Altered Book

I couldn't sleep one night so I thought I would mess about in an altered book, a Pissarro art book.

I used some old letraset for the apple

Then I painted it with watercolour

I used bits of old greetings cards

 

Red Panda and Toddler Dress

 Another page from my endangered species, this time red pandas. they are so cute.

Watercolour and fine liner

You can read more about these animals on this page, click to expand.

Oil Pastel and watercolours

I made another dress, this one was for my eldest Granddaughter who is 3. She loves the dress.

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Chinese Alligator and Twitter Art Exhibit Book

Another endangered species.

Top - fine liner

Middle - Pencils

Bottom - Callipen & watercolour

I received my copy of the Twitter Art Exhibit Book for 2022 last month. I don't know if it has pictures of every postcard sent in but there are a lot. My postcard is the hare with sunflowers. It is over and done with for this year but they are advertising for next years event which will be held in Vancouver to support UNYAyouth.{Urban Native Youth association}. Anyone can send in a postcard so why don't you have a go?

 

Banteng Wild Cattle

Another animal on the endangered species list.

Watercolour and fine liner

Watercolour and fine liner

Sharpie

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Altered Photos and Bunny Dress

 

Doodles created on my android tablet.

I made a little dress for my youngest Granddaughter.

Asian Elephant

 Another endangered species, read about it by clicking on the image to make it bigger.

fine liner and watercolour

fine liner and watercolour

bamboo pen & ink, watercolour

uni posca pen

fine liner & coloured pencils

faber castell grey artists pen

Nats [god like spirits] seated on elephant drawing of wooden sculpture 1910

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Tuesday Digital Doodles

 

I thought I would try the same flowers with a white background and then a black one.

I wanted a background for my sunflower and I found this one in my archives painted with the 'painter' app on my tablet. I did adjust it with a filter in photoshop because the sunflower was blending in too much.

Scribble doodle

Digital Doodles

 Just messing about with some quick doodles on my android tablet.

and then adding the pig to a photo taken at Fountains Abbey

the rose was added to a photo taken at Nunnington Hall

this one is just a doodle and not added to anything else

Sun Bears

 This is another animal on the endangered list

Pen and watercolour

This was the first painting I attempted of the sun bear. I used bamboo pens and inks. I didn't like the outcome so I had another go at the same picture but with watercolours and pen. Still not great so I did the one at the top. Guess I need some more practice with sun bears.

These are the bamboo pens and inks I used.

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A little bit of information about the sun bear. They are one of the most endangered species in the world due to habitat destruction, poaching for sun bear bile [used in traditional medicine] and because of over exploitation for their body parts which are used in ceremonial dances. They are found in Indonesia and other South East Asian countries.

Bear Bile Farming - moon bears, sun bears and brown bears are kept in tiny cages also known as crush cages, sometimes so small that the bears cannot turn around or stand up. Some exist in the cages their whole lives. Bear bile is collected by invasive extraction methods resulting in many infections. Most farmed bears are starved and dehydrated as this can encourage bile production. What they do to these bears is evil and heart breaking and totally unnecessary.

Read more about bile farming here

and watch a video on this page here

Wolf

 I used one of my older paintings to make a repeat pattern for fabric or paper. 

I'll put it on Spoonflower one day.

Musk Deer

 

pen, inktense pencils, water and oil pastels

Musk Deer are on the endangered list. They are often killed by hunters to obtain the musk which is used in perfumes and medicines. Hunting and habitat destruction endanger the present day survival of all musk deer species. The Siberian musk deer is the most threatened.

pen and watercolour

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White Rhino in Ink

 This white rhino was drawn with a bamboo pen and ink.

There are two genetically different subspecies of white rhino - Northern and Southern. As of March 2018 there are only two Northern white rhinos left, both of them female. [Kenya]. The last males died in 2018 but sperm was collected to fertilize eggs. Of the two females left, one has been retired from the breeding program due to age and health.

White Rhino

 I managed to do some new artwork, yeah. 

I thought I would continue in my book of endangered species.

White Rhino of Africa. There are two genetically different sub species - Northern and Southern.

As of March 2018 there are only two rhinos of the Northern [Kenya] species left and both are female.

I used pen, watercolours and oil pastels on watercolour paper.

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Oddments

 A digital doodle in two stages

Another digital creation

My plan for this month was to join in with the World Watercolor Month, but I have done nothing so far! Hope I get my mojo back.