Showing posts with label watercolours. Show all posts
Showing posts with label watercolours. Show all posts

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Busy Little Bum Bum Bee

I'm sure to the outside world and to anybody who reads this I'm looking pretty darn lazy right now. I bet your all picturing me sat on my bottom eating biscuits, drinking tea and watching project runway marathons. Well your wrong! Sort of.
 
I have been sat down, I have been drinking tea and yes I might have dunked the odd biscuit or two three four packet. And project runway hasn't left my telly for a loooonnnnnng time! but its all for a good cause!
 
I've been working on two custom orders! (yes two!) As well as trying to prepare for this craft fair! To say I've been busy would be an under statement! Today is the first day I've found enough time to blow dry my hair after my shower, And not just leave it to dry in a bun! Which usually results in a curly mope of hair that resembles the love child of Diana Ross and Russell Brand.
 
Anyway it feels like its been ages since I've posted anything I've made recently! And I'm afraid you were nearly out of luck today as well! Until I remembered a painting that I started last week!
 
 
Growing up Star Wars was religion in our house, we even had the Gold Edition box set on vhs, yeah we were that good! The boy down the road only had the silver!
Any I knew that sooner or later I was going to end up doing a star wars related piece and this guy popped out at me when I was searching through one of my books. This is just the beginning phase i'm hoping that when i'm finished he's going to look really awesome, I'm hoping to go for a sort of illustration feel!
 
Other than that, and my custom orders (cannot wait to tell you about these! but mums the word for the moment!) I've added two new items to my Etsy shop!!!!
 
My voodoo Doll Plushie! - £7.50 
 
 
 
 And
 
Blue Tit on Branch, watercolour and Ink Illustration - £8.00
 
 
 
Both of these items can be found on my Etsy Page (there a link on the right hand side of this page) And both come with gift wrapping as standard.
 
For anybody who doesn't know what the gift wrapping looks like here's one I did recently!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Much Love
 
Frankie
 
xxx

Sunday, 20 July 2014

Beady Eyes

Yesterday between looking after the boys and trying to motivate myself to start the beading on my Indian owl. (As well as trying to finish my knitting) I actually managed to have a quick play around with my watercolours.


He's definitely not my best work, for starters I always tend to work better on a larger scale but I've  fallen in love with illustrations on book pages after stumbling upon some on pinterest. I also did it in five minutes using a postage stamp sized picture on my phone as an image to work from.


But I actually kind of like him, I think he's got a certain something. And I love his big old beady eyes!

This is probably just me being optimistic about him though, I can already hear the voices of art teachers past telling me to bin it and start on something fresh!
Which I might just do (not the binning part) the starting fresh part, it's been ages since I've had a go at painting. I'm thinking something of the large scale variety, possibly on canvas. And to be honest I am quite liking the idea of doing an owl! Just need to get myself a canvas now and to get my bum into gear.

Speaking of getting my bum into gear I have a list of things to do as long as my arm!
  • finish current knitting project for etsy.
  • finish patchwork quilt (lord give me the strength to actually complete this project!)
  • aprons to be sewn
  • needle books to be made
  • beading on Indian owl to be started/completed
  • all embroidery projects to be turned into cushions
The list goes on and on and on!
 
It seems every time something's finished something else rears its ugly head!
 
Much Love
 
Frankie
 
xxx