A challange

I forgot I was in the middle of this post! 

I thought I would upload this as it was a challange set by my very talented friend Donna.  The challange was to create a piece of work which had to be 4" x 4" or less!  Contain at least 2 textures and a quote.  I am always up for a challange!  Here it is!  I used a 4 x 4 canvas.  Watercolours with a little salt added to remove the colour.  Drift wood, fishing line, snad and sa shell found on Sandaig beach whilst on holiday.  The brown tie at the top is packaging from art from the heart! (I keep everything!).  The heart is a uses tumble drier sheet gesso'ed and painted with acrylic paint.  I am not sure where the heart charm ccame from.  I love the quote so thats the one I used.  I lovingly cut the words out of a book I am altering very badly.  They were attached with gel medium.  The challenge is complete!  I really enjoyed creating the canvas!  I particularly like the way I have managed to use the flat piece of drift wood as it was a very interesting shape.  It had pride of place above my desk.  It is not often I like my creations! 

I am back!

After a couple of years trying to balance work, family life, college and studying with very little time to create I have decided that new creations are long over due!  With looming redundancy and jobs at a premium, I am going to need something to keep my sanity intact!  So Art Journalling and mixed media creations it is then. Though at the moment I Am in the middle of making Grizelda!  She is going to be a halloween decoration!  Her head, hands and feet are made out of air drying clay and painted with Acrylic paints. (It is amazing what you can do over a wet bank holiday weekend to keep a seven year old amused!)  I am going to varnish her face as not I think she needs some shine!  I was on my way out to get some florists wire to attempt her body but the heavens have opened!  So I am going to work on her spell books!  watch this space!