100 Days of Watercolour - 80-86

 Hi Everyone!

It's getting late, so here's a quickie post of my latest 7 watercolours for The 100 Day Project. Hope you like 😊

Day 80

Day 81

Day 82 - Time for some quirky birds

Day 83

Day 84

Day 85

Day 86

Thanks so much for visiting and commenting!

Have a great week!

Alison

100 Days of Watercolour - 73-79

 Hello All.

It's been our May Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK today. We went for a lovely afternoon walk with our friends and their little spaniel, to see the bluebells in our local woods. They are at their peak now, and simply stunning carpets of blue. As usual, I forgot to take any photos!

I have another week of watercolour art to share with you today, for The 100 Day Project. 

Day 73 - I used a PaperArtsy stencil on this one, with some gold watercolour dots. 

Day 74 - I love the earthy colours and simple botanical doodle on this one.

Day 75 - Another favourite.

Day 76 - The first of a few butterflies. I wish you could see the shimmer on these.

Day 77

Day 78

Day 79

Thanks for all your lovely comments, and for coming to visit me today.

Hugs,

Alison

52 Weeks Art Journal - Week 26 - Halfway Mash Up

 Hi Everyone.

We're halfway through the year, unbelievable though it seems, and this week Michelle/Raspberry Blue Sky has asked us to pick 2 or more of our favourite prompts to date, and create a mash up page. I chose week 19's Favourite colour, week 20's wild and free, and week 21's Face.

My lady is wild and free with butterflies in her hair, so I'm linking one last time to Mia's Butterflies theme at Art Journal Journey.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xox

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

Instagram Garden Party Challenge No. 1

Hi Everyone! 

I found a new challenge on Instagram, called The Garden Party Challenge, and run by Isa and Sylvie. It's a fortnightly challenge with 5 prompts to use.

For Challenge 1, the list was, a square card, insects, pink colour, script, and stitching.

I made this card for my best friend Karen's birthday, which just happens to be today.

Happy birthday dear Karen! We celebrated with a visit to National Trust property Ightham Mote in Kent. Karen took a few photos, but she hasn't shared them with me yet. I used a stamp set by Innovative Stamp Creations, and one of my previously created gel prints.

Happy Wednesday,

Alison xox

Butterflies are Flowers

Hello Friends.

I have another page to share with you, that I made for Erika's In the Air/Sky theme at Art Journal Journey.

Lots of teabag texture, three net teapig bags with butterflies, and a butterfly girl on a sparrow's back. A larger butterfly girl, then scrapes of Seaglass Fresco Finish acrylic, and a blotchy hand-written quote by Robert Frost.

Hope you're having a good week,

Alison xox