Catch Up Friday 24 09 21

 Digital Art

I did the first doodle on my tablet, then transferred to the computer to make it into a repeating pattern.

I then used Neural Filters in Photoshop to get the finishes below.

Altered Photo

Fabric Design

This was an entry for a Spoonflower contest. We had to do something with these three particular colours. 

Happy Paint Party Friday

Fabrics and Altered Book

 I ordered some new swatches of my designs from Spoonflower while the special offer was on. 

I don't know where my brain was on the day I ordered but I ordered the mice design twice [one should have been pigs] and also I ordered a fat quarter instead of a swatch. Doh!

Anyway here they are

Altered Pissarro Book

I did a few more pages in the art book of Pissarro

Watercolour, Acylic and Digital

 Doodlewash - Watercolour

Mars

Tea

Earthworm

Acrylic Painting

i thought I would have another go with acrylics for a change. I did a landscape from an art book trying to copy in a loose sort of way but I didn't like it. Next I watched a utube video with Angela Anderson painting an owl which I had a go at. I like how it turned out.

Fabric Design - Digital

I entered a Spoonflower contest entitled Rococo last week with this. I should have posted earlier then you could have voted for it LOL. I used colours that were used in original Rococo design. 

Paint Party Friday is continuing for another year so join in the fun here

Watercolours, Topsy Turvy Doll, Fabric Design

Doodlewash Watercolour Challenge

Door

Launch

Opening

Topsy Turvy Doll

I've been wanting to make one of these dolls for a while. I was going to make my own pattern but then I saw some on Etsy and decided to buy one. I'm not that good at following patterns so I had problems all the way. Having said that the instructions were not that good, quite confusing at times. She has an unusual shaped head for a rag doll and together with my cutting out, stitching and stuffing the shape was even more unusual. I also decided to paint on her features instead of embroidery. This didn't go well and one head ended up really messy so I decided to make her into Cinders and have a patchy and grubby dress. She looked a lot better after her hair was put on but her features could be better. She was supposed to have a smart dress one side and housecoat on the other, I made the housecoat into the patchy dress with added 'dirt'. It was really hard sewing puff sleeves into the dress. I used fabrics and wool I'd already got. How do people sew really small fiddly things? I may make another tospy turvy doll in the future but I don't think I'll be using this pattern even though I quite like her now.

I've entered a design contest at Spoonflower this week, yellow and gray challenge. Anyone can vote for their favourites by visiting the Spoonflower site.

I'm linking with Paint Party Friday

 

Doodlewash, Spoonflower Contest and Bibs

Doodlewash - Watercolour

Gate - this was a gate on a pig sty

Young

Sprout and Growing

Digital Design

Spoonflower had a contest for a small scaled geometric pattern last week, the pattern above is what I entered but below are the various stages I went through to get to the final.

Sewing - Dribble Bibs

Happy Paint Party Friday

 

Fabric Swatches

I ordered a batch of fabric swatches from Spoonflower. They are about 8" square but I decided to reduce the size of some of the designs so they would fit multiple repeats on the swatch. I don't think it worked well with some of them so I've increased their size back.

Now I've bought swatches all these fabric designs are for sale on Spoonflower.

All these were printed on Petal Signature Cotton. They don't print as bright and vivid as on the velvet.

I used my sister's knitting book as a background for this one.

This is the original design for this pattern

And made into a repeating pattern

The colours look a bit different to my original design