Butterfly wings

I painted a photograph of a butterfly which I had lying around for ages. It started off as being a very light wash of watercolours, but then I drank some wine and I was a bit too heavy-handed with the acrylics, as per usual!

Then I found this guy on my wall a few days later...I think the incredibly warm weather done something odd to his natural cycle.

Oh god, this is embarrasing

When I said I would blog about doing something creative everyday, I'm not sure I thought things through. I kinda forgot that I would have to document my attempts in a way that ACTUAL people could see. I was feeling tired and lazy today, which I think is evident in my painting. I decided to paint a TINY little flower illustration from a pretty postcard that I bought in the Victoria and Albert Museum. I used acrylics paints as watercolours, and some Inktense pencils for the first time. They are like watercolour pencils, but give an inky effect (shocker!) and can be used on fabric too.  This is what I have done so far...ta da!!!

The postcard I took the flower from is on the top-right. Its a print of a watercolour textile design by William Kilburn, which dates circa 1788 - 92.

Hi!

This is yesterdays 'creation' that I mentioned was planned through doodling. It's a really simple idea, but I just wanted to try something quite sharp and quite fun.

The main motivation for this was to liven-up the hallway in my flat. When we moved in it was full of really cheap, tacky pictures (see below, left!). I've placed my new painting opposite the front door so that it gives a  welcoming, personal feel to the flat!
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After

                                                                                     

New colours

This isn't exactly a fantastic piece but I really just wanted to paint with this gorgeous turquoise colour which not only matches my current nail varnish, but was 25% off in the art shop yesterday! The Gloss Gel is amazing, it makes the paint quite glossy, transparent and thick. I'm looking forward to experimenting with it some more.        

                      xx

Shoes

Look at these gorgeous irregular choice shoes painted by this cool lady, who gave up her day job to live her dream of painting. Shoes and Art, a lady after my own heart!

What made me look at the Irregular Choice blog in the first place was the amazing pictures on Snippets of Shiny Thoughts blog, which just make me want to buy new shoes! Perhaps painting shoes would be more economical.

xx