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I am not sure if I bought this for me or as a present, it was from The Range ages ago.  Anyway, when my great nieces came over when we were based near to my niece.  I gave them most of the animal ones to colour in and a few days ago decided to have a go myself.  It didn’t strike me before, but these are practically complete sketches rather than line drawings.  I did the doves first and was pleased with them, when I came to do the roses however, it was much harder to get the colour to show.  I use Crayola pencil crayons, not the best, but a good quality nonetheless.  I don’t know how many layers I used before I got the colour density I was after. (Picture below) Then I used Vaseline, something I had not tried before.  The comparison is clearer in real life, but the colour is more vibrant in the second picture.

I then decided to use a white acrylic paint over the next page to make the lines fade.  Gesso would have been better, but I probably would have still got brush marks.  I did actually like the brush marks on the leaves, I used sandpaper to make the mug a little smoother.  However, the only suitable green kept breaking, so very quickly went from complete pencil to stump.  I did try mixing in the other greens, but they didn’t look right, so I have started using acrylic paint.

Maybe I will do the next one in another medium entirely!

I just realized I have not put my Apple Watch on.  It’s no wonder I don’t reach my fitness targets!

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After no internet signal at the two last sites, this site has it..yay!

I am sitting by a small lake this morning at our latest stop.  The beautiful view is slightly spoiled by the knowledge that the lake is very low and the fish are like the farmers in desperate need of rain.  We arrived yesterday.    Before every journey I pray that God will grant us a safe journey.  On our way here we one of the caravan  tyres had a puncture.  My husband pulled off the road as soon as he could and put the spare on, but he said it could have been a lot worse.

Still doing my Scripture pages, but this post is a bit thin on pictures!

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 Just saying a Quick hello while we are at a garden centre having tea cake. Absolutely no Internet at the site but we move on next week

Latest project below x

 

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People handle grief in different ways, my husband found the loss of Red very hard.   Annie, is Red’s mother and follows him everywhere, she finds me a poor substitute!  Annie is two years older and my husband feels losing Annie would be much worse for him.  So he has decided to look for another dog.  It’s too soon for me, but hopefully it will be a few months further on.

We are still in the months of free art sessions.  Most are not appealing to me for one reason or another, but this one did:

My first go with Gouache.  I spent a while practicing the leaves before deciding to do it my way.  Obviously more practice required and she did mention finding the “right” paint brush for leaves.

I have been carrying on with my Scripture book.

 

 I am not sure if I will get back to doing ICADs.

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 My husband and I have had a tough couple of weeks. One of our three dogs died, possibly stroke, it was incredibly quick.  We are on holiday, the nearest emergency vet was over an hour away and it was obvious she wouldn’t make it to the vets.  The owner of the caravan site let us bury her in an area of his land where the family pets were and his grandmother’s ashes scattered.  It was a very peaceful place and we were grateful for his kindness.

I spent today with my niece in her craft room making a jellyfish lamp.

As always, lovely to spend time with her.  More to look forward to tomorrow.

I also have been creating a book of verses from the Gospel of John.

  

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A big thank you to Mary Ann who sent me the above.  The envelope is so sweet it makes me want to make some myself.  It was a lovely surprise, my son stayed the night on his way home from Hyde Park and he brought my hearing aid and the post.

We went to a garden centre, I bought some paper napkins which I didn't photograph and Spirit.   Spirit is a wild mustang, star of the film of the same name, one of my favourite films.  I have six of these resin horses (all different) at home, most bought for me by my loving husband.  Amazon sent me a £5 voucher for a film Saturday, so I bought Spirit.  Happy Days.

No crafting has gone on, I have however read 3 books! I have been sitting at the side of the caravan and barely moving for three days, got swollen ankles and also sunburn!  Those rays ricocheted twice to get me!  On the 4th day I kept circling my ankles and standing up often and it was sorted.

 Monday morning I woke up with vertigo so had a restful day - no exercises - watching a few craft tutorials.  Thankfully Tuesday I was fine,  but I did waste time looking for a parrot with a particular pose.  The funny thing was that somewhere along the way I seemed to have forgot the pose I wanted and was looking for something different 🙄.

