Inktober and Glass Bauble Vase

Inktober Day 5, the prompt today is chicken

I bought this little glass bauble vase a couple of years ago but have only just got round to doing something with it. The little house was 3D printed and then painted, the detail doesn't show up very well in the photos. For the base I embroidered on felt using mainly French knots, running stitch and beads.

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Inktober 2018 Day 4

Day 4 - Spell

Inktober2018 - Day 3

Inktober 2018

October is the start of another new inktober, an ink drawing challenge that lasts the month. Are you going to join in? See here for details, rules and prompts.

I'm going to use a small sketchbook [4"x 4"] for this challenge and do fairly simple drawings.

Day 1 - Poisonous

Day 2 - Tranquil

Working Woman

I combined a photo, a vintage image and a drawing.

The photo is Joe the quilter's cottage at Beamish, the vintage image is the woman's body and the drawing is the face.

Pages 31-34 from Sketchbook 60

I started the page with a bit of texture, I used one of my card cut outs as a stencil and mark maker.

The puffins were from a brochure

This bird was painted

The white areas are where I applied a resist [it was an old lip salve which i didn't like]. 

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Pages 26-30 from Sketchbook 60

The Elk's Adventures

My elk was copied from a medieval elk made of stone I think.

He's in Bessie Surtees House in Newcastle

A balancing act at Happisburgh, Norfolk

In the 'junk' room at Chillingham Castle

Watching the horses in a field at Beamish

Who knows where he is here.

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Elliot's T-Shirt, Swatch

I used Elliot's drawing swatch sample to decorate a t-shirt for him.

A swatch I missed out from the last set was this Marrakesh inspired design.

The repeat pattern shown first then the actual fabric swatch. The design can be made smaller on the Spoonflower shop page.

Pages from Sketchbook 60

My favourite is the frog

Animal Cuts

Hi, I'm back, I've had a lovely time in Sorrento. 

I created these a while ago.

 They were all drawn on my tablet and cut with my digital printer - KNK Zing Air.

Painted backgrounds.

These were just try outs on card saved for recycling, hence the strange coloured animals.

More Fabric Designs

The last of this bunch of swatches

The fabric swatches are on top and what the design looks like as a repeat pattern is below.

Bright flowers 

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Deco pattern

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Paint - this one doesn't flow as a repeating fabric but could be used on small projects.

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Tile pattern

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Elliot's fabric

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Swizzling circles

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I'll not be posting for a couple of weeks but I will be back.