Sketchbook Challenge - December : "Gifts"

This doll was a gift for Christmas when i was thirteen, her name is Marika. she now sits under a glass dome as her legs are broken, the hard  plastic cracked,  her eyelashes have fallen out, her hair is kinda matted, she has lost her socks & shoes. there once  was a pink rose pinned to her dress ,  but she is still beautiful to me.

i have another mixed media artwork over at thealteredpage today, courtesy of Seth Apter.
Seth is a mixed media artist & author from New York, he organises different art collaborations, well worth a look. you will find lots to see & heaps of information about art & artists.
(raylee).

Sketch Book Challenge -" Spice".

(raylee).

Sketch Book Challenge

October's theme was "Cabinet of Curiosities",........ i don't have a cabinet of curiosities ......but you will find dead butterflies & bits of dragonflies in a square glass jar, several feathers stuck here & there around the house, or in the car, also  old door handles, buttons, old tape measures, bobbins, thimbles just to name a few things.....i won't mention the things that end up in the freezer!!!!....... 

i know it's november already, .......better late than never!.... (raylee).

Sketch Book Challenges

Catching up with my sketch book challenges again.......the first one is for august, the prompt was "shelter". a quick sketch of two umbrellas in white pastel & black crayon over an old blue & black acrylic painting on  textured  watercolour paper. 
 the title for september is "patterns". these pages are acrylic on a collage of used window envelopes,used office papers stamped with round plastic lids to make circles, crayon & pitt pen drawing,  stenciled with plastic packaging (the little yellow rectangular  shapes) & old stick on dots that have lost their sticky stuff, stuck on with impasto gel & then glued into my sketch book. i think re- using all of these materials has worked well for this exercise, a lot of paper comes into the office, i just save a bit of it from going into the recycle bin by using it in art work. (raylee).

Sketch Book Challenge - July - "Circles"

yellow roses  arranged in a circle.......

painted scrap paper with stamped circles......

a  circular shaped spoon sketched with a lead 2H watercolour pencil , & painted with cad yellow pale, cobalt blue  &  brown madder  watercolours. (raylee).

Urban Sketching - Sketch Book Challenge

a quick sketch.while waiting in the car park at the local supermarket.(raylee).

Sketch Book Challenge Catch Up -April

April's theme for the "sketch book challenge" was...... "open".....
.for my  quick sketch of cracked open egg shells  i used gel pens on black sketch paper ......
(raylee).

Sketch Book Challenge-May

 I have cheated this month with the "fruit & vegetable" challenge , but these works are all my own.

 Acrylic on canvas............onions & apples....

 Apples, pears,orange & avocado......watercolour & pencil on paper.........

Orange on wood block......... watercolour pencil & pastel on paper. (raylee).

Sketch Book Challenge January 2012

"Doodling" - Pitt artist pen MANGA Set, used for this "doodle". (raylee).

Sketch Book Challenge December 2011

Trash, ruined, decay. Happy New Year to All!! (raylee).

Sketch Book Challenges Oct. & Nov.

October Sketch Book Challenge - "View". November Sketch Book Challenge - "Imaginary Animals".......*What The???*

......Oh what fun this one was......i had not tried this before......no real thinking involved.......the shapes were just there. ....one more to go.....(raylee).

Sketchbook Challenge September "Unfurled"

I know its december already!!...... ......i am now looking for a "view", october's challenge. i will do it! (raylee).

Sketchbook Challenge Catch-up

Just a little bit behind with my sketches.......this is the August challenge..."every day items". I used a tea-pot with a broken handle, & a small glass bottle, an op-shop find, the rest of the items are imaginary. i did a quick sketch with an "artline o.5 drawing pen", then coloured with "derwent inktense watersoluble ink pencils", then brushed with water.....in some places i went back with a wet pencil.

It began as a 1 page sketch but i wasnt happy with it , so i cut it down the middle & cropped the part i didnt like. i think cropping made the subjects more intimate. the teapot is yellow, another colour i find difficult to use sometimes. so i decided to experiment with it in this quick sketch. i always try to make the first attempt work, it doesnt happen all the time but i like the challenge....... what do you think about this process of elimination?..... which page appeals to you?...... or do you think i should have scrapped it & started over again?..... (raylee).

Sketch Book Challenge - Element

I have chosen "line" as the element for this months challenge. Line creates shape, texture & value. I used Faber Castell Pitt artist pens for this drawing. (raylee).

Sketch Book Challenge - "Cant Resist This"

I cant resist the colour blue, old things & rust. for the sketch i used a 4b lead pencil, a candle to create the resist for the white area of light on the container, blue inktense watercolour pencil on the background, which had a wash of raw sienna, ultramarine blue & burnt sienna. the other watercolours used were cerulean blue & alizarin crimson. (raylee).

Branching Out....Out on a Limb

Portfolio Aqua Sketch-2b, to begin.....Artline 210 medium 0.6 blue, sprayed with water bottle, then , when dry, Hybrid Gel Grip pens...bronze & gold. (raylee).

Opposites - feb. sketchbook challenge

Red & Green.....watercolour wash of yellow green red & pink, a quick sketch with a black faber-castell pitt artist pen, when the paint had dried, & some more red & green with inktense water colour pencils , then another wash of water......... .......my inspiration -this striking red canna against a cool green foliage background, as well as a little green grass hopper. (raylee).

"Highly Prized" - January Theme.

(raylee).