Life Book 2013!

Yes! – the first Life Book class for 2013 is up and is not disappointing. As always – Tam gives such excellent value for money. This weeks lesson has two parts to it! This is my interpretation of the first part.

I created the background using neocolour crayons, then drew my Fairy Art Mother in pencil and coloured her using more neocolour crayons. I liked the way she looked on the page so rather than adding my text to the physical page, I added it digitally after scanning her.

I’m off to get on with the main project now – see you later!

Rose Blend

I’ve decided to try and take a photo every day this year to improve my photography. Yesterday I took a photo of my Christmas roses, but you know me … I can’t help but play blending games with my photos!

I just love the way it turned out! What do you think? You can see all of the originals here.

Expansion!

Do you remember the new stencils I got just before Christmas? I found a small tub of Light Moulding Paste and decided to see how it worked with the stencils.

I applied the moulding paste through the stencil then painted it with metallic acrylic paint when it was dry. I just love the texture that resulted! I’ll definitely be asking for a big tub of moulding paste for my birthday later in the month 🙂

After scanning the image, I thought it would make a great background for my word of the year for 2013 – Expansion. I didn’t get round to choosing a word for last year with all the upheaval of travelling, but it’s something I do like to do. Have you chosen a word for your New Year?

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had as good a holiday as I did. I’m busy now catching up and getting ready for the new year! Part of my preparations included completing this free workbook from Susannah Conway. It really is my type of workbook with lots of space for drawing and doodling!

This is my response to her instruction to “Sketch out the shape of 2013 in an ideal world”.

I haven’t had time to do any artwork since we got back from our family visits – but don’t worry – I’ll be playing very soon. I’m getting very bad withdrawal symptoms! Meantime let me wish you all a Very Happy New Year with this photo taken a few minutes from our house on our return.