Strength, Courage & Sophia

Thursday, 4 December 2008

'Merry Christmas 08'

21 x 29.5 cm

Oil Pastels on Quality Coloured Paper

Aaaaah yes! This took me back! Anyone remember doing this at school? I just had to do it again in my ripe old age of 30! I'd coloured the paper about a week before scratching it. I had no idea what I was going to do with it but I wanted it to be simple as my inner child wanted to doodle. I played with the contrast a bit to get this luminous effect and then I added it to Redbubble so anyone could purchase as a card! 'Babygirl' soon got her hands on it and made a few designs of her own, luckily I'd already saved the image to the PC! Now she's having as much fun as I did!

Have a good one, and whatever you're doing... MAKE IT MERRY! xXXx

Something for the weekend?!

'Don't Make Me Beg'

33 x 48 cm

Charcoal on 110gsm Rough Grain Paper

This was done mid November, only adding it now since I've been a little lazy with my blog and got a little hooked with my Redbubble site! Anyways, this was a very quick sketch, (20-30 mins), taken from a photo hubby took of me a couple years ago. My smallest piece of charcoal was too big for detail so not everything is where it should be. It was a nice experiment with a new material I hadn't used since school so expect more testers to appear.

Friday, 14 November 2008

Series Sketch

'Eternal Flame'

A5 Sketch Pad

Pencil & Ink

Yet another vision waiting to be born. I literally grabbed my pad and blurted this out. More to come as I'm feeling the black, gold and silver combo. Soon to be on canvas!

Monday, 10 November 2008

The Texture Touch

Out of the Blue

(33 x 26 cm)

Acrylic & Gesso on Canvas Board.

For about a month I had this vision floating around in my head. I intended to just paint it but felt it needed to stand out more. Using gesso gave me the volume I wanted. Love feeling it.