Colouring my Drawings

I couldn't get to a new sketch book or the fabric I needed for a project because we are refitting the bathroom and there are things all over the place so I decided to colour in some drawings I did last year. They were ideas for some 3D layered pictures, the results can be found here.

Anyway back to the colouring. The top one I did with brush pens and it looks very messy.

I used watercolours on this one, doing the background last and it also looks messy.

I did the blue background first on this one and it looks better.

Same again, but it does alter the colours that are used on top.

The brown trees and bushes were already done from last year on this one.

I think my painting is getting as bad as my stitching, more untidy the older I get!

Girls

Cornflower Pods

One of the more interesting things in the garden today were these Cornflower pods. I picked a few to draw but I've not taken photos of the results so I will save them for another time. {also you won't be able to see how bad the drawings are compared to the real thing}

Embroidered Quilting Sample

In May I started doing some quilt samples with a view to making a book but I got bored so didn't continue with it. This is one of the samples that I've been working on and off since then and at last I've finished it. I may put it in a book of fabric pages or perhaps use it in the centre of a cushion.

For the design I chose part of a page from a colouring book and used Sulky Sticky Fabri-Solvy. {print it then stick it on your fabric, rinse off after sewing}. The thread was Madeira Decor which I found shredded a lot especially with the Fabri-Solvy as it was quite sticky.

I used mainly back stitches in various sizes with some French Knots.

Inktober 2017 24-31

Here are the rest of the Inktober drawings. I know it is now November but I did do the drawings in October, I've not had access to my computer for a few days.

 

24 . Blind

25. Ship

26. Squeak

27. Climb

28. Fall

29. United

30. Found

31. Mask

Baa

Android tablet art

Inktober 2017 19-23

19. Cloud

20. Deep

21. Furious

22. Trail [I used a parallel pen for this one]

23. Juicy

Gee Up

Inktober 2017 14-18

 14. Fierce

15. Mysterious

16. Fat

17. Graceful

18. Filthy

Inktober

Fancy Flower

I first drew the outline flower on my tablet

then coloured it in

I also did this fancy pattern and this is what I used on the flower at the top, only smaller and many times over

Inktober 2017 - 10 to 13

10. Gigantic

11. Run

12. Shattered

13. Teeming

Studio Workspace

My studio has been re-arranged and one of the clever things my husband came up with were these pull out drawers for my printer and cutter. Before they were on top of the workbench which made it difficult to work there because they were in the way.

Inktober 6-9 2017

Inktober 2017

I'm joining in with the Inktober challenge again this year. The challenge is to do one ink drawing each day. There is a prompt list if you need ideas. More details can be found here and here

I've decided to follow the prompt list but I'm not sure it is a good idea because I do the quickest drawings and they are not looking too good as you can see below.

1. swift

2. Divided

3. Poison

4. Underwater 

5. Long

[I used a Pilot Parallel Pen for the last two drawings]