Best of British Drawing Competition

Public voting starts today ! I entered this drawing in Derwents Best of British Drawing Competition here I said before i havent a hope in hell of winning,but if you want to support me please click on the link and vote for my pic above!it may help :))Voting closes around the 11th July so plenty of time ! There is some lovely work entered Thankyou x

Group Fabric Tagbook

This was a big challenge swap in my UKArt swaps group,to make at least 9 fabric tags,one for each person,then to swap out so we all had different tags back of each others to make a book ! I received them all this week,and have just finished to complete the book by putting the eyelets in and creating a wrap round cover.Above is some of my own tags and the completed cover !

My Purple Mixed Media Book

It was going to be a fabric Book,you may remember i started it last year,have picked it up again to finish,I live and learn,I should have done all the fabric pages first then made the cover ! but no not me i made the book first with Watercolour 140LB pages,so of course after getting a few pages made up and stuck in i was finding problems closing the book ! the end result is to paint some landscapes on the back pages,it does make the book more interesting though,so quite pleased with the outcome ! Also I have entered the "Derwent Best of British drawing Competition here I have,nt got a hope in hell of winning lol but if you want to vote for me on the 11th June it may help me win a bag at least haha,take a look there is some wonderful entries !

Fabric Postcards

I get very bored on Saturdays,whenever that happens i make my way to the art room ,thats what happened yesterday !I really love to make postcards,so throwing a load of already dyed fabric pieces and felts etc,I began to get ideas,I first made a stamp out of Fun Foam of some ferns,my hands dont like me putting pressure on them due to RA, so the ferns were simple and quick...... No 1 the poppies are a section taken from an oil painting i finished last year,I transfered the image onto fabric through my printer,then added black beads for the poppy centres,,first i stamped the ferns over the top with Luminere paint,which drys very quickly.I layered onto stiff Vilene,was really pleased with the outcome. The next was just a matter of arranging and designing what i had to hand,felts and fabric images beads etc..the afternoon just flew ! hope you like, I was pleased to fill another day creating something from nothing as it were :))

I,m just giving this pen and ink work an airing,i drew it from life years ago for my father,it sat on his wall for years, he passed away five yrs ago so i now have it back,I couldnt believe the patience i had in those days lol,I just wanted to show it on my blog,it holds lots of memories for me.

Book of Days Continues.........

Yes i,m still plodding on with my Book of Days,and no I would,nt have believed I would stick at it this long,so pleased i did, I have learned so much ! These books are all completed,now i have to make my volume IV for the month of May..........and who would believe i would be painting ladies!

She is mixed media on a 14x10 canvas,I even used modelling paste (bottom right)Inspired by Effy Wild and Tamara (Willowing)here Another page for April combining Fabric with paint

I,m loving the journey !

This is a closeup of modelling paste scraped over a mask (stencil) then I used Pan Pastels to colour,Love the effect !

Fabric Postcard

Havent been feeling to good lately this wet weather is playing havoc with my arthritis,have such a lot of swaps and stuff to do,thought i would make a start this morning,its just tipping it down out there ughhhh. So just finished No 1 swap this fabric postcard,fabric dye'd with Colour wash sprays,the heart i cut out on my diecut machine and backed with felt,I am now devastated as my printers packed in my own fault doing these transfered images through it on freezer paper,I think dust from the fabric has built up round the rollers so it keeps sticking,oooh well,puts thinking cap on,what to do next,it was doing such a good job with these images too ! There is beads hanging on the metal ring you cant see here !

Happy Easter !

Yes i,m still into my book of Days art journal,started a new book for the month of April A4 size,I so enjoyed making it ! So of course the first page was April 1st,which just happened to be Palm Sunday ..........

I never thought i would be into drawing and painting this sort of thing below,but Effy Wild so inspires me ! quite pleased with the outcome,with the aid of Masks(stencils)Tim Holtz colour washes for backgrounds,paint and all sorts,making lots of layers ! enjoyed !!

Sharing Pippa's link,she has a fab givaway ! here

Book of Days continues.....

I am still really loving working with my Facebook group "Effy Wilds Book of Days,here is some more pages and Happy mail I have received from the girls !If you would like to join us scroll down on the righthandside,the link for Book of Days is there !

My book made for next month March !looks like i will have to make a new book each month ! so will end up with 12 volumes lol

In the group we send each other happy mail,that we could possibly use in our pages,I love Happy mail ,this Tag is from Holly my DIL

More Happy Mail from Canada etc

Happy Valentines Day !

Pages for my Book of Days art journal,created with my new Inktense blocks and pencils by Derwent.

Fabric Tags

Fabric Tags preview A long job,but i,m getting there !