Day 112: Zentangle

My first zentangle ever. I didn't even know what that was until I met Yvonne Kettner who draws one zentangle ever day. Check it out here: http://365freestylezentangles.blogspot.co.uk/
Mine is not that good and I did follow a tutorial on youtube but I think I will be drawing more of those. It's fun, give it a go!

Day 44: Fox and Bird on tissue paper

This is one of my doodles that happen mainly while waiting in a cafe for a cup of something nice. This is drawn in pen on a tissue paper as that was all that was available but I really like it. The plan is to make it into something but time is a premium at the moment so we'll see what happens...

Day 41: Talking to birds 4

This is a picture in Talking to birds-series. I found this picture of a Squacco Heron hunting and thought that would be really intimidating if birds were that large, looking at us as if we were pray. 

Day 38: Star-Dog

Star-dog was my project for day 38 but as I didn't save it properly, pictures disappeared and then we had to go away and I couldn't rectify the situation. Now we are back and here he is, all toothy and happy. I had starts on my mind that whole day and it reflected in the work.

Day 37: Cat for the girl

Liked making my art doll that much, I decided to give her a little friend; cat.

Day 35: Art-doll

Since I have been poorly for few days my making has been non-exsisting, fever and sewing machine are not best friends. Today, as I feel better and as my blog has been featured on http://makesomething365.blogspot.com/ yay!! I decided I am well enough to continue. I think I will just add these three days on and if it takes longer then a year to complete, so what...

Anyway, I went back into the studio and already felt that little devil called lazyness telling me that I was maybe feeling too tired and maybe not good enough and maybe I should go back to telly instead. Seeing right through that, I decided to make a clutch bag...yeah, if my fuzzy brain could put instructions together I would have made one. Instructions read as well as hieroglyphs so I abandoned that, instead I decided to make a doll. But not one of those complicated with all the joints and stuff but a one piece one.

This doll, who is still nameless is made in one piece following instructions by Mindy Lacefield, http://www.timssally.com/.

Basically instructions are as follows. Cut one piece of calico and draw a doll shape on it with soft pencil. Paint face with white acrylic and when dry use acrylics to paint in the features. Transfer shape of dress on to a tissue paper and cut out. Then glue scrap paper on top of the tissue paper. ( I used an old National Geographic) When dry, machine stitch paper dress on top of calico. When you are happy with your embellishments  add another piece of calico to be back of the doll, sew all around, I did not turn this doll so seams are visible. Leave one side open to stuff through or cut in the back.

When the doll gets stuffed it kind of changes appearance which I was a bit unexpected but fun... 

Day 31: death of an Unicorn III AND Talking to Birds I

The first picture is 'Death of an Unicorn" version three, I don't really know wht happened with my first two attempts. it was like I went backwards several years to the way I used to draw and then I snapped out of it. This version is quite Paula Rego-esk, without any intention to make it so, funny what mind retains because I never got her art by I guess my sub-conscioussness did...

Drawing number two is on theme 'Talking to Birds' as suggested by a friend of mine. I have been thinking about it for a while and have tried some other birds then i happened upon this picture of fierce falcons. I wanted the birds to be large and person small but drawing a giant chicken was not really it, although funny..maybe i'll try that. If you would like me to draw/make anything you only need to ask..