Water colour attempt.

This a water colour I did today. Completely different technique to acrylics, lots of practice needed.

Oh dear ;-)

This one I really struggled with and it has alot of mistakes I hope I can learn from.

Sunset/sunrise in acrylics

Been awhile since I completed a painting, I got a total painting block.

Here is one I completed yesterday and hopefully I have found my mojo again.
Its very simple but I think will look much better in a frame.



























Would love to know what you think.

Clare

Material ATC's

This is one of my favourite types of ATC's. You can have so much creative fun using material.

Here are three I have done for a swap.

Football and dogs.

Have not done alot of crafting/art recently, but I have done a few cards.

Below are a football selection ready to personalise.




Below are some dog themed ones ready to be personlise.



Very basic but fun.

Watering hole in the woods.

Here is another painting in acrylics on hardboard.
I have tried playing around with light with this one.

Floppy eared bunny.

I go to a fortnightly craft club on Monday mornings. This little bunny was the project we did this morning.
We have a go at most handmade crafts .
Its a club for all skill levels and I have made many new friends their.
The bunny is filled with hollow fibre and quite simple to make.. Its all hand stitched.
Isn't he/she cute?

Out of my comfort zone

I have been going to an art class on a friday morning for about a month now, and I am having so much fun. Its very relaxed, all different ages, all different styles and all different levels .
My art teacher has been trying to get me out of using precise and mechanical brushstrokes, below is my first go at this style.
Very different for me. Took me totally out of my comfort zone.






This is a winter scene I did on hardboard. Snow is so difficult to capture in paint, well it is for me lol.

Memory Lane

A few months ago I brought a book to teach me how to paint. This is my first picture using some of the techniques shown in the book.

I call it memory Lane.

Cute cats.

I am not a fan of cats but I made a card using a cat theme and I think it turned out OK.
Its left blank so can be used for a multitude of occassions.

More ATC's

Here are some ATC's I have made recently. I swap mainly in the UK to save on the postage costs, but postage has gone up yet again ouch!!

Geishas








Lilac and tan challenge

Blue challenge

Acr ylics-

Not quite got this one right but I am happy with the sky, so thats a start :):)

a bird on hardboard in acrylics.

This bird has been done on hardboard in acrylics.

woodpecker in acrylics

This is another first for me. My first painting of a bird.

ATC's- entries for challenges-

I tend to only make challenge entries for my ATC's these days, but I have done a few yesterday that were just random.
I go to bed so early because body is in a lot of pain (MS). So I sit in bed with my boxes of ATC bits and create away listening to something in the background..I really enjoy creating.

These 3 are for a dot entry.



Anne Boleynpart of a 3/3 owl swap.



These two below have no theme.

Unsteady hands painting.

Wow to see the difference when painting when I have the shakes.
This one is going in my file under a bad day lol.
My MS should make my paintings interesting lol.

Purple sky.

I love playing about with colour and purple made a diiferent feel to the sky.

Autumn colours- Acrylics

Acrylics.

A mixture of cards.

Here are a few cards I have created recently

A mixture of New Baby cards.





Wedding Cards.






Birthday cards.



Female birthday cards. I have embossed aswell as decoupaged the cards below , as I love texture on cards.

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Boat

This one I had fun with and that is what painting is all about to me.

A Loch

This is an experiment on a different style of sky.

Vibrant colours.

This was done on board, unsure if I liked working on it as it didn't let me blend as easily as paper.

Completed and framed.

Well here it is the completed picture, framed and ready to hang on the wall. I am going to give it my parents for a Birthday gift.

ATC's- entries for challenges

Here are a few more challenge entries.

Bronze/Copper theme




Film stars. The centre one is a pocketed ATC, full of mini pictures of film reels and stars.



Blue theme.

2nd phase for painting.

Here is the painting with just the top of the waves to complete.

Painting progress.

I joined an Art club a few weeks ago and I am really enjoying it.
Here is my painting so far. It has alot more work to do yet but wanted to share my progress.
I am by no means an artist its just a hobby I love doing.



As you can see I have the forground to do yet.