Thursday, 30 August 2018

Thursday Journal with Neet

This week we are drawing a face, with the colours,  Cerise and Turquoise. I used paints for the face and water soluble wax crayons and stamps for the background. The hair started off all turquoise, but it looked even worse than it does now, so I added some red. I really need to practise doing faces and see if I can make them look just slightly presentable.
We were at Neet's for a few days and nearly talked ourselves to a standstil. We didn't get any crafting done but put the world to rights and caught up with all the news. This page was therefore done in a hurry.

Monday, 27 August 2018

Every Inchie Monday -- Iceland.

Now here is a country I would love to visit. Iceland is the country this week. I have made an attempt to draw the National bird which is the Gyr Falcon. It is the largest in the Falcon species and not easy to get on an inch. The first one I did looked like an overfed pigeon, so it had to be slimmed down. The national flower is the Water Aven and I have sewn that one.
I have sewn the National flower, the Mountain Aven.






Thursday, 23 August 2018

Thursday Journal with Neet

This week the theme is Vintage and the colours cream and sepia. I have used evergreen bough as my third colour. Why I chose this theme I don't know. It's a theme I use quite often, but found it difficult to tie it in with my Dylusion figures. The background is distress inks and a craftersworkshop clock stencil. All done in a bit of a hurry again, I will catch up on everything one day, but not yet.


Monday, 20 August 2018

Tag Tuesday -- Landmarks.

This is my third tag for Tag Tuesday, I couldn't not do one of Paris and some of it's beautiful landmarks. It is composed mainly with stamped images s and some flowers, brads and lace.


Every Inchie Monday -- Jordan

This week we are in Jordan in the Arabian Peninsula. I have drawn the National bird, the Sinai rose finch, and the National animal the Arabian oryx. I knew nothing about this animal which is the smallest member the oryx genus. It is medium size antelope with a distinct shoulder hump and long straight horns and a tufted tail. My one inch version is missing some of these features. In fact looks very uncomfortable.  I made it out of soft leather.



Thursday, 16 August 2018

Journal Page with Neet

This week the theme is Little Monsters and the colour blue and red. I had forgotten that Neet had changed it to purple and cerise. Note to self: write things down in the right place, not on a random scrap of paper. I used distress inks for my background and a Finnabair stencil. The monsters are a mixture of stamps coloured with watercolour pens.


Tuesday, 14 August 2018

Tag Tuesday -- Landmarks

It's my turn for this fortnights theme on Tag Tuesday.  I have chosen landmarks, and you can choose a landmark near you, or one that is not quite so well known, or one that reminds you of a holiday. It will be interesting to see what you all choose for your landmarks.
 I have done a watercolour of Stonehenge as my first one. My second one is the Angel of the North. The picture shows how large it is by the size of the people in front of it.



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