The Sketchbook Project [38-41]

The Sketchbook Project spread over 4 pages

Below the surface ..... of the forest floor

the top two pages are the leaves, some collaged, the bottom of the right page is cut around some of the leaves and under the leaves on the next two pages are the insects, creepy crawlies, snails, ants etc

Paints [gesso, watercolours, acrylics], pens, brush pens, felt pens

People Book [31]

Altered Book

Snake Fabric & Illustration Friday

 A digitally printed fabric I designed & printed when I was at college. It was inspired by a snakes & ladders games board, although I just used snakes and no ladders.

This is my drawing for this week's Illustration Friday challenge - Burning

People Book [29,30]

Altered book for art practice - people drawing

TAST week 37

Take a Stitch Tuesday for week 37 is Kiko's Flower Stitch. Sharon of Pin Tangle says the stitch was shown to her by a lady from Japan. I've sewn my sample on plain fabric then stitched it to the lace, I cut the lace in the centre to insert my scrap rather than stitching it to the top.

Sketchbook Project [34,35,36,37]

'Below the surface' ..... of the pie crust.

How many blackbirds in the pie? The nursery rhyme says 24, but that is not the answer.

Altered Book - precious

This is part of the first

altered book I ever did, the back page. Lots of pages were glued together and a rectangular section in the centre was cut out for an altered photograph of my 'precious' - my children. Plus a rose, lace, jewels,a coin & a poem.

People Book [26,27,28]

Altered book, and more people drawing practice

People Book [23,24,25]

an altered book which I use to practice my figure drawing

The Sketchbook Project [6,7], Swans, Illustration Friday

The Sketchbook Project 'Below the Surface'

I saw these swans today at Saltwell park, Gateshead

below is for the Illustration Friday challenge 'Afterwards'

Firework Night & Sketchbook Project [32,33]

These are photos of fireworks from Nov 5th 2005, taken near the Millenium Bridge, London.

I've darkened them a little & cropped the top one, but that is all.

The Sketchbook Project - page 32,33

Below the surface  .... of the skin 

I've opened up a new blogger page for all the sketchbook project pages, link near top right

TAST week 36

Aren't the weeks flying by? Week 36 for Take a Stitch Tuesday already!

The stitch is called Turkman Stitch, also known as double chain stitch. When I first looked at the instructions I thought it was going to be tricky, but it was a very simple stitch to do. Join in by clicking on the link above.

The Sketchbook Project [8,9]

"Below the surface"

This one is an underwater village where the sea people live [there are 6 of them in the picture]

Gesso base because of the thin paper, pen, brush pens, watercolours

Green Embroidered Cushion

 A friend was having a sort out and gave me some leftover hand dyed fabric, it was actually a woolen scarf. I have already made a pincushion with this fabric which I posted in May [link], so the remainder I have made into a cushion. I had to cut bits & bobs to make it into a square and I have trimmed the tassels as they were rather long. Everything has been hand stitched with a pearl cotton [blanket stitch] including round the edge and incorporating the fabric on the back of the cushion [which is not the wool.] The big problem now is, how do I get the creases out, they are being very stubborn.

The Sketchbook Project 30-31 & Rats

Another couple of pages for The Sketchbook Project - my theme is 'below the surface'

These bats are below the surface of the cave. I used a black pen for the outline and brush pens for colouring in [I think the background looks a bit messy] The bat in front facing the other way is glued on, although his wings are not stuck down.

I must be still in halloween mode, say hello to my new pet, Ratty. Isn't he cute?

Pumpkins

 My son carved the large pumpkin and his girlfriend did the other one.

Happy Halloween

The Sketchbook Project [22,23] & Illustration Friday

Another spread for my Sketchbook Project - Below the Surface

Pen, brush pens, watercolours

And for the Illustration Friday challege - Spent [the bird spent a great deal of time fishing before he got lucky]

This is made up from some old sketches and some new digital bits and then put together digitally with various alterations.

Skeleton sketch

One from a sketch book, pen drawing

TAST - week 35

 Take a Stitch Tuesday - the stitch for this week is Spiked Knotted Cable Chain  which I have done using the rusty coloured thread [Anchor Pearl 5] on linen.

Postcard Art - Lady on Horse

Postcard art using found images, arranged & manipulated digitally