Lifebook week 7 part one

This is my take on the heart community book lesson with Jill K. Berry.

This is also a little different to what I would normally create, it was fun and I like the result.

Another girl based on first lesson in LB2015

 Sketch and first layers of skin tone using the technique from lesson one in Life Book 2015.

 Book page for pinafore, few more skin tone layers, acrylic red paint and black permanent marker.

 Antique the pinafore with burnt siena water colour wash and prismacolour pencils, finish skin tone and add eye colour using tombow markers, then add high lights and low lights.

The background is made by stamping snow flakes with versa mark ink pad, then add pan pastel once the ink has dried. Lastly I added some crystal glitter to the pom pom. 

Tight rope Ballerina

 this is the workshop for week 4 of Life book 2015, a fantastic, quick lesson from Patti Ballard, book pages for the background then a coat of clear gesso, pencil drawing sketch.

 added paint, prisma colour pencils and tombow markers

then finally added the words, she was fun to create and quite away from who I draw these days, I like her!

Beacon of Light

Week one in Life Book 2015, lesson with Tamara LaPorte, on mixed media paper A3 300GSM, such fun, used loads of different paint, pencils, water soluble crayons, ink, glitter etc. collage and stamping.

Beacon of Light

First week in Life Book 2015, lesson with Tamara LaPorte, detail.

Bag panel progress

 Here is a little snap of what I am working on lately. Its a panel for a bag. I recently went to the AQC here in Melbourne and purchased some Japanese pre cut squares to make a bag, which I started then had a heap of little off cuts that I couldn't bare to waste so I cut them into circles by tracing around the base of a cotton reel before cutting. I then cut 2 inch squares from the remaining fabric and pieced two panels 6 x 6 squares each, popped a circle in the centre of each square using some Vliesofix then hand stitched through them all on the diagonal with some hand dyed thread

                                                                    a closer look

                 Both panels done. Now I just have to decide what type of bag to turn them into.

Christmas cheer and a Happy New Year

Here is a little decoration that I made for a friend for Christmas, it was fun and quite easy to make. I only made the one, as usual I left all Christmas crafting to the last minute and ran out of time. I'm hoping to create some more of these during the year for next Christmas, you never know, it might just happen.