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.

THANKS FOR VISITING.

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.

THANKS FOR VISITING.

XXX

Another Abstract.

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

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

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

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.

THANKS FOR VISITING

XXX

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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.

THANKS FOR VISITING

XXX

Once Upon a Time.......

The challenge over at Paper Artsy at the moment is 'Deconstruction'. You take something and 'deconstruct' it and use it for something other than  what it was intended for. I was inspired by the projects featured using cardboard. Click on the link and take a look at some wonderful projects.

I had some cardboard packaging. It was from a book I ordered from a well known company with the same name as a jungle beginning with A. This packaging is just ideal to use as a substrate for mixed media paintings and I love to work on it.

This is hopefully my first of two entries. I am still working on another and I hope it will be finished in time.

In this close up you can see the effect of the corrugations in the cardboard which makes for a lovely texture.

Materials I used are acrylics,gesso,oil pastels and Stabilo All pencil.

Thanks to all who visited here last week for PAINT PARTY FRIDAY.  I really love hearing your comments.

XXX

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WOYWW

Hi there,
Today the majority of my desk is taken up by something I am doing for the Paper Artsy challenge so I can't share it here today. Hopefully I will get it finished in time and will post about it at the end of the week.

However I designated a corner to show a little 'quickie girl I did this week. I have a name for this series of girls. I call them 'The Unfortunates' because they are not the prettiest of girls but I love them. In fact I liked this little 'Unfortunate' so much that I put her in a  frame and she now sits on the top of my wall  unit in my living room.

Thank you to all who visited my desk last week I really do love hearing your comments. x

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