My desktop background picture

 

I did this colouring about three weeks ago.  It is now my desktop background image on my laptop and also the background image on my phone.

The digital image is from the ‘Octavia Frosted Winter CD’ which is available from Polkadoodles at: http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/frosted-winter-octavia-digital-downloadable-cd-rom-crafting-collection/

This was coloured using Prismacolor pencils and Marco Raffine oil pencils.  I added some gold glitter pen to the staff and DecoArt Glistening Snow Writer to the icicles and ground.

Over the last week or so.

 

I have been taking a break for a few days recently so haven’t done much in the way of artwork. 

I did however get a light box last week and decided to do a few quick sketches then try to convert them to line drawings using the light box. 

These are what I produced – very rough and ready but I am now working on them in a graphics program to tidy them up.

Once I am satisfied with them they will be added to my Etsy shop  which you can access by clicking the link on the right hand side of this page.

If anyone is interested in purchasing one of the limited edition rubber stamps of my Trust image – the babies hand grasping the adults finger – they are available for £4 plus the relevant postage to your country.  The stamped image measures 9.5cm x 3.5cm.  These haven’t been added to the Etsy shop yet, but may be in the near future.  For now if you want to purchase one just email me at jmbeadedjewels@gmail.com.

 

So – here are the few images I produced over the last few days – themed around my cats.  I have two Abyssinians and a Havana.  The Havana is the only one that I have had since he was a kitten, so the picture of the kitten playing was done by looking at a breeders website pictures for inspiration as the body shape of a kitten if far different from that of a fully grown cat.  I chose to then colour up the kitten image to the colours of my oldest Abyssinian Sparkie.  I just adore the Sorrel colour. 

 

 

 

The Boys.

   

The Pencil Case

 

The Pencil Case is a Facebook group dedicated to promoting Lyra Rembrandt Polycolour pencils in the UK. 

I don’t have any of these pencils yet, but that doesn’t mean  can’t take part in their blog challenges, which are not limited to Lyra but do insist on finished projects not just images coloured up.

So when I had finished colouring this image from Sassy Studio Designs I looked for a way I could turn it into a project.

I don’t have a lot of experience doing these sort of projects but I do like to experiment so that’s just what I did.

Coloured using Marco Raffine greys and blues with a hint of skin tone I then layered it onto a backing paper.  To make it stand out, after photographing it and loading into the computer I used MS paint to add a layered mat effect then added my watermark using Adobe Paintshop CS2.

As you can see I have a new watermark, with my ‘real’ name on it and of course a picture a wonderful Abyssinian cat.

The watermark was created for me by Eileen over at http://eiglassing.blogspot.co.uk/ a fantastic artist. 

‘Dance Off’ is now finished.

 

Two ladies meet in a 'Dance Off'.

Flower Ballerina and Stardancer were the perfect choice for this project for me, especially with the flowing ribbons on the Stardancer.

I've used a mix of Prismacolor pencils, oil based Marco Raffine pencils and LuminArte iridescent watercolours for the main image with embellishments of sequin flowers and stars and a breast cancer awareness ribbon.

I finished this last night, and photographed it with flash to highlight the iridescent background and make it appear as if the dancers are meeting in mid air.

This has now been entered into the Stamps by Aurora Wings October Challenge.

As I mentioned a couple of days ago the main image was done using

Flower Ballerina colours were Light Peach – PC927, Blush Pink – PC928, Pink Rose – PC1018 for the skin with the darkest tone Salmon Pink – PC1001.  Pink – PC929, Process Red – PC994, Hot Pink – PC993, Mulberry – PC995 and Marine Green – PC988 for the dress and pointe shoes.  Finally Pumpkin Orange – PC1032 and Orange – PC916 for the hair.

Star Dancer colours were flesh tones – 518, 519, and 520.  Pinks in the dress were 512, 513, and 516.  The stars were done with dark plum 525 and the hair was browns 553, 559 and 563.

The background LuminArte colours were Natural Linen, Chiffon Pink, Cherry Sorbet and Mustard Green, with hints of Iridescent Red in the Star Dancers hair.

The border around the image is a MicheleRDesigns paper from her Shabby Chic collection, and the sequins are from a packet of mixed shapes and sizes pink and orange sequins purchased in Poundland.  The Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon was sourced from the internet and came as a PNG image from Cliparts.co and is a free download.  http://cliparts.co/clipart/19078 

Procrastinating Again.

 

 

As the wind blows it's biting chill across the land,

from the sea the rain gallops in.

The sun plays hide and seek with the clouds

and the clock ticks its steady beat.

Here I sit and watch the day fly by,

leaving me behind in its race for glory.

Tomorrow is another day,

to love, to live to write and fight.

But for now I say goodbye to you as I turn the page.

AND GET ON WITH THE WORK I'M MEANT TO DO.

WOW! Well I didn’t expect that.

 

My entry into last months Stamps by Aurora Wings Facebook challenge was chosen as one of the top three.

It’s always such a nice feeling when someone else likes the pieces you produce. 

 

This months challenge can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.498441526992208&type=1

I thought about this one for a while, then looked through all my Aurora Wings digi stamps.  With October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, and the challenge being pink to celebrate this I wanted something delicate and ethereal.  I had the perfect TWO images.

To combine the two I needed to convert them from JPG images to PNG images, and with Mitzi’s permission I produced this image.  I used Photoshop to convert them and Serif Craft Artist 2 to combine them.

The individual images can be purchased in jpg format from Aurora Wings Etsy store.

This is how far I have gotten.  I now just have to turn this into a mixed media piece now. 

Each dancer is coloured in different types of pencils.  The Flower Ballerina on the left was coloured using Prismacolor pencils.  The Star Dancer on the right was coloured using Marco Raffine artists oil pencils.  I created the background with LuminArte iridescent watercolours.

Flower Ballerina colours used were Light Peach – PC927, Blush Pink – PC928, Pink Rose – PC1018 for the skin with the darkest tone Salmon Pink – PC1001.  Pink – PC929, Process Red – PC994, Hot Pink – PC993, Mulberry – PC995 and Marine Green – PC988 for the dress and pointe shoes.  Finally I used Pumpkin Orange – PC1032 and Orange – PC916 for the hair.

Star Dancer colours used were flesh tones – 518, 519, and 520.  Pinks in the dress were 512, 513, and 516.  The stars were done with dark plum 525 and the hair was browns 553, 559 and 563.

The background LuminArte colours used were Natural Linen, Chiffon Pink, Cherry Sorbet and Mustard Green, with hints of Iridescent Red in the Star Dancers hair.