Another few days of Painting

 Hi all,
         Well I have had another week of painting and have created a few new rounds, however I am not so pleased with this top one as I am with my first one. This started out as completely different, and somehow ended up here, but the scan does not do the colours any justice at all ! Also I am not sure where the middle bit was going either, think I just got a little carried away lol. The second one is alot smaller and is Birch wood,very simple and uncomplicated , but again the colours look a little numpty,so perhaps I might photograph them next time. The last picture is another Zentangle/Zendoodle with a bit of shading. The top one is not finished yet,needs a little more decoration,which I will get done tomorrow.

  Thanks for all your comments much appreciated as always, it is so nice to see what my blogger epals think of my humble efforts in this experimental art of mine.

                                                   

Wood Round Finished

 Hi all,
    As you can see I have now finished my very first wood round and have to say that I am so pleased with how this turned out. I say that because I am not and never have been any good with acrylic paint, so this is quite an achievement for me really. Having said that I have learnt some things as well,primarily to keep my pencil marks for the initial pattern quite light as the paint does not always cover these so well if they are dark, and to work fast if mixing two colours together because it dries so damn quick ! I do have a little spray bottle handy to combat that if needed.
  In my mind this is a bright funky mandala that does not have any specific meaning as such, and could be hanged on the wall or somewhere else via a ribbon which I will attach. The outer edge has been rimmed with orange glitter paint of which I have a fair few colours of and absolutely love. This has yet to be glossed so looks kinda of flat, and once this is done it will brighten the colours plus add protection. I am still undecided about the back yet, so perhaps an inscription of some kind might be ok ?

I have more to come and am already working on another one inspired by the sun and sunflowers, but again in a mandala style.
    

Wood Round

Hi all,
       Thought I would share with you my first ever painted wood round, and although I am loving it so far there is still much to do on it, in the way of adding extra decoration. These are MDF and gessoed first to seal the wood and then sanded back a bit to get it a little smoother. The pattern I just made up as I went along free handing so the proportions may not be 100% correct, but I am not too fussed about that to be honest. I am still undecided whether to do this one as a double sided, or just paint the back in one colour or even leave it white with a written inscription. I suppose like most things it will come to me when I least expect it ! I have to say that I love the orange colour it is so vibrant and warming, and works well with the blue, and have also added some metallic bronze in the yellow parts. However I will own up to not being the worlds greatest or methodical colour mixer and tend to throw some together and see what comes out of it, as I did with this orange.

For all you dog lovers out there I have not forgotten my portraits and will be starting a few new ones soon, and as always will share them with you.

Zentangle Star

Hi all,
      Continuing on with my experiments of wood, zentangles and pen I produced this little star yesterday. I ordered a pack of these from ebay a few weeks ago and thought it would be fun to zentangle one side and paint the other, or something like that anyway ! These are quite small 2 1/2 inches across with a hole drilled for hanging, perhaps a ribbon or twine to match the painted colours. I quite like working with the wood, very different surface from paper,but quite flexible I find in what you can do with it.  I have some larger mdf cut rounds which I have gessoed and prepared to create some mandalas, and other things as well, very much in the experimental stages I must confess.

 I have created another art card in my Valentine theme, and for the first time I have used my glitter paint which I love ! I applied it with a brush, but realised that you could not brush it on like paint, you kind of had to push it around to fill the area you wanted. It did take a little while to dry, but once done maintained its sparkly aura.The rest of this was done with sharpies and a pilot drawing pen, however I dont think it is finished yet as I am not happy with those flowers just sitting there like that, so will fill the space up with more patterns.

Hi all,
       Have to say that I am so fed with the winter, gosh it has been long one, and we are so looking forward to having some sun. This week has been very windy,gale force in some places but very little sun,just flat grey skies,however Spring is not too far away methinks as I have seen some early bulbs starting to come up.
     This week has been another light one,nothing too serious, so a few ATCs, done in Zentangle style and a funky fish which is yet to be finished with a bit of sparkly paint. The love one is not something I would normally do but as Valentines day is round the corner, thought it would be fun to celebrate it with a few cards, and there are two more to come making a set of three. I love Zentangling it is so much fun and a great way to relax, plus there is so many talented Zentanglers/Zendoodlers out there whose blogs I have been reading. Watch this space as I have more to come.
    

Bluebell pic

Hi all,
    Another quick little play,a photo of my little werewolf being nosy. In case you were wondering why I call her that it is because her fur is such a funny texture ,very rough and spiky,but her mohican and pom pom ears very soft and silky. I love her to pieces, but she does remind me of a cross between spike from the Gremlins movie and a werewolf lol. Of course then when she gets defensive her hackles do rise up around her neck and she goes stalking,plus she pounces like a fox,funny little gal she is. This pic was taken with my phone camera which I have to say is a good one, but far better to take with two hands than one or we get the camera shake.

New Android Blogger app

Hi all,
Just making this post from my phone trying out the new official Blogger app for android, and so far seems not to bad. I will do more with it over the next few days,posting up pictures etc and see how it handles.

More Balls

 Hi all,

           Thanks for all the recent comments on my balls lol, got to say I have enjoyed doing these little things and have about another 20 to do. I am still finding out what works and not, and think that may be a light sanding to smooth out some of the rougher edges might be best. As I move the pen across them I can see and feel the ridges which is kind of nice as it does lend itself to suggest a pattern of sorts. I have three completed now and reckon that when they are all together will look great as a decorative item, perhaps in a glass bowl with coloured stones, or in a basket,give as a fun funky gift to adults or kids alike. I think I will try and develop this further by getting some bigger ones perhaps as these are quite small. My good epal Karen asked what size these are so approx 2 1/2 centimeters in diameter...small eh. This small work has got me back to ATC/ACEOs again and I am busy Zentangling, which I have to say that I love doing and will post up some of those soon when they are done.



A question to all my blogger pals, how do you find the posting of multiple images up on your blog ? I know that we can align them right,left or center which is ok but I thought we could also drag and drop them into where we wanted them, and I seem to be having trouble doing this or is just me ? 

Ok I know I said when I changed my blog template that plain,clean and simple works best for me, but I just felt that the plain white with no colour or structure was just a tad too boring and felt the need to inject a little bit of colour without overloading it. Looking through the template designer I did see some wonderful backgrounds which really appealed to me but I just think it would detract away from the pictures that are posted up too much,so for the moment have settled on this which is ok and clean looking.