOW.

For me at first I thought it a daunting combination but that is the great thing about the Summer of Colour challenge. You try things out that maybe you wouldn't on your own. That is why this is such a popular and fun challenge.  If you haven't joined in yet give it a try. You can read all about it here.

This is my entry for this week.

It began with a layer of assorted papers and then some acrylic in the SOC colours then I used a black Stabilo All pencil and a water brush for the girls face. There is also some gesso in there too.

I am also linking this to Art Journal Journey where this months theme is Masculine/ Feminine
Thank you to all who have visited and left such lovely comments I really do appreciate hearing your thoughts.

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XXX

WOYWW

This is how my desk is looking this Wednesday.

After the frustration I eluded to in Monday's post I went on to work on the next two pages in My Dylusions Journal.

Remember this is just play with no goal other than to see what appears on the page and maybe make some discoveries along the way.

I decided to stop there on the final page but not before putting another colour on my palette and discovered how nice these colours look together.

A starting point for my next page perhaps..............

Linking this post to WOYWW where you can see whats on other desks around the world.

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XXX

Pencil on Paper.

Over the weekend I felt like doing some art but it had to be something I could do in front of the television as it was a weekend of my favourite sports (to watch that is.).There was tennnis with Andy Murray, the last day of racing at Ascot and the F1 Grand Prix. So out came my coloured pencils.

I have talked about this medium before. Coloured pencils was something I hadn't used since I was a child and I am glad I gave them a try again. I am planning on looking further into blending techniques etc. and I feel another book purchase coming on.  I have looked on the web and seen some lovely work  in pencils, some of which you would never think were done in coloured pencil. On my first try I wasn't sure I would enjoy using them. but now, with practice I am seeing better results.

Peekaboo

coloured pencil on watercolour paper

HOPE YOU LIKE HER.

XXX

Linking this post to ART JOURNAL JOURNEY

Big is too Big.

As part of my endeavour to improve my backgrounds some of you may remember that I had bought an A2 sketch pad and some larger tubes of paint to be 'bold' and go BIG. But I have come to the conclusion that I just can't do BIG. It just doesn't come natural to me. Maybe it's because my frugal nature won't allow me to use large quantities of paint. LOL!

In the end I reverted back to the more conventional size of A4 (my Dylusions Journal).

I find it difficult to work on something that isn't going to result in finished piece but this is supposed to be just practice so even though I am far from satisfied with this page I just left it as it was and when I get over my frustration!!  I will do another page.

In contrast to this I spent some of the weekend playing with my coloured pencils again and did end up with a finished piece but I think I will save that for tomorrow..............

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