What music inspires? Today’s 64 Million artists Challenge is a great abstract sounding task! I’m really going to enjoy this and inspire you to give new materials a try. What Music Inspires – immediately says to me mark marking to music. If you have not tried this before get ready to find a really expressiveContinue reading “Drawing to Music with Everyday Objects | Beginner’s Guide to Expressive Mark Making!”
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Mastering Flamboyant Costumes: Ink and Pastel Technique Tutorial
Today’s 64 Million Artists challenge is all about animation, and I’m thrilled to guide you through bringing art to life using my favourite medium – collage! Join me as we transform my cartoon dog into an animated wonder. In this video, I’ll share beginner-friendly techniques to infuse movement into your art. My cartoon dog comesContinue reading “Mastering Flamboyant Costumes: Ink and Pastel Technique Tutorial”
My peaceful place
Todays challenge comes from Scotland to create a sketch of your peaceful place. I’m really looking forward to this one! My peaceful place is Saundersfoot, in Pembrokeshire. A small way up near Wiseman’s bridge is a little red ice cream van. It by the coastal walk and is manned by a lovely lady. It probablyContinue reading “My peaceful place”
Startle
I was scared to start a month long project based around watercolour, having become very effective with collage techniques. But I am finding a lot of freedom to experiment with watercolour and push the boundaries of what is possible. While Gouache is not strictly watercolour, it is still a water-based medium and allowed by CharlieContinue reading “Startle”
Morning Regime
This is another idea I am working on to create a finished collage image of some boats I saw at Tresaith, in Wales. I’m using collage papers that I have made by printing on newspaper and then tearing to shape. The boat and block coloured paper are children’s sugar paper which has become a trademarkContinue reading “Morning Regime”
Another week, another round of Doodlewash
Sometimes it’s easier than others with the doodlewash prompts. Clip was the prompt – and this is a bulldog clip. When we used to use paper and store documents you would always grab a Bulldog clip. I wonder how many of todays children would even recognise this item! Everything was paper and notebooks when IContinue reading “Another week, another round of Doodlewash”
Rosebuds
This weeks prompts from Doodlewash, could not be further away from my comfort zone of prompts! I’m not a big flower painter and I envy people who can make flowers look beautiful. I almost tried a botanical watercolour course but level of detail was too much for me to fathom. Botanical painters, who build upContinue reading “Rosebuds”
This little piggy
Covid has been a strange beast. This little piggy has been created using a Covid mask advert! I have been watching the Morning Show on Apple, and I have noticed in other shows, where Covid has crept into the scripts. When I saw the mask advert, I knew I wanted to use it in aContinue reading “This little piggy”
Monochromatic Bunny
Bunny Prompt! I can’t draw bunnies. Not sure that red was the correct colour for this bunny. It has an ‘end of Watership down’ feel to it. This is the kind of bunny you wouldn’t want to mess with in a dark alley. No more to be said!
You’ll wet the bed if you pick them…
You may or may not know this, but picking Dandelions does not make you wet the bed! You have to eat them to do that. The popular myth is based around the french word for Dandelion – Pissenlit – which translates to ‘Pee the bed’. Another french word is Dent de lion to describe theContinue reading “You’ll wet the bed if you pick them…”
