From a distance!

Inspiration Wednesday number 18 at last complete.

Staring at pages of black gesso for far too long is not productive.....so I just plunged in and kept on going!!

Have not done anything quite like this before and that's why I was hesitant to start!

In the end it's much better than I could have imagined!! Who knew? ;)

I had hoped to learn a bit more about the application of the acrylic paint to make the flowers....but I'm afraid Donna's video was on fast forward at the nitty gritty points!!

I ended up doing a mixture of one stroke type painting and just making a mess ;) The leaves really need a bit of practise.....but I really like the way the vase turned out :)

I decided to keep the inclusion in and tried to make it become part of the pages.

Donna mentioned a chalk board effect but she went down a different path....I decided to give it a go on the back of the inclusion. Needs a bit more practise I think.

After dithering so long to start putting the colours down I'm quite pleased at the effect.....although it does look best from a distance!!!! Rofl

Thanks for looking

xoxo Sioux

Back to black?

At last some colour added to the black gesso pages!

I'm having to stop till its dried as the colours are easily getting muddy!

If all else fails I can always cover the whole thing in black gesso and start from scratch!!! ;)

Thanks for looking

xoxo Sioux

A little less black

My black gesso page is a little less black today.

At least I made a start drawing the basic flower positions with a pink chalk pencil.

Thanks for looking.

xoxo Sioux

IW 19

I've skipped a week!

Yes I know ....slap my wrists ;)

It's all part of the catch up process. I watched week 19 whilst dithering over my black gesso week 18 page and realised it was a quick page for a change and as I was in the groove I went for it.  :)

Background uses a piece of brown wrapping paper I've been using to protect my journal pages as I gesso or paint on them.

Added an eclectic mix of T!m Holtz stamps on a circus theme...

...and if clowns scare you, you had better look away now! Rofl

Enjoyed that one....thanks for looking.

xoxo Sioux.

IW 17 all done

 

I've finished number 17 at Inspiration Wednesday.

Had to bodge together a couple of different stencils for the background...was happy with the image transfer :)

Onwards to week 18....staring at black gesso pages and wondering where to start! Lol

Thanks for looking.

xoxo Sioux 

Amazing Grace...IW 16 done!

I have done week 16 and am pleased with the result.

I chose not to add modelling paste words over the shadow image (cut my own template) as it spoke enough to me as it was.

I used a Paperartsy flower stencil for the gold bubble arrangement behind the figure.

Already started week 17 pages.

Will they take me away if shadow people on a page start talking to me?

On that I'll leave you guessing ;)

xoxo Sioux

Blogger and I are now back in touch!

I started this blog in 2008 and as I said yesterday I've been about to give up.....

....the act of actually writing about it yesterday focused my mind and I messed around with different things which resulted in me being back on track with blogger.

I think I've discovered the trick.....I need to be viewing the blogs from the link within the app itself and I seem to be signed in! Wow!

I thought I had managed to get photos from my Google account to show up too but it seems not so I've done it from the normal computer!!!

The little houses are memorial caskets for the deceased found in the cathedral of St. Pol de Leon whilst we were on a weekend break to Roscoff. Aren't they just fabulous? Some were very old dating back to the 1600's.

The watercolour is a bonus 'cos I can't seem to delete it off my draft post!!

Oh heck.....yet something else to work out!!

Thanks for being there even if I haven't been!!! ROFL

xoxo Sioux

The veggies were from our French break with our wine club in May!

Give up on Blogger!

I truly do not want to give up on Blogger but....but....
Blogger makes it very difficult to leave comments on my Blogger Buddies Blogs when I use my iPad.......I've just discoverd my new hand me down iPhone lets me go to a persons blog who leaves a comment on mine and lets me comment which is a bit of a bonus....but viewing a non commenting persons blog and trying to leave a comment seems to be beyond me!!!!

On the iPad it won't keep me signed in and so it keeps asking me for my password every time I go to a new blog....eek! I just don't have the patience or the time for that sort of thing and I can't access a normal computer as easily as I used to either.

This is......if you are wondering....why I have not appeared to be around to see you much!

Sorry and will do my best to get to grips with the problem....if anyone has experience of this I'd love to know if you got round it and how :)

On a plus note I am making art journal pages and hope to be doing more of my usual stuff shortly.......if I can share it here I will....otherwise you might have to catch me on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest or Twitter instead

xoxo Sioux

IW 15

I've just finished Inspiration Wednesday number 15!

Not up to date but am not worried about it....I don't find it enjoyable if I take the "I can get it finished first" approach ha ha :)

Holidays, work commitments, chalet and shed building and simply having fun with my hun have caused the delay.

Love the texture I managed to achieve.

The circular pinkish leaves are embedded in some fancy organic paper I used for making cones to hold my wedding confetti in...all say aah!

Happy with how it looks.

Making a start on week 16 now ;)

Thanks for looking.

xoxo Sioux

What do you know.... another card!

Made a card for Mr B's birthday.
Thanks for looking
xoxo Sioux

I made a card!

Not looking after my blog at all recently...
I did make a card for my mother-in-law's birthday.
An amazing lady... still going strong at 81.... still loves a glass or two of wine too. Got to love her. XXX
Thanks for looking
Xoxo Sioux

Painting complete

Whilst away on a girlfriend holiday to Berlin, the chalet was finished. The contrast coloured trims in whisper grey...... Love that colour name; )
Thanks for looking
Xoxo Sioux

First coat

Update showing first coat; )
Thanks for looking
xoxo Sioux

Painting begins

The painter started work yesterday. He removed the trims to start and just look how different the coĺour of the wood is where the sun did not get to it.
That's only in about 10 days!
Base coat done and a start on the "bundled sage" walls.

IW 14 She is made of star stuff!

Number 14 at Inspiration Wednesday.

One of the prompts was to use something that made you laugh out loud!

I, on the other hand, decided to use a more reflective perspective!! lol

I used my own hand drawn image that I have digitised so that I can print it out anytime I like at whatever size and any colour too.....such a boon when you are short of time ;)

I made my own quote bubbles "She is made of star stuff"...

...a misquote on my part from the wonderful Carl Sagan...so sadly missed on this planet but hopefully, somehow, still discovering the wonders of the universe :)

I've used my lovely antique typewriter for the first time in my art on the front of the inclusion :)

and again for "Gaia"

I deliberately left the number 14 uncoloured to stand out more.

Love the colours melding into each other.....teal, orange, quindachridone gold.

Back of inclusion.

Thanks for looking.....I did have fun with this.

xoxo Sioux

Chalet day five

Day five.

The shingle roofing felt was added.

We are loving this extra room.

Still very much a work in progress...electric & water supply to connect, step to add and outside to have a protective coat.....I'm thinking Bundled Sage! ROFL

...we are going to have such happy times out here.

Thanks for looking.

xoxo Sioux

Chalet day four

Day four on the chalet build was mostly rained off! 

But the flooring got finished.

The door was hung and trim added.

Roofing tiles just waiting ; )

Thanks for looking. 

xoxo Sioux

Chalet day three

Day three. 

Window trims done inside and out.

Angle cut off on corner of roof to stop my tall honey doing himself a nasty injury when walking down steps.

Half the floor done.

Framework done for insulation on roof.

Thanks for looking. 

xoxo Sioux

Chalet day two!

The progress on day two.

Day three to follow.

Thanks for looking

xoxo Sioux