Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Crayon, Watercolour Pencils & Pen Drawings & Doodles




Quick drawings & doodles on old book pages & over scribbles in a small sketch book.
(raylee).

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Keep the Daily Flow Happening......

......Some days there are so many other things to do that art gets pushed to the back burner.
I decided in September that I would try to do something creative every day , even if it was only for a few minutes.
It is not always painting or drawing, sometimes a few rounds of crochet, sewing, or just taking photos, arranging a bunch of flowers in a vase.
Quick imaginary sketches on old book pages, or drawing over used sketch book pages are my favourites at the moment. Not thinking too much just letting a face appear.
 (crayon, pen & watercolour pencil).
Keeping a record of my daily bits of creativity helps to keep track of every thing I make/create.
(raylee).

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Gallery of Crochet

I recently had some sitting down time...
so had to do something to keep the fingers busy...
started with leftovers in the wool stash...
but had to end up buying some new stuff...



ta da...
the end results...

 


                                        



Sunday, November 8, 2015

Apron & Sheets



My sewing machine has had a workout over the last few weeks, here are some of the pieces I have made ...... a pretty country themed apron for a sister's birthday, used new material for this one but cut the lace from the hem of an old dress.
 Floral dresses & matching frilly  pants with pom pom trim for newest addition to the family.
 All materials & trims found at  the op shop.
(raylee).

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Crochet bag and bunny


and the milk bottles reappeared with a bit of crochet around the top...
great for the kids to carry stuff around in...
or to hold the shampoo bottles in my toiletry bag...


and then the rabbit appeared...
only had leftover bits of cotton to make her...
but she found a home very quickly...


Thursday, October 29, 2015

Scrappy pictures


lots of lovely scraps leftover...


so I put some together to decorate the scraps...


there is a boat somewhere below...maybe...


oops I think the pirate got lost...


and I don't seem to have a photo of the whole thing...
needless to say it was very scrappy...

Friday, October 23, 2015

Patchwork Bag


found a use for the piece of hexagon patchwork...
and made the scraps into button flowers...


 still don't really like the patchwork..
but I do like the light colour interior of the bag...
much easier to find things and cool satin touch...


just details of the button flowers...above
and the woven mesh pocket detail...below
which is actually the seams of the original shirt cut in a strip...
 then woven into square shape and sewn to hold together...


Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Coffee Bag Footstool/ Seat


Lucky for me my family like most of the things I make for them.
Hand stitched this footstool for my eldest grandson's birthday.
The best thank you is when the recipient says: "I love it"!
(raylee).

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Found a blue feather on the ground......

 As I was walking through the gate of a cemetery after attending a funeral a few years ago I noticed this feather in the grass under the pine trees. The blue caught my eye, I picked it up & put it in my bag. I have a collection of feathers in a turquoise glass jug in my art room, the blue feather joined the collection.
 This is the first layer of colour on the canvas, at this stage I had no image in mind, just playing with pastel colours.
 Just continued changing colours, turning the canvas to make the paint run in different directions.

 Adding more layers....
 What would a dark border look like?
 Made scratchy lines with thin wire dipped in dark paint.....
 It needs blue.......
 more blue......more drips...
 more blue, lighter now......starting to like the patches of  warm colours showing through from the previous layers....is something happening now?
 change again, add aqua.....
 remove the dark border.......still no image in mind,  creating texture using just paint.....looking better now......but not finished .....now I know it needs a dark against the light background!
 Then I saw my blue feather.....
 To finish I lightly sanded back some of the blues to reveal more of the warm under layers of paint.
Blue feather.

Sometimes painting without pressure, with no real or imaginary image to try to reproduce or create is a much more pleasurable experience. I enjoy letting go & trying something just for the fun of it, sometimes I end up with a painting I am  pleased with, sometimes not......but sometimes one thing leads to another & creates a feeling, atmosphere, texture, colour, a memory......an image: imaginary or real.
Yes I am happy with this painting!
(raylee).

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