Friday Catch Up - 4th April 2025

Doodlewash Art Challenge - April

 1- Fool, 2- Wallaby, 3- Black Heron, 4- Red Hair, 5- Pincushion, 6- Starfish Cactus, 7- Wheel, 8- Giraffe, 9- Pebbles, 10- Tulip Poplar, 11- Sultan Tit

Friday Face Off

For the large flowers I used watercolours, the centre rectangle is glossy photo printer paper painted with acrylic markers

Gelli Print Book

Gelli Printed Daffodils

I arranged the daffodils after using them for gelli-printing.

The one above was done on a silicone mat rather than a gelli plate, think I need a bit more practice.

Other flowers with the daffs.

Photo Challenges - Stockholm, Sweden

Pull up a Seat

This poor soul has a seat on the floor. It's a rag and bone sculpture highlighting the issue of homelessness.

The rowing boat is at the Vasa Museum

Monday Window

There are a lot of impressive buildings in Stockholm.

 I'll not be posting next week.

Enjoy your week.

 

Friday Catch Up - 21st February 2025

Friday Face Off

Faces painted on fabric with Inktense blocks and pencils. It's quite difficult to paint on fabric because if the paint is quite wet, it spreads and if it's too dry it doesn't cover. The first picture is my mum from a few years ago. The others are random faces I found on the net.

 Doodlewash Art Challenge

15. Ancient

16. Monochrome, 17. Sweet Potato

18. Ostrich, 19. Snow, 20. Narcissus

21. Pirate, 22. Slippers

Photo Challenges

Monday Window and

Thursday Doors

Copenhagen, Denmark[above Copenhagen Royal Cast Museum, below Christiansborg Palace]

Fredicia, Denmark

Hammershus Castle, Bornholm, Denmark

Pull up a Seat

Visby on the island of Gotland, Sweden

Thanks for your visit, enjoy your week.

Friday Catch Up - 3rd January 2025

Hope you've had a good start to the new year.

Doodlewash Art Challenge

Friday Face Off

January 1. Polar Bear, 2. Cream Puff

3. Pega Donkey

December 28. Candles, 29. Cat, 30. Wondrous

I used some new water based acrylic paint markers for this Doodlewash Art Challenge. I wanted a light grey but the only light one was metallic so my cat is part metallic.

These are the markers, they are double ended.

Gelli Prints

Leaf print which I altered slightly in Photoshop.[I'm not sure how long I'll have Photoshop as it's going up in price so I'd better make the most of it while I've got it]

Another leaf gelli print, the first one is the original gelli print, then alterations in Photoshop using neural filters on the three below it.

Two gelli prints combined in Photoshop

The originals below

Did anyone eat turkey over the holidays?

They are quite beautiful apart from the blobby bits below the beak.

These were seen at Beamish Open Air Museum.

Flower of the Day

Enjoy your weekend. 

The weather forecast says snow, rain, wind and cold here for the next few days.