more reef

more reef
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few more bits for the rainbow reef

osr

osr
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getting back to 'proper' stuff

4 pager

4 pager
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Scanned this in last night, should have got the camera out instead. I love scanning for the convenience but it does tend to 'flatten' everything

change of scene

change of scene
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adding some more "corals" to the reef I started last year. Must be the cooler, longer evenings that makes the feel of yarn based sessions so appealing

dragon

dragon
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white pen on black card, coloured with Derwent metallic pencils, I had bought the pencils ages ago at a show and not had occasion to use them till now. Rotating the B&W one gave a whole new picture!

face

face
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coloured

coloured
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'proper' border perhaps for a less than 'proper' quote?

early bird

early bird
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dt.haase October ink blot challenge

new border

Border doodle, coloured and superimposed on black background (courtesy of Photoshop)

2012 sketchbook

2012 sketchbook
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couldn't resist joining in...my sketchbook arrived from US today

'art nouveau' doodle

'art nouveau' doodle
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Will re-colour this one (thank goodness I saved it in B&W) the present colours are too bright for the style, but it looks better on black

finished

finished
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Izzie is five and a real princess, so here's her door label

green 1

green 1
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started the deer and thought hey "what if?"

doodle sep 1

doodle sep 1
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doodled on to print of hand painted fabric and shaded using Faber Castell polychromos pencil Delft Blue

doodle sep 1 inverted

doodle sep 1 inverted
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inverted with Photoshop

osr 7

osr 7
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latest in the 'other side of the rainbow' series

other side of the rainbow

other side of the rainbow
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finished at last!

the Right link!

Thankyou Kristin for the help with that link!

Daughter Jane has animated my alphabet and made a video, which she has put on youtube. I had been trying for days to make a link here and even put what I thought was one.

I know this works, thanks to some detective work by Kristin Dudish. Sooo if you want to see what is making me smile this week go to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_tCe0CkUm8&feature=channel_video_title

thanks again Kristin and for your comments on the fish!

rainbow fish

rainbow fish
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recently discovered in a far off place

numbers etc

numbers etc
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really will get round to doing something with all these letters and numbers Procrastination is getting me nowhere

Problems with commenting

I apologise to all those friends who have told me they are unable to comment on the last entry on my blog. I have no idea why, it appears from other blogger users to be a recent but common problem either in giving or receiving comments

The previous entry is ok (again no idea why) and a couple of people have commented there.

So if this is something you are experiencing on this blog or others, try commenting on a previous posting.

I gather from some of the queries and replies on the help pages that this infuriating quite a lot of bloggers

so apologies again if you are having trouble making comments here

ready to go

now that I have finished the lower case letters I'm ready to go. Just a case of deciding how to use them, I have ideas by the dozen but it's a case of deciding which to try first. All suggestions gratefully received!

first eleven

first eleven
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Via Flickr:
no, not the cricket team.... the first 11 letters in the lower case set. I have saved them as B&W
and coloured this time. See, I can sometimes learn from my 'mistakes'

black and white

black and white
Originally uploaded by bostinstuff

re-drawn the alphabet in B&W for more flexibility and those who like to choose their own colours....

Jake brought his mum and dad over to England to collect his quilt last weekend, so I can now put a picture of it here... what I can't do is put a picture of Jake with said quilt...because with all the folks wanting to meet him, he couldn't fit in the time for a photo shoot. However, I am sure he will arrange for a picture now he is back in Amsterdam.

Great weekend, but the time went so quickly.

sheila

sheila
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o.k moving on now....I have a quilt to make before June

last ones

last ones
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Really enjoyed doing these, but am glad to reach Z, now to do something with them. Originally I only wanted one for a project I am working on!!!

OPQ

OPQ
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.......only nine more to go, mixed feelings, want to have the alphabet complete but will miss the simplicity of the challenge.

LMN

LMN
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'N' marks the beginning of the second half of the alphabet, I am really enjoying doing these doodled capitals but they are very time consuming. If you want to see all the letters so far, press bostinstuff, they are all on my flickr page

catching a rainbow

catching a rainbow
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The sun shining through the windows this morning reflected through the chrystal and on to the back wall. This is the nearest I will get to catching a rainbow! Taken with one hand, rather shakily while the left one was 'up the wall'

Monday mark maker

Monday mark maker
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Having had a week of sorting out a new printer, new Windows programme, etc., etc., its good to be back at the drawing board!

The Sketchbook Project: 2011 » Art House Co-op | We build art projects and communities

The Sketchbook Project: 2011 » Art House Co-op We build art projects and communities

The sketchbooks have started their American tour!

jenny joseph

I saw on Emmy's blog (Cramzy, see on the right) that she had printed out the Jenny Joseph poem, Warning...' When I am an old woman I shall wear purple and a red hat that doesn't go.......' I love that poem for a number of reasons, not least that Jenny Joseph was, like me born in Birmingham and in the same year too. About six or seven years ago I made a doll to go with the poem, known in the family as 'Bet' because certain members of my family thought she looked like the queen! Bet is looking a bit the worse for wear now and her 'fur' is more pink than purple but she is still dear to my heart!

underwater

underwater
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below water on the other side of the rainbow

another side of the rainbow

another side etc.,
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I think I will try a watery view of 'the other side' next

Blowing my own trumpet

I was delighted to read an interview I took part in with 'Nutty' of Gumnut Inspirations, an Australian artist who never fails to amaze me with her diverse talents. And she is mum to two little ones and she does her blog and she does her facebook.... the list goes on and on. Anyway to get to the trumpet bit.... you can read the interview and see all her stuff if you go to
http://inspired.gumnut.net.

doodled ATCs

just fancied working on something smaller

Latest 'other side of the rainbow'

Trying out the doodles on handmade khadi paper with mixed feelings on the result. I love the texture of the paper but feel that marker and pencil is not the right medium for the best results. Might try marker and paint next time

early valentine

A heart doodle given the Photoshop "treatment"

vista 11

vista 11
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same doodle,different background

porthole

porthole
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Its a playing in Photoshop day

Joy

When I was asked to choose a word to inspire me in 2011, the word JOY popped into my head without thinking so... so be it. The other word I actually chose when I did give it some thought was SERENDIPITY so is that a coincidence? tee, hee, I have doodled Joy and put it onto a couple of Photoshopped backgrounds and will be using the word as a theme for a journal

getting underway

I am beginning to get into the flow of 2011! Have posted my Sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project, started clearing my studio, I have been hugging the warmth in the living room all through the cold weather (I know it hasn't all gone yet!) and my stuff is everywhere!! I really want to get started with a clear workspace (and head!) and have found the suggestions on the Big Dreams-Small Wonders have helped me to focus on the really important stuff. I found this picture of vine leaves, altered in Photoshop while tidying the folders in My Pictures and thought it was worth bringing out and letting it glow.

January gets underway

It seems such an age since I posted ... what with the snow.. Christmas and New Year etc., It was great to realise this week that all the hoo-hah was done and the whole of 2011 is waiting to be lived to the full! Not that I have anything in mind ,and that is great too, I am doing a Louise Gale online course http://www.bigdreamssmallwonders.com/ and just taking my time to enjoy the experience.

Earlier this week daughter Pam and family returned to Belfast, water shortages and all, it's crazy in a province with so much water to spare that the water company is such a shambles!

Happy New year to you all, I hope you are safe, dry and warm.

I am making the most of clear pavements to get out and about so that too contributes to my lack of "arty" stuff. Here's one I did earlier...