ArtyFartyAnnie

 Hello and welcome to my craft-room blog,  Yesterday I tried another class from the Art Bundle For Good #6 - this one was with Jenny Buchanan from Blue Beach House Art and it was my first ever go at a seascape ... This was such an enjoyable class and full of tips about colour-mixing, blending and different brush techniques. Jenny explained everything really clearly and made the whole process feel so easy. We used acrylic paints in a fairly limited palette of pthalo blue, pthalo green, cobalt blue, hansa yellow light, alizarin crimson and titanium white. Here's a speeded-up video of my process if you would like to watch how it came together.  It's a long way from perfect (top of the wave isn't right, colour's a bit lairy and the seawash looks more like that caul fat they wrap around faggots) but I'm really looking forward to having another go by myself and I feel confident that practice will make perfect - or at least better :) Thanks for visiting me today, see you...

 Hello and welcome to my craft-room blog,  This week I've been enjoying getting into some of the classes from Art Bundle For Good #6. The first one was with Eulalia Mejia from South America and I had a wonderful time! I loved the gorgeous colours in this split complimentary scheme and it was fun to use several different media - Eulalia started with acrylic paint which I subbed with gouache to give me the range of colours I needed, then we added interest and texture by making lots of little marks with coloured pencils, finishing off by adding more details with paint pens.  Eulalia showed how to take just the three colours (pink/red, yellw-green and blue-green) and mix with black and white to create tones, shades and tints to give variation and interest. If you would like to watch a speeded-up video of how my version came together, click here .  I really fell in love with Eulalia's style and use of colour, here's a link to her website if you would like to check it out...

 Hello and welcome to my craft room blog,  It rained all day on Wednesday, which suited me perfectly, as I wanted to spend the day in my craft room finishing my Trash Dolls from the live stream on Sunday. Here you can see them all lined up for a group photo on my desk (after some serious tidying-up). They make me smile - I will definitely need to find them some space in my craft room, they won't be left languishing in a box in the garage this time :) If you'd like to watch a brief demo of the basic process and find out what junk I used for each of the dolls, check out this video on my YouTube channel . Meanwhile, here are some close-up photos ... If you feel inspired to make any of these yourself, please feel free to share pics on my ArtyFartyAnnie  FB page (you'll need to click on the Community tab to see what other visitors have posted). Thanks very much for visiting my blog today, see you again soon :) Annie xo

 Hello and welcome to my craft-room blog,  You know how sometimes you try to create something which just doesn't work out and it can be a real downer? You try to tell yourself that it's not the outcome that matters, the point is to enjoy the process and learn from it etc etc. - you know this, but it's still frustrating and can knock you confidence. Well, that's what happened to me the other day. So I had to get back on the metaphorical horse and create something I was happy with so I thought a lovely relaxing class with Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts would be just the ticket. It worked like a charm - Tam makes it all so easy and when I was done I felt completely chilled and very happy with my picture ... The whole process was quite meditative, building up the picture layer by layer without having to think too hard. Perfect! Check out the Willowing Arts website , where you can find lots of classes, including some freebie tasters. If you would like to watch my speeded...

 Hello again and welcome to my craft-room blog,  It's been a while, but now that I've retired (again!) I'm planning to get back into blogging, amongst other things - it's such a lovely way to keep a kind of journal of my arty-farty adventures.  My You Tube channel is a relatively new passion - I love to connect with people all over the world to share our creative hobbies and inspire each other. On Sunday, my son Tom and I did a live stream, making Trash Dolls. Huge thanks to everyone who joined in and made the chat so lively and fun.  Inspired by the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, here's Queenie, all finished ... If you would like to watch a replay of the live stream, click this link . Also watch out for a follow-upvideo coming soon, where I'll show the whole process and finish a few more friends for Queenie :) Thanks for popping in today, see you again soon :) Annie xo