HOLIDAY SKETCHING

I just wanted to share a quick sketch I did while I was sitting by the pool on holiday.

Now I'm thinking about doing a beach series of paintings.

SOME SKETCHAROONIES

Hi all,

I just thought I would share some simple sketches from my sketch book.

Hope you are all having a great weekend :)

Mine is almost over :(

BOOKMARKS

I have been busy painting some new bookmarks yesterday and today, and have finally finished (the painting bit at least). I plan to make prints of them to sell in my Etsy store. They will be laminated and have a tassel at the end.

work in progress

my original sketches with the finished bookmarks

I will be adding words to most of them as well

I hope you like them :)

PROCRASTINATING, DECORATING, AND ANNOYING WISDOM TEETH

Boy oh boy, where do the weeks ago. I can't believe it is the end of July all ready. I have been pretty bad this week in getting motivated to do some art, actually I have been pretty bad the last couple of weeks. I just keep putting it off and being lazy instead. I keep thinking about stuff that I want to do in the future, and I let it distract me from concentrating on the here and now. I know I am doing this but I find it hard to pull myself back sometimes. I think I might go somewhere nice this weekend to distract my crazy mind. Hopefully next week will be a better one.

I have managed to do a little bit of art in between my laziness though, but not as much as I could be getting done or want to be getting done.

I have been preparing new canvases to start painting, and sketching some ideas for bookmarks that I want to make

I also managed to paint two canvases too, though I was just experimenting with backgrounds

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DECORATING

My Mum, Serena Lewis has been redecorating her bedroom at the moment and got me in the mood to do a little myself. I felt like bringing a bit more colour to my bedroom, so I took advantage of the end of financial year sales and bought a few more bed linens and cushions to brighten it up a bit. It's not a huge change, but it's big enough to make me happier with it.

My bed before

and my bed after
I really like the colours orange, aqua and chocolate together. Most of my house is decorated in these colours.

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ANNOYING WISDOM TEETH

I have also been dealing with a pretty inflamed wisdom tooth that has been annoying me for about a year now, and I have had enough of it. I had to get x-rays done yesterday to see whether the tooth was too close to the nerve in the gums or not. Luckily it's not to bad and they can take it out without to much of a risk. Though it is still attached to the bone so I will need to get some of that removed to, eep!! I am not the biggest fan of going to the dentist, but I guess it has to get done before the problem gets worse. I also got my very first filling done while I was in there which wasn't a pleasant experience. That needle almost gave me a heart attack! My jaw is so sore today and I still need to go back to get one more filled :(

SMILE!

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - IDLE

She spent most of her time on the ocean floor idly passing her days

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - HOLLOW

The young Aboriginal boy was happy with how his didgeridoo turned out. He hand crafted it from a tree that had been hollowed out by termites.

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - SHAKY

Although she was shaking with nerves as she walked out onto the stage, she still put on a happy face as she made her performance

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - WORN

The word for this weeks Illustration Friday was worn. This is what I came up with -

She still loved her worn old teddy

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - DRIFTING

The word for Illustration Friday this week was drifting. I had sooo many ideas running through my head with this one, but this is what ended up coming out onto paper -

Drifting on a sea of dreams, hope and love

I am having so much fun with IF. It is great for stretching the imagination and tempting you to try new things.

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ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - UNFOLD

This is a quick little sketch I did today for my Illustration Friday entry. I haven't had much time for my art this week as Alex is on holidays from work. Hopefully I'll do a little better next week.

New found wings unfolded

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