When I coloured this (and a handful of other images) for the 30 Day Colouring challenge back in August I was quite clear that I was not making Christmas cards, I was just doing some colouring that happened to be wintry in nature. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I sat down and turned them… Continue reading Snowman under the moon
Copic markers: big bunny - E33, E35, E37, R30, R20small bunny - BB95, B97, B99, YR30, E30grass - G85, BG96 Polychromos pencils: big bunny - 131 medium flesh, 283 burnt sienasmall bunny - 151 helioblue-reddish, 189 cinnamongrass - 158 deep cobalt green, 278 chrome oxide greensky - 146 sky blue Supplies: digital stamps:Digistamp Boutique -… Continue reading Just coloured: Bently and bunny
Title: Gully ClimbMedium: lino printCreator: Laura Boswell I have learned so much about working with lino from Laura's YouTube videos and gained so much pleasure from watching her creative process; it was lovely to be able to support her work by buying this wonderful multi-block print. Creator: Laura BoswellWebsite: http://www.lauraboswell.co.ukOnline shop: http://www.lauraboswell.co.uk/shop.phpInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/laura_boswell_printmaker/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LauraBoswellPrintmaker/Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS9nZVbpj-JlOxATscBE_4w
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #35 I suppose I could have created a single page with all of these on, many people did just that with their versions, but the intention was for these to be used as quick sketches to warm-up and get in the right frame of mind for creating, and very much not as… Continue reading Wanderlust: warm-up
For a change, I actually felt like sitting down and doing some colouring for a card. I had a look through the last lot of Power Poppy digis I bought and narrowed it down to a choice of two: azaleas or magnolia. The azaleas gave me more colour options so they won out this time.… Continue reading Azalea birthday
Copic markers: skin - E00, E21, E04hair - YR14, YR18, E04hat/shirt - YG01, YG25, YG17cake/cream - E25, E27, E29frosting - V91, V93, V95balls - V12, V15, V17 Polychromos pencils: hair - 117highlights - 101 white Staedtler Triplus fineliners: cake - brown Supplies: digital stamps:Skogstokiga - anime girl with cakepens:Uniball Signo UM-153 whitepaper and card:Neenah Solar… Continue reading Just coloured: girl with cake
Title: bronze wrenMedium: ceramicCreator: Bev Seth @ Seth Ceramics I now have three of these lovely wrens living on my desk and making me smile. This shiny round bird has joined my speckled brown and rustic blue pair and, excuse me, I must just go check to see if there are any new ones available...… Continue reading OPA: bronze wren
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #34 I am going to start by saying that I like this. I like the sketchy drawings. I like the way the soft pastel colours blend on the page. And I love that little splotch of pink watercolour on the right-hand side. The starting point for this piece was to create a… Continue reading Wanderlust: pastel flowers
The last instalment of twinchies created for the Mindful Art Studio Inchie Challenge. Twelve days of creating two-inch-square artworks in response to a prompt word. These are all created as ink drawings coloured with watercolours. The pen I used was a Winsor & Newton fineliner and the watercolours were a mix of Derwent Graphitint and… Continue reading Inchie Challenge 2021 #10–12
Copic markers: skin - BV01, E11, E33hair - E37, E99, YR24eyes - B02, B04, B06bandana/skull - W5, W3, W1feathers - W7 (rib), W5, W3, W1, W00light grey - W3, W1, W00dark grey - W7, W5, W3red - R59, R46, R35 Supplies: digital stamps:The East Wind - Lucy Loo piratepens:Copic multiliner 0.1 blackpaper and card:Neenah solar… Continue reading Just coloured: Lucy Loo pirate
Title: Ocean blue (2020)Medium: oil on canvasCreator: Jo Holdsworth As well as the paintings of silhouetted figures in city settings (like the one on our wall), Jo also paints more traditional seascapes. In the last couple of years the two have come together with her signature figures standing in the water, rather reminiscent of Antony… Continue reading OPA: Ocean Blue
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #33 I'm being a bit more selective over which lessons I do at the moment and I nearly skipped this one because of the drips. Me and drips don't really get on, they always seem like a good idea but then look either too messy or too contrived if I've tried too… Continue reading Wanderlust: flowing rainbow
The next instalment of twinchies created for the Mindful Art Studio Inchie Challenge. Twelve days of creating two-inch-square artworks in response to a prompt word. These are all created as ink drawings coloured with watercolours. The pen I used was a Winsor & Newton fineliner and the watercolours were a mix of Derwent Graphitint and… Continue reading Inchie Challenge 2021 #7–9
Copic markers: green - G46, YG63, G21, YG61, G20purple - V91, V93, V95, V99hair - YR12, Y21, Y00skin - E53, E000, BV00furniture - YR23, YR27, E99moon - Y18background - BG0000 Polychromos pencils: green - 174 chromium green opaque, 170 may greenpurple - 119 light magenta, 135 light red-violetskin - 189 cinnamon Supplies: digital stamps:The Paper… Continue reading Just coloured: art deco charm
Title: Glow bowlMedium: ceramicCreator: Jane Boswell This is a very aptly named tea light holder, all that gilding on the inside means it really does glow with a lit candle in it. I love the obviously hand-crafted nature of it. I don't think it would be nearly as interesting if it was perfectly round with… Continue reading OPA: glow bowl
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