Showing posts with label tiger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tiger. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 April 2021

Tiger, Balloon and Digital Patterns

Doodlewash Watercolour Challenge

Tiger


Balloon


Digital Patterns
Created on an android tablet using Infinite Painter. A couple of them were altered on the computer using Photoshop.












 

Thursday, 13 April 2017

Tiger Applique and Embroidery

I started this tiger last year, October I think and finished it in January but I've only just got round to sorting the photos [which were also taken in January] The tiger is now hanging on a wall but I'm thinking it may look better in a glass-less frame.

I started with layers of different patterned fabrics applied to a background fabric with Heat n' Bond. The black fabric [arranged so a lot of it is joined] was partly cut on my Zing but I ended up cutting some of it by hand. [I thought it was the machines fault at the time but it was user error], which was machine stitched on top of the patterned fabrics.
I then applied hand embroidery, running stitches, all over the patterned fabric.






This is a photo before the embroidery was applied.

Sunday, 7 July 2013

Sketchbook 36, the first few pages

I started this book in May [8.5"x 6"], I used stencils for the shapes, they were in a children's book I got from Wilkinson's, a book full of stencils, cheap too.

I bought some Letraset Aquamarkers a couple of months ago and I got some more for a birthday present in May. This shows all the colours I have now. One end of the marker is thick and the other not as thick.
I've still not decided whether I like them or not, they're supposed to work like watercolours but they don't for me. Perhaps I need more practice.
Mixed media- wax crayons, watercolour, found image of tiger, letraset numbers.
I used the aquamarkers for this picture, the flower on the left is a real one.

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Bird and Tiger

Two more pictures I did on my Galaxy Note. The background on the top picture was originally a photo of some dyed lace [altered] and I drew the bird with the 'note' pen.
Below - The tiger head was copied from a photo, the body and background I made up [bet you can tell!]


Saturday, 29 December 2012

Tiger and Lion

Two more altered images from the Naturalist's Library.
The top one was just altered with wire, craft wire, it really is that colour.
The textured background below was a photo I took at Finchale Abbey, not exactly sure what it is now, but there was no water on it. The lion has a surprised look on his face so I thought I would leave on the large ivy leaves.


Monday, 14 May 2012

Swans, Cygnets, Sketchbook Pages, Button Gift


Before my daughter and husband got the train back to London we went to Herrington Park and we saw lots of swans, a pair of them had baby cygnets. But it was really cold.......

When I got back home I opened a lovely packet of buttons which had come from a blogging friend - Sherry. Check out her blog, she is always creating lovely things.


More pages from my big sketchbook - number 12

watercolour background and found images

 and all the rest are watercolour and wax candle background and found images




Friday, 24 February 2012

Capable [IF] and Shape Challenges


For the Illustration Friday challenge - capable
Birds and animals seem very capable at finding food
Collage -watercolour backgrounds, found images 
I accidentally dropped some water in the middle of this picture, hence the blob



Another shape challenge, these are the shapes
and this is what I created with them

and another set of shapes [the green part is bleed thru from the other side]
weird flowers?




Saturday, 21 January 2012

Tiger Book [C&G]


This is an old sketchbook in the shape of a tiger's head I did for a City & Guild's embroidery project. I painted the fabric, embroidered it, cut out some thick card in the shape of the head,  then covered the card with padding as well as the painted fabric. I made a cord to keep the book and pages together. Inside I kept research for the project about tigers and markings. The research was for a fitted [?!] cover for a sofa bed.





This was another sketchbook with samples of painted fabrics for the same project. I made the finished sofa bed cover out of a pair of recycled velvet curtains.