Not sure about this one

This is my offering for Week 4 of Doodles Unleashed and I am really not too sure about this one at all. It is the first time I have tried to do a face of any kind and I think maybe I need a lot more practice. I think mine looks more like Medusa than girlie glam - but never mind. I have had great fun doing this course and would certainly like to explore more of these techniques - so watch this space.

Over at HeART&Soul we are having an ATC swap running throughout the year. These are the two ATCs I have made for it so far, December and January. Each month there is to a technique, for December it was masking and for January it was bling.

Pass the book

The book Art Saves from a previous post will now be on its way to Jo.C - so Jo if you could email me your address at fionak445@gmail.com then I will get it off to you.

52 Playdates Wk3

I did this page as part of the 52 Playdates week 3. The background was painted using various stencils and acrylic paints. Then I added parts of paper napkins using gel medium, more paint in parts and added some words. I really like the effect this has, so will be out looking for more paper napkins/tissues with nice photos on them.

I will announce who is getting the book Art Saves next on Friday, so if you want to be in the draw leave a comment on the previous post before then.

Pass the Book - Art Saves

As part of Sian's Pass the Book Year One I was lucky enough to receive this book - Art Saves - and I am now ready to pass it on. It is a really interesting book with lots of stories and inspiration from a number of different artists. If you would like to read this book and then pass it on to someone else through your blog leave me a comment and after about a week I will choose someone and send them the book. You can find the details for this in the link above.

Other news this week - was that my eldest son John has got an unconditional offer from St Andrew's University to study Theology starting in September this year. He is one happy boy, but I think enthusiasm for the rest of 6th year has just diminished.

One Line A Day

I have recently subscribed to Ali Edwards weekly newsletter and in week one was the suggestion to use this book - One Line A Day to record something about that day. I really liked this idea and as the book was on Amazon and the price was OK I bought it! There is a page for each day and each page is divided into five different parts for 5 years. So when the book is complete you will be able to see what you wrote on a certain day for each of the five years. There is only about 5 lines for each day, so it should not take too long to do - in fact some days it might be more of a problem condensing what I want to write.

Doodles Unleashed Wk 2

This weeks project at Doodles Unleashed over at Strathmore Artists Online was using watercolours. I used a couple of different colours of watercolour paints and different sizes of brushes and just made marks freely. I then stamped an image a couple of times, then used a flower as a stencil, spritzed with Glimmer Mists, then more doodling on the top. We were supposed to use a really large sheet of  paper but this was the largest I had, so I used it. It was good fun - not as vibrant as last weeks but still enjoyable.

For January's Handmade Item over at thefeltfairyuk I have crocheted another table mat. I did last year and had some cotton left so have made another one in slightly different colours. It uses various cotton wools.

Doodles Unleashed Wk 1

Traci Bautista over at Strathmore Artists is holding a FREE workshop called Doodles Unleashed over the next four weeks. Well as it was free I just had to sign up for it, didn't I? I have just managed to finish week 1 project in time for week 2 going up tomorrow.

This is my first attempt at this sort of mixed media style and while I found it fun, I think I did find it a bit difficult to just 'let go' and probably tried to follow the video a bit too closely.  I think I shall probably try another one and see what happens.

First I used some glimmer mists over various things for stencils and then added lots of acrylic paints, a bit of a colour wash, then some layers of oil pastels, some ink and then used some markers.  Not sure if it is too busy or not.