My Summer...

Hello,

Over the summer I spent a few days in Cornwall, near Land's End with my husband and son. 

Here are some photos-

 It was bit overcast and cold that day, but I still enjoyed being by the water.

Too cold to go in though :-).

Here are some photos of the garden surrounding the house we stayed in. I loved all the textures and colours. They are great visual references.

This is where I sat to paint.

And here I am enjoying a cup of coffee.

 Here are mixed media paintings I did in my sketchbook.

 

Bye for now.

Art Marks 30 Day Challenge-Days 11-15

Hello,

I'm still doing the Art Marks 30 Day Challenge; here are Days 11-15.

Day 11-Lines

Day 12-Puddled

Day 13-Patterned

Day 14-Dashed

Day 15-Loose

Thanks for hanging in there with me!

Bye for now.

Art Marks 30 Day Challenge-Days 6-10

Hello,

I'm still doing my art challenge, these are Days 6-10 and their prompts. 

Day 6-Gridded

Day 7-Dozens

Day 8-Rings

Day 9-Chevron

Day 10-Criss Cross

I hope you feel inspired to do some art yourselves.

Bye for now.

Art Challenge- 15 Days of 15 minute Mixed Media-11/15

Hello,

Here is 11/15-

Acrylic paint marker, gel pen, gelato crayons, magazine collage.

Bye for now.

Art Challenge- 15 Days of 15 minute Mixed Media-1/15

Hello,

In an effort to keep myself motivated and loosen up in my art, I decided to give myself an art challenge. And those of you who know me, know I like a challenge...

I will be doing 15 minutes a day in my sketchbook of mixed media artwork for 15 days. I hope you will follow my progress during this challenge.
Here is 1/15-

acrylic paints, acrylic ink, collage, rubber stamp, white, gold and silver gel pens

Bye for now.

Swindon Open Studios 2014-Weekend 2

Hello,

The Swindon Open Studios are now over and the exhibition at the library will come down this Sunday. So there is still time to see it if you missed it thus far.

Here are some sketchbook work I did during the two weekends. I hope to work on them a bit further and put them on canvases. I will post any work in progress as I go along.

Bye for now.

Ideas for Art Cards/Book and My Summer Break...

Hello,

Here are some sketches done in my sketchbook using gel pens, acrylic markers and watercolour paints. I thought I would use them for either Art cards or covers on small handmade blank books. 

We will be going away to Cornwall again, this time to Newquay. Hopefully the weather there will be as nice as it has been here in Swindon for the past month or so. I will also be taking a 

break from my blog to enjoy the rest of my summer before my son goes back to school and I start a new full time job. Next month I will also be busy getting ready for Swindon Open Studios which starts the first week in September. I will however, post some photos on my Facebook page of any upcoming events, etc.

Bye for now and enjoy the rest of your summer.