Illustration Friday and Paint Party Friday Challenges

Thank Goodness it is Friday,

This one is going to be a new venture. This sketch is my first participation in the Illustration Friday Challenge. The background was sealed first as to prevent the watercolors from seeping through the page. Then I washed over with a light blue, the next layer was with a mask laid over the dry paint and a darker color of blue, then I continued to go over the bottom until it was darker for the road I wanted. The Challenge was the word "Tension". As we all know our economy isn't the best, weather causes food to go up, gas is ridiculous and wages aren't rising at the same pace. If this doesn't cause tension you are a stronger person than I am. will leave a link, so you can check out the other participants work. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Well I guess I should have checked out the information , I did not know you could not post the previous weeks topic on Friday. Jokes on me. I will still use this for Paint Party Friday.

Creative Tuesday Challenge

Good Afternoon,

Hope you all had a great weekend, the weather was decent here but cooler than usual for this time of year. Well I took a little different direction this time. I was on my Facebook page and noticed I was getting request for this candy game, so I checked it out. I thought that is a sweet game, and since our theme is "Candy", or something sweet I decided to use this game.
The background of the page is magenta ink pigment from a stamp pad gently slid across the paper till desired result. The game and lettering is both markers, colored pencils. Then of course it is sealed. I think it turned out a little cute. I will be using this for a couple other challenges: Diana Evans Sweet Saturday, link here, A piece a week, link is here. The link back to look at more Creative Tuesday postings is this link.

Diana Evans 10 min warm ups

 

 

Good Afternoon,
I hope you all had splendid weekend. I can honestly say I am a tad behind on all my challenges, may not be able to post to all the ones I usually do. But I will do the best I can. The pages above are 10 minute warm-ups I do for the Diana Evans 10-min warm up sketches. As I said I doodle more of the warm ups than I get posted. For some reason posting takes me a sometime to get completed. Well I am off to post a few more challenges and to finish two I have started so I can get them posted before the dead lines. Have a wonderful evening.

Sketchbook Challenge

Good Afternoon,

I don't think bowls are my forte, but I tried and will practice to get better. The top piece are Southwestern style clay bowls. The bowl standing up needed more shading to show the rim, as this is a shallow bowl, not a plate. The second one is my favorite bowls I own. The top small bowl needed the sides to be straighter. The bowl it is sitting on is a pitcher style bowl turned upside down. The bowl standing up is a ring dish. This was done in watercolors and alcohol ink. I am going to try to link these back to the Sketchbook Challenge site, I have never done this. Sketchbook Challenge
I believe it worked yeah. Have a great weekend.

Diane Evans 10 min warm ups

Good Morning,

I just wanted to take a quick moment and post a couple of my 10 minute warm-up sketches. I do far more of these than I ever get posted, so I told myself this morning I was going to take the time to show a few. Thanks for looking, have a great weekend.

A Piece a Week

This is an acrylic piece I did yesterday. I go to one of the paint venues in our city to do canvas painting. I try to replicate some of the paintings they teach on my own as I can't afford to always go to classes. This is one from the venue Paint_Cellar in Indianapolis. I painted the background in lilac and blende with white while still wet. The flowers are a mixture of violet, berry and white.
I hope you enjoy this springy canvas. Have a great weekend.

Inspiration Ave Retro 50's and 60's/Paint Party Friday

Good morning,
I have felt really lousy lately, I am on disability for degenerative joint disease. My arthritis is really painful, I am getting numb in my shoulder which I am assuming is from the bad places in my neck. But time goes on and I don't want to give up my art works.
The one I have posted here is for Inspiration Ave and Paint Party Friday. The page was fun to do. I started by gluing a whimsical flower scrap book page into my journal, then I white-washed over that page to tone down the colors. After that I used distressed ink pad to stamp paisley designs over the page. I also stenciled a wallpaper design from the 60's. I let everything dry before beginning to glue my collage cut out of items from those eras. I also added some retro buttons. The lettering are varieties of sticker lettering. Then to finish off as typical I sprayed with glossy Mod-Podge. Well that is all for now I am working on other challenges to post shortly. Have a great weekend.