Ship Flowers

The anchors are the paper rings [what do you call them?] from anchor threads.

Sketchbook 15 - 10 pages

I think these are the last pages from sketchbook 15 which was all about boats, sea, fish, coast, sea birds etc

Above - collage of found images

Below -brush pen drawing [that strange creature is a kind of jellyfish]

below - watercolour painting

below -watercolour background, found images

below- collage of found images [you can see it better by clicking on the image]

Below - watercolour background, found images

Below - watercolours

Fish, Birds and Porthole

View from a porthole [cut out]

below is the full view

simple bird sketch

painted fabric and stitching

orange fish shapes cut from found picture of another sea creature

Ice and Collages

We are having a conservatory built and this was the ice on the window this morning - hope it is warmer in there when it's finished!

Below- pages from sketchbook 15- collage incorporating postcards and found images

Boats

Three brush pen drawings, one collage and brush pens and one painted fabric with machine stitching, distressed and on a stamped, painted background.

Boats - Collage, Rolling Stamps 72-75

A recent visitor said she quite often has problems with my blog freezing up and not behaving and I was wondering if anyone else has had problems too?

Pages from sketchbook 15, all about boats, sea etc

The boat above has been painted on fabric and a stitched outline. I attached the fabric to the page with stitching after I ripped the page out of the book, then reattached the page with hand stitches.

Below is a collage of vintage postcards and a found image. I removed the card backing from the photo by soaking it in water and then peeling off. It doesn't always work to well, hence the ragged look.

A visitor said she quite often has problems with my blog freezing up

Rolling Stamps 72-75

I've used textured wallpaper for all of these, some are the same wallpapers but different sections of it.

See my article in Cloth Paper Scissors about making rolling stamps, free download here

Shape Collage and Doodles

I used a free download from shapecollage to arrange 199 of my flower photos in the shape of a teddy and the flower below. Click the images to enlarge.

 More doodles from a sketch book. I used a letter/number stencil in this one.

IF, frog scarf, doodle

My frog garden sprayer has grown himself a scarf [ready for winter?]

Illustration Friday - the challenge this week is 'boundaries'

Another brush pen doodle