Week two of the 100 Days of collage challenge! (You can find the skill share course HERE) This week focuses on found objects! Found objects My collage on day 8! The challenge was to find and include as many found items as possible in my collage. I included vintage items like a vintage stamp, a …
Continue reading Days 8-14 of my 100 days of collage challenge!
I'm Continuing with my 100 days of collage project. This project is inspired by Froyle Davies. She has created the class, "Celebrate your creative self: Mixed media art class; 100 days of collage," on SkillShare. Days 6 and 7 of the course use two things that I love: layers and Gel plate printing! You can …
Continue reading My 100 Days of Collage: Techniques and Inspirations from Days 6 & 7
This week I have started a little personal project to explore the world of collage. I'm specifically exploring how I can incorporate collage techniques into mixed media artworks. To do this I am planning on making a collage a day for 100 days! I am using the course "Celebrate Your Creative self- mixed media art …
Here is a small selection of the life drawings I have been doing over the past few months: Ruby, in blue and red pencil- I used repetitive circle shapes to represent femininity and motherhood. Tim, in 9B pencil- I concentrated on more angular shapes and high contrast to create a dramatic effect. Scott, in 9B …
Continue reading Unique Life Drawings: Exploring Cubism and Medium Variations
Over the past few weeks in my life drawing groups at Hush Art Group in Clitheroe and Life Drawing Blackburn I have been experimenting with layering figures on top of each other and using negative space to create these graphic images- the drawings can be turned in different directions and as you look different figures …
Thank you to all who followed along with me on my art journey this year, whether that be reading a blog post, following me on Instagram, visiting one of my exhibitions or purchasing an art work- in whatever way you've interacted and inspired me this year thanks so much, I really appreciate it. I will …
Head to my Youtube channel to watch my video on creating negative space leaf paintings. This technique is great for creating beautiful artworks in their own right, or fabulous mixed media background papers for collage and paper crafts. Below are some examples of negative space painting I've created and some of the ways in which …
Last night I went to Hush art group- a life drawing session based in the Ribble Valley, we had a fantastic model called Eve. The picture above is a painting/drawing I completed in blue and red acrylic inks, this was a 30-minute pose. Here are a few of my sketches from that drawing session: Two …
Be sure to check out the latest digital kit on my Etsy shop. This 20 page digital kit is bursting with vintage floral and botanical images, scrappy-paper elements and tags galore! In this Vintage scrappy flowers kit, there are 11 different paper designs, 3 sheets of tags, 2 pages of collage elements, a sheet of …
Last night I went to a Hush Life drawing session in Clitheroe. We had a lovely model called Gil, who is a very tall, slender person who can get into and hold some challenging poses. Gil's also a very friendly person to have a chat with! To start with Gil held some shorter poses, 2x5 …
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