Friday Catch Up 28 09 23

 Doodlewash Watercolour Challenge

23 - Photograph

24 - Fairy Bread

25 - Mouse Deer

26 - Stars

27 - Hummingbird

28 - Music

28 - Music

28 - Music

29 - Toys

There are faces above and faces below on the tree for Friday Face Off

Thursday TreeLove

I don't know whether this tree at Wallington fell down or was chopped down but it has become a wonderful sculpture. It is really quite long but I didn't get a photo to show this. There are faces carved into one side. The first picture shows the front of the tree.

Another gate for Thursday Doors, also at Wallington

Paintings, Hexies and House

Doodlewash Challenge

Penguin

Clock

Fairytale, Frog and Apple

Big hexies for my next bag

Rustic House

It's made from modelling compound. My husband is not impressed, he says it's good if a five year old had made it.

Don't forget to check out Paint Party Friday

 

Watercolour Sketches, Snowman Sculpture and Patchwork Bag

Doodlewash

Peppermint, Ribbon, Cookies

Snowman

I based the above painting on this snowman I made with Sculpturemold Modeling Compound. I made his hat from cardboard which I covered in paper. The snowman was painted with gesso and acrylics for the nose, the hat with acrylics. I used pins for the mouth and buttons, google eyes and a piece of scrap fabric for the scarf. I forgot to give him arms.

And I have another patchwork bag made from scraps. The patchwork was all hand stitched but the bag was put together including a lining with the aid of a sewing machine.

It's Paint Party Friday!

 

Great North Snowdogs

These are some of the snowdogs that have been seen in the area recently. There were 61 big and 97 small in total but I only saw these [plus one which I didn't photograph]. They are going to be auctioned to raise money for St. Oswald's Children's Hospice, details here. On the website you can also see all the dogs and the artists.

Geneva

I came back from Geneva yesterday where I've spent a few lovely days.

We had lovely weather most of the time but you can see the clouds coming in on the photo and it was very wet yesterday.

This was a metal sheet sculpture with a cut out of a singer, behind I've captured the lake, mountains and sky which looks like her dress. This was taken at Montreux at the top of Lake Geneva/Lake Leman.

Windows and Walls

I had a trip to Roker Harbour today, it's not far away but I've not been for years. There are new buildings and walkways since I last went. I came across these sculptures set in some of the walls. Actually there were a lot more of them but I just took a selection with my phone camera, so the picture quality is not great.

Five Wheeled Bicycle, Bags of Tree

I went to Beamish again yesterday and saw this five wheeled bike with baskets, like a penny farthing with four stabilisers. It was probably ridden by a woman wearing long skirts. It looks great but must have been really hard work and the brakes did not look too effective.

Today I went to Durham. I have never seen a Christmas tree like this before, have you? It was made from recycled plastic carry bags. It looked like a heap of rubbish but I have since seen pictures of it lit up and it looked very effective.

I also came across this sculpture called 'The Journey' by Fenwick Lawson

It is a tribute to the story of St.Cuthbert's coffin which went on a long journey from Lindisfarne to Durham in the 10th century.