4TH CLASS OF ONLINE ART COURSE

I chose this class as I have not worked in watercolours and thought I would challenge myself. So I hooked upto to TAMMY GARCIA's - WATERCOLOUR PLAYGROUND.
Here is a link to her blog - www.daisyyellowart.com

 Typical me went charging in like a bull in a china shop and didn't follow instruction properly, only realising when I had finished the piece.  The lesson was about BLENDING.  What did I do.... straight on the page with each colour instead of varying the intensity of each one and seeing what affect a wetter brush/drier brush would have.  Anyway not to worry I can always do another piece.

Lesson one was just a test piece to get us used to using the paints and a brush.

Once dry I added acrylic paint and a black liner pen to create stitch marks.  If you have read previous blog posts you will know I am sticking with an embroidery theme through out the course as it will act as design ideas for my stitchwork.

Forward thinking I thought this piece would make a nice book cover for the pages I will be doing over the next lessons in this class. Hope you like it and are feeling inspired.

Don't forget to add  your artwork to our FLICKR PAGE in the side bar.  Better do it myself  while I am thinking about it.

21 SECRETS ONLINE ART COURSE - Class 3

If you read the last posting you will have seen that I have started an online art course named 21 SECRETS.
Here are some pictures of the third class I have taken.  The teacher was CATHY BLUTEAU and the title of the class was DOODLING OUR WAY.

The aim was to build up a collaged picture using papers, pens, paints, whatever materials you wanted.  I am sticking with my embroidery theme and after photocopying some fabrics onto paper I then used the papers to make my picture.

 Next I added acrylic paint and machine stitched over the whole piece then I went back over it with the paint and pin pricked different areas.

Here is a link to Cathy's blog www.cathyb.typepad.com

This is the back

If anyone else is doing 21 SECRETS don't forget to post your photographs of your work on our FLICKR SITE the link is in the side bar

sorry about the reflection of the glass

21 SECRETS ONLINE ART COURSE

I have started this online course where 21 teachers give online tuition in different art techniques through projects.  You can do as many or as few as you like over the coming months.  Via the website you load up images of your work and other members can comment.
My first project run by Joanne Sharples was to make an art book from fabric and to include stitched words on the front cover.

I intend using it to draw and record my embroidery work.  Here is my first page.

My next class run by teacher Ro Bruhn centres around using recycled envelopes.  I have made a book from ones I collected, trimming them down first.
Again sticking with the embroidery theme I will be filling it with postcards and images of the work of textile artists I like and some embroidery samples as well as drawings.

Here are some flowers painted using acrylic paint pens and the inside of  used envelopes.

On this page Ive mimicked in paint pens the dress of the girl and I will make a piece of embroidery to match then insert  into the window at the bottom corner of the book.

Mo Allan and Annisart are also doing the course and we will be featuring some of their work too I hope.
Try linking across here if you are interested in the course.

www.21secrets2013.ning.com

What type of sketchbook do you prefer.....

 Fellow SKETCHBOOK FRIEND Mo Allan mentioned work done in a tiny book and it reminded me of this one I got in Italy a few years ago.

Then I started thinking about other books I have either bought myself or been given as presents

So I got a few out and thought I would show you.

I got this one at a textile exhibition and use it to make notes in for my shop.

I love this one its called WALLS and I got it in a gift shop in Rawtenstall, Lancashire.

Each page is a picture of a wall but it is a note/sketchbook

Show us the book you like best by adding it to the group's flickr page in the side bar.

Happy Easter by the way... spring weather should be with us soon

Lynn x

Working in pen and ink

 I noticed some really good pen and ink drawings on SKETCHBOOK FRIENDS FLICKR PAGE recently.

 Pop over to the link and have a look and see if you think you could produce something in the same medium.

The subject doesnt matter do whatever feels right for you.  Even a doodle or a bit of zentangling like the ones below.

Post your picture on the Flickr page so we can all have a look.

I am following the blog of multi talented artist/crafter PAM GARRISON  

Pam Garrison

www.pamgarrison.co.uk

Link on to her blog and you will be able to go to her other sites to see lots of her work including stitchwork.

Here's Pam's blog profile

Pam Garrison is an artist passionate about creating and inspiring others to create. She is known for her distinctive use of color and her inventive use of everyday materials. Here, on her blog, she shares her various creative adventures and hopes after visiting, you might join in with a paint brush, glue gun, needle and thread, journal, or any of the other tools she fancies ... there are so many, and the list keeps growing! See the "In the Pages of" link on the blog to find some of her published works. She is currently developing online e-courses (really, they're in the works, she promises!) and teaching in-person workshops. Pam resides in Southern California with her husband and two children where she always strives to incorporate creativity into her daily life.

 

Pam Garrison

  Hope you like her work too.

Lynn

New Sketchbook Friends pages.....

 

I hope you are enjoying the sketchbook diary pages of Hwee as much as I am.

 

I like this picture of Kris's, I've marked it as a favourite of mine.

Its called Neighbours House.

 

 Mo never ceases to amaze me with what she comes up with.

Link over to the group flickr page there are LOADS of amazine new sketchbook pages for you to look at.