In the studio

I´m working on a piece of my very own fabric (thanks to Spoonflower!)  It´s a square, so I´m not entirely sure what I´m making yet, just working on it and seeing where it takes me...

The Butterfly effect

What a great project - I'm signing up!

Everyday objects

I'm now working on the Sketchbook Challenge.  The theme for August is "Everyday objects".  I've started with something that has very much become an everyday object for me - my paintbox!

And a little realism in the form of a homegrown pear......

Postcard 3 and they're ready to go

Postcard 3........ A summer's day is alive with colour

And they're all ready to be sent off to Lenna's Creative Swap.  Can't wait to receive my 3 postcards in the post!

Postcard 1

The theme for this Creative Swap is "A Summer's Day".  I registered yesterday and am a bit of a tight schedule and need to get everything off next week if it's going to arrive in the USA by the 17th of September.  Don't want to miss the swap!  Naturally, I had to start off my postcard making with some whimsical, colourful flowers.  Here it is:

The postcards don't all have to be the same, so I'm going to try a stitched postcard next and see how that works out.... I have some lovely silk scraps I'm going to play around with.  I've never made one before, so it should be fun. 

Creative Swaps

I have just stumbled across a fabulous blog called Creative Swaps. The Creative Swaps Blog organizes, shares and showcases art exchanges (art swaps) that are hosted by mixed media artist and instructor Lenna Young Andrews. This is such a briliant idea and I'm super keen to participate I've just signed up to make my 3 postcards - how amazing to swap little bits of art with people around the world!

By the way, Lenna's offering some exciting giveaways in celebration of her 1000th post. Go take a peek!

New pics for Sketchbook Project 2012

The latest additions to my Sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project 2012.  Can't believe I only have 1 page left to fill! (and there I was worried I wouldn't have anything...)

Yay!  I'm finished!  Click here to see the whole sketchbook.

Sketchbook Project 2012

I recently discovered a very exciting project called the Sketchbook Project 2012. I joined up, got my little sketchbook in the post and am a couple of pages away from finishing. The pages are really thin and not thick enough for proper watercolour painting (I tend to use 300- 350gsm paper when painting). I like painting really loosely and using huge amounts of water.

So, I decided to work with what I had, challenge myself a little and used sharpie, watercolours and coloured pencils.

Here are a couple of my favourites (all drawn and painted while watching the telly in the evening). It's been a really relaxing end to the day. I must admit I'm itching to work bigger and looser though. I now have another 2 pages to fill and then the final touches to make and I can post it off to New York.

 

UPDATE (19/08/2011): got an email today saying my sketchbook has arrived safely in New York.