Thursday, 1 April 2021

woyww (late) - done and dusted


 Charlie relaxing on her watercolour cushion, thinking about her next meal probably.

Before I cleaned the palette I  painted up a few cards.
Quick brush strokes and a touch of metallic paint. 

Not a lot of thought or planning ....which is good as I can really over think 
the most simple of projects.  


Enjoy your Easter festivities .... stay safe and keep creating.

Wednesday, 24 March 2021

WOYWW - rain, rain and more rain



Dorothea Mackellar summed it up beautifully 

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains, 
Of ragged mountain ranges,
of droughts and flooding rains,
 I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me!

While it rained kitty started to emerge.


Warning to anyone with a fear of spiders.  


As I was emptying water from the flower pots s/he leapt up the wall.  

Good to see the critters survived the deluge.

Have a wonderfully creative week.  


Wednesday, 10 March 2021

WOYWW - cat sketch


A busy week or 2 and a little sketch to share for WOYWW.
Plan on painting the kitty using the crushed granite watercolour.

Close up of kitty sketch.
 

Weekend away on the Central Coast was spent relaxing with bush walks, painting
 and eating out.


Plan to visit lots of desks and say hello while I start to paint. 




Wednesday, 24 February 2021

WOYWW - crushed granite apparently

 


Nothing pretty on my desk this Wednesday.  Unless you 
like crushed granite that comes from an area in central NSW called Cowra.

Given a bag of the crushed granite by a Geologist who knows that I make paint.


Quite unusual to find a core of crushed granite according to the Geologist. 

So after sifting, grinding, washing etc. 
I will be making some watercolour paint over the weekend.  



So far it is looking more like face powder than watercolour paint and that is fine. Plan to paint 
the kitty and a little ginger/apricot tones will suit her furry complexion.  


Have a lovely woyww peek and a creative week. 

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

woyww Obi and a few ATC

 


"Obi" is now off my desk and had a quick trip outside for a photo in good light.  
I will probably add a bit more shading to his tail and then it is done.




With the sad news about  Shaz I pulled out the WOYWW folder  and had a look at the  beautiful ATC's
I received from Shaz over the years.  

She will be sadly missed and my thoughts and prayers are with her family.



Thursday, 11 February 2021

Slow and steady progress on WOYWW

 


Apologies for the late post but I forgot about Wednesday until it was Thursday! I could also mention the phone shadow but by this stage I am posting and moving on.  

 Once I painted "Obi's" eyes I felt his lovely character started to shine through. Slowly working on

his body and thinking about how to apply a subtle background.

Maybe I just think too much. LOL

Wishing you all a creative week.


Wednesday, 3 February 2021

WIP on WOYWW


Six months certainly goes by pretty quickly. 
  

 Adjusting to the new normal meant a lot of things went by the wayside and posting on woyww
got replaced with Insta.  But, I am getting a little tired of Insta and the constant push to sell me things I don't want, need or even like.   If I think about Insta it feels like I  spent more time on settings trying to disable everything and falling down a rabbit hole of memes which occasionally made me laugh.

Back to Blogger and there have been a few changes. After a year of constant changes what is one more in the big scheme.  

This little WIP is the beginnings of "Obi".  So far he is  behaving nicely and has the sweetest disposition.  Will see what happens when I work on those eyes over the weekend.

Hope all well for all the lovely people in WOYWW.