Title: mis-titMedium: glassCreator: Robyn Coetzee Robyn makes lovely fused glass pieces, mostly birds and some jewellery, though she has recently expanded into making ocean-inspired designs as well. I have a small flock of her birds hanging in my craft room window and this was the first one I bought. I was taken with the idea… Continue reading OPA: mis-tit
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #26 Some of the Wanderlust lessons can be a bit formulaic — start with collage, add paint, stencilling, focal point, more paint — but so far they've all allowed for a lot of interpretation and adaptation and the teachers all have numerous other techniques and strategies in their own work. This week's… Continue reading Wanderlust: out of chaos
The starting point for this card was a piece of an acrylic skin that I had peeled off a palette months ago and kept in my pile of scraps. It was just the right size for an art card and only needed a black background to sit on. When I did Wanderlust in 2019, one… Continue reading Art card: Blue Moon
Copic markers: skin - E000, E00, E11grey - W0, W2, W4pink - RV91, RV93, RV95 RV99 (hair)trunk - E33, E44, E47, E49signs - E23, E25, E27trees - YG000, YG11, YG03, YG25, YG17, E33, E37, E27sky - B000 Supplies: digital stamps:The East Wind - Lucy Loo ‘Cheshire cat’paper and card:Neenah solar white 216gsm This image was… Continue reading Just coloured: cheshire cat
Title: Afternoon walkMedium: oil on paperCreator: Susan Bence I'd been following Susan on Instagram for a while when I decided to treat myself to one of her paintings. I love the intensity and depth of colour in her palette, especially her landscapes, and the way she uses sgraffito to add touches of texture. She is… Continue reading OPA: afternoon walk
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #25 I'm not a huge fan of using words in my art but I keep giving it a go in its various forms just in case something clicks with me. However, I did enjoy the process of creating this poem — take random pages from random books, cut out phrases that appeal,… Continue reading Wanderlust: found poetry
I have various small piles of art bits scattered around my craft room. All sorts of things. Purchases that haven't found a home yet, pieces that I've experimented with but can't decide what to do with, unfinished projects, collections of stuff for projects that have yet to be started, and lots of leftovers from completed… Continue reading Art card clear-up
Copic markers: skin - YG61, G21, YG63lips/eyes - YG63, G46, G29hair/dress - RV11, RV32, RV34greys - C0, C2, C4, C6, C8, C10wand - E29, W8wand swirl - YG00, YG03, YG25 Supplies: digital stamps:Scrap N’ Dipity - Josie zombie witchpaper and card:Neenah solar white 216gsm This image was coloured in February 2018.
Title: BouquetMedium: lino printCreator: Amie Bell I dithered for ages before finally buying this lino print. Not because I wasn't sure about the design — I love it — but because it was available in two colourways. The traditional black on white had that wonderful high-contrast crispness, but then there was this softer silver on… Continue reading OPA: bouquet
This card mask has been floating around my craft room for an absolute age, waiting for the right idea to come along. My first thought was to create a green-man-styled mask with lots of foliage, but that never got past the thinking about stage, though I still think it could work nicely, especially now I… Continue reading Gold mask
Copic markers: fox, white fur - W00, W1, W3fox, brown fur - YR27, E08, E29fox, feet - E29, E49, W10cast shadow - W7grass - YG03, YG17, YG25grass shadow - W5 Supplies: digital stamps:Isabel Cristina - mama and baby fox (free)paper and card:Neenah solar white 216gsm This image was coloured in February 2018.
Title: Autumn HuesMedium: watercolourCreator: Tina Martin I was looking around at ACEOs (art card originals and editions) as they can be an inexpensive way to pick up original art, came across this one and bought it straight away. I love all things nature-related and these autumn leaves really grabbed my attention — the colours are… Continue reading OPA: autumn hues
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #24 For this lesson, the starting point was to think about something we needed or were grateful for and then find a related quote. I was feeling less than perky at the time so I chose the word "comfort" and then went searching for a poem. The poem I found was Inner… Continue reading Wanderlust: butterfly vine
And this is the last of the lessons from Sandy Allnock's mini Copic course Autumn Scenes. For me, this was the trickiest lesson in this course. It was a combination of factors: firstly, I always try not to copy the lesson image exactly and, secondly, I am terrible at visualising things in my head in… Continue reading Just coloured: misty mountains
Title: botanical tile (gold0128)Medium: ceramicCreator: Lisa Ellul Oh the hours I spent trying to decide which one of these to buy. All of Lisa's tiles are lovely but I couldn't just pick one at random. So I made a first pass through, making a short list of the ones that particularly caught my eye, then… Continue reading OPA: botanical tile
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