Patchwork Throw........365 Creative Challenge 2013

a bit of  fabric tearing , cutting & stitching as a change from working with paint, paper & glue etc.

 bits & pieces of  fabric & doilies , some tea stained, stitched to an op shop tablecloth.

 i left the edges raw , washed  the piece  & dried it in the dryer to help fray the edges .

 then back to the pages of paint & collage.......i have caught up with the challenge....will post some more over the weekend to complete six months of daily creativity. 

the time has really flown..... at this rate it will be summer soon, can't come fast enough for me.

(raylee).

Embracing Grey.....365 Creative Challenge 2013

what are your thoughts on colouring grey hair?

 catching up with my challenge project.......cutting, tearing, gluing madly to make the halfway mark on time.

 this guy just did away with his hair altogether!......the moustache took up way too much time!

 i liked this one better upside down.

thanks for visiting!
(raylee).

Surface Treatments.....365 Creative Challenge 2013

if you look closely at the first picture you will see that i have cut strips from  the next two pages which are made up from cut & torn magazine pictures & text that have been glued onto the page. then i roughly painted some acrylic over them. when the paint was dry i smeared some vaseline/petroleum jelly on some areas of the pages, as a resist. then added some more paint & cleaned off the vaseline which left some of the original picture showing. i drew some leaf shapes with a green  pitt pen & added the image of the girl & the flower.

  

some of the bits & pieces of plastic packaging & a lid, bubble wrap, & wire mesh, paper, a used sanding disc & paints i have been using to stamp & stencil with.

this page is watercolours over acrylic & pen, &  when dry stamped with a plastic lid & acrylic paint.

 as you may have noticed i don't number my creative pages........i have lost count. every time i think i have it worked out....... i don't, so have to re count the days of each month & hope it all corresponds in the end. not long until i get to the half way mark!

i have been trying some of the surface treatments from this book......."Surface Treatment Workshop", by Darlene Olivia McElroy & Sandra Duran Wilson.
(raylee).

Cuddly Quilt

 

with the cooler weather here....

I thought I'd better get creative again...

 

 

had collected some orangey colour blends...

not normally my colour choice...

and then found a polar fleece throw that needed some attention...

and the maroon colour was also found in some of the floral...

so to me a perfect match...for the backing...

and now a cuddly warm layer for these cold nights..

Collage - 365 Creative Challenge 2013

for the first five collages i have used previously painted & hand block printed papers as the backgrounds.

the last one is torn newspaper & magazine images.

(raylee).

Easy Peasy Watercolour Birds on the Wall

sorting through my paper stash i found an old watercolour from way back......i was looking for something to try out these bird shapes on.

   i drew the shape onto a cardboard biscuit box,......cut it out.....

 ......then traced the shape onto the watercolour.
 originally i was going to use the back side as the right way up, the paint had  seeped through to the back of the paper forming speckles....

........after cutting them out i was was not so sure,

 this way?, or.....

 ......this way?

what was i thinking?.....when it came to photographing them there was no choice......all those beautiful colours screeched for the limelight.
 which side do you prefer?
i stuck a bit of blutack on the back & put them on a wall (a newly painted white wall that looks grey today as it was raining) for the final photos.
 they could hang from a ribbon or string from the ceiling or in front of a window, & all kinds of paper or cardboard could be used to make them.
also different sizes & shapes could work well together.
the lesson to myself : don't be afraid to cut things up.
 no-one will see them packed away in the paper stash, bring them out & try something different, after all it's only  paint on paper!
do you cut up your art for other projects?
 i hope i have inspired you to try making these easy peasy birds! if so post some & let me know in the comments, i love to see what you make too.
(raylee).

"Say What?"......365 creative challenge 2013.

 collage: torn acrylic painted over old sketch book paper, image cut from magazine & clothing label.

 used land plan  pressed onto wet acrylic on canvas, crayon drawing, tissue paper.

 torn acrylic painted paper, previously a child's pink gel pen drawing. as i was placing these pieces of paper i noticed a lot of "eyes" had formed in the paint. do you see any?

 randomly placed cut & torn papers from magazines, wrapping paper & old watercolours.

 the background for this one was an old watercolour on hot press paper, pink cockatoos from a magazine.
do you have a favourite from this lot?........mine is the first one.

a book i have borrowed from the library.........lots of paper projects to try......by Skye Rogers.
find her at skyesthelimit.com.au     
 some of you may have noticed i have changed my photo.
 yes this is the real me......i am no longer a rag doll!
thanks for visiting our blog.
(raylee).

Bird Collage.......365 Creative Challenge 2013

for these pages i am using an old business diary  ......this page began with a print of a photo i took when i was in Sydney a few months ago, of salvaged timbers used for a shop counter.
 there isn't much of the photo left to be seen under the layers of papers from magazines.
 the colours of the timber inspired the final scheme for the collage.....yellows, pinks, reds & browns. it looked ok at the flower stage but i thought it needed something else......so the bird & the butterflies completed the picture.
sometimes i finish a page, depending on how much time i have .......other days i start the page but don't get quite finished.......so if some of these pages look incomplete that 's why.

here i have used the background that was cut away from the bird  as the base with some pieces of a local map, from 2002, & different papers from magazines, a camera instruction book & a used postage stamp. a wash of watercolour & a stencil, painted paper from an old sketch book, a picture from a fashion book, found at the op shop. this one i think is incomplete at this stage.

 a watercolour wash to begin with,...... i love playing the run & drip game with watercolours, hessian strip, tea stained paper doilies, brown paper hearts & an angel cut from wrapping paper.

and........heaps of hearts cut from old books & brown paper adhered to the back of envelopes!

 can you guess what's inside the envelopes ?

more watercolour play,.... a crow  & a quote cut from a children's story book.

i have been painting the spare bedroom........from mauve to white, so this was a quick page of blue masking tape used in the painting process. all it needed was the red butterfly........done!

walls also done!.......now for the re decorating. one of my favourite things to do. it's like beginning a painting with a bright new white canvas!
(raylee).