Frivolity!

At "Mixed Media Workshops" we had to do a "Word of the Year" art challenge - and I chose Frivolity!  I certainly need to relax and have more fun with my art, instead of worrying about the end result. I can be too much of a perfectionist and generally just think too much instead of just "doing!"  So I went with the flow, and this is the outcome!  I am quite pleased with the result.  I don't usually choose greens, so maybe this has some secret message for me - new growth, perhaps?  Here it is:

More art coming soon! :)

Wilde and Free Workshop

The is one of my paintings from the "Wilde and Free" workshop, painted in my moleskine journal.  I found it hard-going painting the layers of acrylic on the face! (Micki makes it look so easy!)  It probably didn't help that I used thick acrylic paint, rather than the liquid kind!  I did enjoy it though - all I need to do is put in the practice!  Here it is:

I will be back with more paintings soon! :)

Finished Journal Page!

Here is the finished journal page I made for a swap!

I painted the poppies first in watercolour and gouache. I then added collage elements from card stock, paper, magazines and fabric. Finally I added doodles and writing with my Posca pens, a metallic gold brush pen and my Staedtler ink pen!  I hope my swap partner likes it!  I certainly enjoyed making it! :-)

Hope you are having a lovely day!

See you soon! :-)

Wilde and Free Workshop!

Hi friends

A belated Happy New Year to you!

The weather has been awful with heavy rain and floods everywhere - in fact there is  lightening and thunder at this very moment.  My poor garden has taken a battering with fallen fences everywhere!  Oh dear!

But what has cheered me up is the wonderful art workshop that I'm taking at the moment called "Wilde and Free", with the very lovely Micki Wilde, otherwise known as "The Secret Hermit".  It is a mixed media class with a tribal theme. (Go look at her blog for all the info. on her classes - she's on my fave blog list, see below for the link!)  Part of the workshop is to make your own tribal stamps, and here are some of mine:

Once I started, I couldn't stop! It was so much fun!  I highly recommend her workshop, so go have a look!

I am also in the middle of a journal page swap and a paper doll swap with "Mixed Media Workshops"  - come and join in - they are a friendly bunch!

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

Happy Christmas!

I just want to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and thank you for your visits to my blog!  I always appreciate your kind comments.

Have lots of festive fun!  See you soon with some new art. :))

Back to making art cards (ACEOs) again!

Hi folks

I didn't mean to disappear for so long!  Where does the time go?!!

Here are some new ACEOs I've made:

I love drawing whimsical girls -  I recently bought some grey-toned Letraset Promakers, so I thought I'd try them out.  I sometimes like to add a a little bit of colour to brighten up the grey, so I chose a light shade of pink!

I also drew some owls with the same markers, but decided to leave out the extra colour!  Here they are:

Oh! I did draw another bird with colour!  I have a bird calender, where you change the page each day - and on this particular day there was a blue-footed booby!  It looked so cute with it's bright turquoise feet that I thought I'd have a go at drawing a whimsical one.  Here's how it turned out:

I think he looks quite cute - what do you think?!! 

I will be back soon with more whimsical art. 

Until then, enjoy your week! :)

Flickr Raffle Card

Hi friends

I am back after a short break from my blog!  It's so lovely to see the sun shine!  I love warm, sunny days - they put you in the right mood for art! :)

Here is a raffle card I made this morning for the Flickr Raffle Group, (called "Windflowers!")  I want to draw/paint more flowers - they make me feel good!

I am also in the mood to draw angels - like the angel card shown below!  I will be making more like her for my Etsy shop, and maybe to list on ebay too!

I am off to do some weeding now as the garden badly needs it (although I do quite like the "meadow" look, with it's lovely wild flowers!)

Hope you are enjoying your weekend too - I will be back soon! :)