today

 

'balloon 'bot'

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

wednesdoodle

'bot 'n doll

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

back

Back to school today after the half term break. There may be light on the horizon - I might be going back to doing my art 'job' soon as my injured colleague appears to well on the mend! Fingers and everything else crossed. Todays doodle;

 

'birdie 'bot'

 

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

elephants & basketball

 A pic of this years completed embroidered and appliqued Indian elephant pieces. Each square is approx. 20x20 cm. Felt with added beads, buttons and metal washers.

 

 

 

And 'basketball 'bot' ;

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

wednesdoodle

 

'barca 'bot'

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

strictly

'ballroom 'bot'  

 

 

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

on a roll

'blading 'bot'

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

sunday dood'

'mirror, mirror...'

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper

itsy bitsy...

...teeny, weeny, yellow, polka dot bikini.

 

'bashful bikini 'bot'

 

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper

pollack & doodle

In art club this week we embellished our strip woven pieces by adding woollen threads and card 'buttons'. They turned out quite 'Jackson Pollacky' !

 

 

Today's doodle - 'bowling 'bot', A5, ink & pencil on paper.

 

daily doodle

Today's doodle - a coy 'bot in dungarees. A5, ink & pencil on paper.

 

 

yay!

Today's doodle celebrates a gutsy performance from the lads last night (retro shirt).

 

 

We've also been working hard on, and have nearly finished, our embroidered/appliqued elephant pieces. Stitched flower patterns, beads and bling (small metal washers) have been added.

mondays doodle

Todays doodle - ballerina 'bot.

A5, ink & pencil on paper.

 

weaving + daily doodle

In art club this week we wove paper strips. We interlocked strips of different widths and then added even thinner strips on the surface. The intention is to embellish these pieces further with threads, buttons and beads.

 

 

In an effort to keep some sort of personal creativity going I'm going to try and draw and post a doodle a day. At the moment I do these whilst waiting for the photocopier to get its act together. I then usually leave them lying around in the repro room - to raise a smile, spark ideas, as a random gift for whoever would like them. Here's the first;

 

A5, ink & pencil on paper

'bots

Been very busy of late - what with end of term, form filling, data compiling etc. Managed a few quick sketches of 'bots. After the hols I might think about putting some sketches (or paintings?) on Folksy. Seem to have had more retail success of late on Folksy as opposd to Etsy.

Big apologies for the poor photo - my 'art room' is in the cellar and the shadow is caused by the ceiling light! Can't see if I turn it off!!

paintin'

"Washing day blues"

Mixed media- acrylics, collage & ink on 13x18cm canvas board.

Not sure how appropriate folk think this is but it's meant to be a bit of harmless fun.

huge canvas!

Just painted up a very large (bearing in mind I usually don't work any bigger than A4), 80cm by 60cm piece. Had a slightly damaged canvas that I just had a whim to see if I could successfully paint up. Wish I had taken some 'in progress' pics. Would welcome any comments.

Acrylic & ink on a gallery wrapped 80 by 60cm canvas

moving toys

Today we designed and made some simple moving toys that rocked.

Paper and card, standing about 10cm tall.

peg 2

Have made another unique, naive piece of folk art - Peg 2. She 'wears' a slightly battered and faded heart (possibly too many unrequited loves & missed opportunities). Could you be the one to make her life complete and give her the tenderness she deserves - or perhaps you know someone who would! An ideal valentine keepsake for the one you love.

She is jointed using red embroidery thread and vintage, hand-made French nacre buttons.

Update - she's now listed in my Etsy shop should you care to peruse. Click on the shoplink.

peg 1

Have tried to take some better pics of the peg doll and have listed it in my shop. Surely someone out there would like a truly unique collectors piece!