Watercolours and Digital Art, Paper Houses

Doodlewash

Chick

Novel - she's reading Watership Down

Recycle

Kitten

Altered photo

I've been doodling faces again then adding them to a vintage photo.

Another digital doodle

Before Christmas I cut out some paper houses and put tea lights inside

 

Random Paintings and T-Shirt

 I tried to copy from photographs for the deer above and the two paintings below but was disappointed with how they turned out. Stick to my usual style or practice more?

My daughter asked if I could decorate 3 t-shirts with vintage 79 as she and two friends were celebrating 40th birthdays. I cut the numbers and letters out of heat transfer vinyl on my digital cutting machine. They were then ironed onto the t-shirts.

I'll not be posting for a couple of weeks or so but I'll be back.

Zebra and other cuts

These are pages from a sketchbook I keep for my experiments with my cutting machine.

The zebra was cut from. black card on a painted background.

I used the apple cut as a stencil [not the neatest painting]

The butterfly is yellow card on a painted background.

The following I cut and used as stencils, some from card [cereal boxes] some from plastic [folders].

Pink card cut outs. 

The green bricks are part of stencil - I stopped the machine half way through as the plastic wasn't fully secure.

I'm linking with Paint Party Friday

Big Brother Saurus

The new baby's big brother who is 3 loves dinosaurs so I decorated this t-shirt for him.

I altered some clip art on the web so it was suitable for cutting on my KNK. I added the words and cut it from heat transfer vinyl then applied it to the t-shirt with a heat press.

Bodysuits for Baby and Hippopotamuses

I bought plain white baby bodysuits and decorated them with heat transfer vinyl.

I cut the animals out on my KNK cutter and then used an easy press to adhere them to the bodysuits.

The model for the bunny was a crochet bunny I made a few weeks ago. The teddy and chick were also drawn from scratch but I altered clip art for the zebra and elephant. 

More drawing practice

Happy Paint Party Friday

Mandala Patterns

I used to do a lot of mandala patterns on my tablet o use with my cutting machine. Here I've used the patterns to make a digital collage. I used a page from a vintage sewing book I have. It's the same pattern but one has thicker lines.

Recently I have tried using HTV or heat transfer vinyl to cut on the machine. For my first experiment I used various mandala patterns and ironed them on fabric which I then made into a bag. I chose the  colour I liked the least from the pack as it was an experiment. In hindsight I think my pressing area was to soft as it didn't adhere as it should have. Cover your eyes the [awful] colour is so bright.

I also tried the adhesive backed vinyl. I did some lettering for my storage boxes. I found it a nightmare to weed [that is to get rid of the bits of vinyl not required after cutting]

I thought I would try cutting a piece to use as a stencil on fabric. This weeded better and worked well for one use only as a stencil [yellow fabric paint]. I cleaned the paint off the red vinyl but it tore, but I stuck the remainder onto a box in my study anyway.

I'm linking with Paint Party Friday

Animal Cuts

Hi, I'm back, I've had a lovely time in Sorrento. 

I created these a while ago.

 They were all drawn on my tablet and cut with my digital printer - KNK Zing Air.

Painted backgrounds.

These were just try outs on card saved for recycling, hence the strange coloured animals.