Today is one of those days where I keep staring at the text editor and try to come up with another way of describing my card-making process, al the while my brain is sitting there resolutely refusing to come up with any relevant words. So, as this blog post is supposed to go up tomorrow… Continue reading Violet bow
Oak leaves I don't do people in my art, and while I love animals I am not drawn to representing them either, still life rarely moves me. Instead I tend to focus on nature and landscape, details, and, more recently, abstracts. But it's hard to know where to start with an abstract sometimes and harder… Continue reading Woodland abstracts
When the Pinterest new ideas email drops in my inbox, there's often something that catches my eye and I'll just make a note of it. I try to remember to use Raindrop.io to keep track of things I might want to revisit — you can see some of my bookmarks here. Every now and then… Continue reading Quick play: tar gel and Brusho
Copic markers: yellow - Y15, Y19, Y38, YR02black fur - W4, W6, W8arms/feet - W6, W8, W10wings - BG0000, BG000, BG10flower - BG53, BG15, BG49flower stem - YG01, YG03shadow/ground - W0, W2, W4 Other colouring: Staedtler Triplus finelinersGelly Roll whiteGelly Roll Glaze clearGelly Roll metallic greenGelly Roll Stardust meteor copper Supplies: digital stamps:Skogstokiga - beepaper… Continue reading Just coloured: bumblebee
Well, I thought I'd bought this digital stamp the year before last, but apparently it was four years ago! Where does the time go...? Anyway, this was the first time I've coloured it — I love the ornaments, but I was having problems figuring out how to make them work on a card. Then I… Continue reading Acorn ornaments
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #36 Another piece inspired by Kate Crane, this year's Wanderlust guest host. I do enjoy her way of building up backgrounds with layers of brushed paint and mark-making. The vast majority of the Wanderlust teachers work on double-page spreads in their art journals; I prefer to work on single pages and so… Continue reading Wanderlust: home on a hill
Copic markers: skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, BV01lips - R56, R85nails - R85hair - YR14, YR18, E09, E18dress - V15, V17, V09dress, inside - C6, C8, V17tail - C6, C8, V17, V09tail heart - C6, C8, C10, V17trident - E23, E25, E27, C6, C4, YG09, G07, G46 Supplies: digital stamps:Some Odd Girl - devil… Continue reading Just coloured: devil Dakota
And finally — at least until I buy some more art — a few pieces for which I have lost the artist's details. nail mushroom Inspired by the Swedish saying "koka soppa pÃ¥ en spik" — literally "to cook soup on a nail" or to achieve something, often in times of hardship, with minimal means.… Continue reading OPA: odds and ends
The only plan I had when I started this was to use up the bits of paper left over from cutting out the warm-up pieces, especially the butterfly outline. I stuck all the pieces down without too much thought — other than the positioning of the butterfly — I just wanted to get some texture… Continue reading Jungle butterfly
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
Crafty Rat 