Inktober 13, 14 and Tablet Art

Day 14 - Clock

It is actually a fridge magnet, like a miniature of a clock.

Day 13 - Guarded

York

I went to visit family in South Yorkshire at the weekend and on the way back home we did a detour to York. These are a few of the photos I took there. We were lucky with the weather, it was cold but dry. Dry is an unusual word to use for weather in this country at the moment!

Clockwork [TAW], Art Buttons, Pendant

Take a Word - Clockwork

The clock, hands, clock hands and woman on the clock are images from The Graphics Fairy.

The background is an old one, but my own work, which was inspired by board games.

Click on image to enlarge.

I've put another couple of items in my Folksy shop, but I'm wondering if I should put the rest in Etsy or Misi as I'm finding Folksy so s...l...o.....w, does anyone else have a problem with it?

I have put in some Art Buttons, these are some of the actual buttons that were featured in Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. The card was another image from Graphics Fairy which I altered especially for the buttons.

Also another mini pendant with a hand embroidered flower, mainly French knots

and on the other side is a miniature stitch sampler

Tick Tock, Altered Clock

Not everything always goes to plan and one example of that which I have decided to share with you, is this clock which was originally a plain white plastic clock which I wanted to alter. My plan was to to decorate the sides with crackle paint, but I found that the bottle had dried up. So instead I used acrylic paints and cling film. I tend to use cling film over and over again for altered books as I think anything extra it picks up adds to the texture. However I didn't want it on the clock, I just wanted it white - too bad, I got extra colours. I sanded it too to make it look distressed and one side now looks OK. For the face I combined two pictures, a clock face and another lovely picture, both from The Graphics Fairy. I placed it onto the clock and replaced the hands but found that the paper moved so I decided to glue it in place. Bad move - it crinkled up and looked awful so I had to remove it. I then thought I would print onto a transparency, just a pretty picture and use the existing clock face on the actual clock. This I painted but it came out a lot pinker than I was expecting, I was going for an aged looking brown. After printing the transparency looked strange, it appears that the black ink did not work so I just got the coloured part, which I accidentally smudged when it was still wet. After sorting out the printer I did another different picture on top of the last one just to see if it worked and it did. I re-assembled the clock and guess what - it still works- amazing! I could re-do the clock but it is just hanging in my work room so I am not sure I can be bothered. But it is possible to alter a clock, so if you have a boring old clock that needs a spruce up - go for it. If you need some lovely images The Graphics Fairy blog can be found here.

Skeleton Dance and Time

Still messing with skeletons.....

Below is my entry for Take a Word challenge  - time

My own photos with flower clock drawings. The song is an old one by the Bryds ['Turn, turn, turn' which was  from the Bible -Ecclisiates 3:1] although I remember the version by the Seekers more, but since doing it I keep thinking of the Freddie Mercury song 'Time waits for nobody'.

Challenges x 3

I thought I would enter the above drawing for today's 'Illustration Friday' challenge - 'Mysterious

and I have entered a new challenge this week on Take a Word and the word is 'Time'

[the purple/pink thing is a snake if you can't make it out]

I have received my prize from the Fibre Arts/ Mixed Media challenge in July. I could choose from a range of books and craft items and I chose a quilting book by Anna Faustino called 'Simply stunning woven quilts'. And I agree with the title, the quilts are stunning. If you like bright colours you will like the quilts in this book.  The prize was a random win, so anybody could have won, so are you going to give it a try next month?

Tick-Tock & Soaked

The theme today for Illustration Friday is 'Soaked'. But my frog doesn't want to get soaked so he's sheltering under an umbrella. 

{mixed media - paint effect background, brush pen/felt tip frog, digital brolly & alterations}

Below - Tick-tock, a page from a sketchbook

{brush pens/felt tips}