Tuesday afternoon we went to a garden centre to have a look at sheds, but they didn’t have any.   They did have some franchises and I bought some clothes - more happy days.

My husband is talking about building/buying a shed for me.  Well the first plan was for him to have a third for garden chairs and mower.   I had a great image in my mind and it didn’t include looking at the garden tools🤣🤣.  Then he started looking online (being as we were not at home) and is looking at delightful summer houses all for me.  This obviously is a better option aesthetically, but I am thinking with all that glass, too hot, too cold!  Stay tuned.

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I take we are all hot, hot, hot!  Somehow I forgot Wednesday follows Tuesday, so I was surprised to see it was Wednesday on my IPad this morning!  We moved sites yesterday, the site is rather cramped and our pitch has no shade!  You never know exactly what you are going to find when you arrive and we almost never go to the same place twice.   When we got back last year we decided to buy a fan and it was such a good idea.

This is my favourite, I used pencil crayons over some ephemera for the background.  I did think of making the circle on the left a moon and maybe ladybirds on the toadstools.  The ladybird stickers are a bit too shiny, if you know what I mean. I did read clear gesso would take the shininess away.

On the ICAD challenge Website, Tammy showed samples of ICADs and these strip cards were one idea I tried and liked.  I think they need a focal point, but meanwhile I used up a lot of scraps!

The top left is another scrap buster!  My printer is in another room so when I went to collect my printouts I saw the printer was running out of ink and had produced this pale lilac/pink colour.  I should have binned them there and then!  I used some for this and binned the rest.

Taking photographs in the caravan is a bit of a pain as the light is never that good.  I bought this little gadget and it works well.  I am always a bit dubious even if the ratings are good.  There were a lot of more expensive ones (this one was £25).

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The Internet is terrible at this site and my patience is sorely tested!  I look forward to moving on next week, caravan site not houses.  It can’t be worse can it?   Above my desk and below two of the cards  have done.  These butterfly pictures were cut from wrapping paper and were in a see through pocket, which gave me the idea.

Still using up diecuts.  

And scraps.

 

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Yesterday was exhausting as we moved from Cardigan to Stratford Upon Avon.  I was actually born in Tiddington, not far away.

The ICAD challenge is under way.  I have been going through my folders and determined to either use things or bin them.  

I had an idea using my name, getting the size right was a lot harder to do by hand rather than by computer, but I didn’t want to cut the letters out again!   You can see I used up some diecuts!  Please excuse the wonky photograph.

The internet signal is very iffy here, but I will do my best to visit.

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Highlight of this week has been a trip to Cardigan.  The weather was great for a wander around.  When I saw this chap, I just had to have him.  He is not the same colour both sides, I much prefer his blue side!  I was told that he is printed with a 3D printer and made from Cornstarch plastic!  He is biodegradable and will disappear in a few hundred years.  To which I replied “As long as he doesn’t do it on my mantelpiece!”

I did an abstract piece following on from a free workshop:

I used a set of Posca Paint pens, the pink and yellow were a bit neon so It was reworked several times.

I am studying John’s Gospel.  I started creating a Faith Art page only to make a mess of it with a few drops of water.  So  started again:

First ICAD, I don’t normally do the prompts,  but quite enjoyed doing this one : Surfboard.

There was a huge cardigan on display in Cardigan, I thought some of you might be interested in this fantastic piece of art.

Angela x

 

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 A huge thank you to Jan and Lyn for sending me these WOYWW 17 cards. I was delighted to to receive them.  We had gone back home for our granddaughter’s 18th birthday and went back to the caravan the next morning.

Temu do sell some rubbish!  I ordered what I thought were small strips of paper with toadstool images as well as flower ones too.  They are actually segments of toadstools and flowers, some I could not see myself using at all and I was going to bin them.  Instead I stuck them down and used Posca paint pens and acrylics to create the above.  I cut up anything red or make toadstool tops.  I used pencil crayons to create shadows on the stalks.  Still more to do and I am not sure what the end result will be, but I like it so far.  Which is not what I said half an hour before this stage.

Two pages I did using up some things.

And finally some pages in my petite journal.

Angela x