Art Reboot - Part Two

Hi Everyone! 

Thank goodness it's Friday! I've had quite the week. 

A doctor's appointment on Tuesday, to get my elbow and a small mole on my neck checked out. Photos of the mole are being sent to dermatology to be checked out (faster than trying to get an appointment!), and it turns out I have tennis elbow, or crochet elbow in my case I think. No crochet for me for the foreseeable future 😔

I had my eye check up on Wednesday, three new pairs of glasses. Not too expensive, but bad enough.

Then yesterday, I went to get a toothache checked out by the dentist, and ended up with having a root canal. So I'm on the paracetamol now, and hoping it'll settle down soon.

Anyway, I'm sure you're wondering where my Art Reboot pages are, so here we go.

Day 4 - Add some simple geometric shapes to the page.

I added some stamped and cut out butterflies for Mia's Butterfly theme at Art Journal Journey. I couldn't resist a few paint splatters too.

Day 5 - For the final day, we were told to go for a walk and collect some things from nature to put on a page. I picked a few wild flowers on our early morning walk on the golf course, and created a petal mandala on a painted background. I added some teabag papers around the edges, and finished with some journaling.

Thanks for bearing with me as I poured out my troubles! Hope you have a good weekend.

Alison xox

Art Journal Journey - Hold The Line

 Happy October Everyone!

I've been taking the free Lifebook Taster Session classes, run by Tamara Laporte of Willowing, and this watercolour mixed media portrait was a class by artist Toni Burt. I wrote some lines of asemic text in her hair and across her shoulders and neck, so I'm linking up to Chris' theme of Hold The Line at Art Journal Journey.

I'm fairly new to watercolour, and I only have a cheap set of pans, but I'm really pleased with how this turned out. Adding the shadows was a bit scary, but as I don't do perfect, it's ok for me :-) Toni Burt was a great teacher, I love her art style and attitude.

Thanks for visiting, have a happy and creative day,

Alison xx

Soothe Me Art Journaling Day Seven

Happy Mothering Sunday to all those mothers in the UK. 

It's a strange one this year, as we are all self-isolating, but I had lovely video chats with my children and my mum and dad, so I don't feel I missed out too much. And Hubby is cooking us a nice roast dinner, so I'm looking forward to that.

I've been making art, and I have my day 7 page for Soothe Me Art Journaling to share with you. The prompt was to work on a dark background.

The challenge only lasted 7 days, but there was a bonus 8th prompt which I'll be doing tomorrow.

Love and blessings,

Alison xox

Soothe Me Art Journaling Day Six

Hi Everyone! I can't believe it's 5pm. I've spent nearly all day in my art studio! It's been lovely.

The prompt for Day 6 of Kasia's Soothe Me Art Journaling challenge was meditative repetitive mark making. I found it very soothing indeed. Here's my page. 

I hope you're all managing to keep calm, safe and well. So far our self-isolation hasn't been too bad. Getting into a routine has helped...get up...feed the pets...make art...go for a long walk...relax with TV and crochet in the evening...go to bed with a good book :-) A few chores are thrown in for good measure, but not too many ;-)

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox