Happy Christmas

I would like to take this opportunity this festive season to send you all a big warm hug wherever you are in the world!

I particularly like this quote from Burton Hillis.

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." What are some of your favourite Christmas quotes?

Wishing you a peaceful, happy and creative New Year!

Halloween - Scaredy Cat

In the last month, I have been cleaning out the cobwebs so to speak. A change of diet has seen me sort and reorganise the food pantry. Some of the recommended dietary drinks and shakes would raise the hair on anyone's head, I can tell you!! Yes lots of concoctions (love that word) were a brewing.

The paint brush and rollers were out again to redecorate and bring a new freshness to one of the rooms and I am happy to say looking very summery. Here in the southern hemisphere we are waving good bye to the spring and welcoming in the summer. Although Halloween and Christmas always play tricks on my brain, thinking it should be a lot colder.

As mentioned in the previous post I went ahead and made a polymer clay piece for Halloween. I thought it would be fun to make scaredy cat on a Halloween pumpkin, from a sketch I did a while back. I had to change the facial expression slightly to show up more on the black.

Scaredy cat on a Halloween pumpkin was painted in acrylics with a little glossy accent on the eyes of the cat. It's rather cute in a kooky sort of way, don't you think?

Have you made or created any Halloween projects? I would love to hear about them.

Until next time, Have a Spooktacular Halloween!

Halloween - Wednesday Addams and Scaredy Cat

Halloween has always been one of my favourite times of the year growing up. The costumes were not very elaborate but I remember always having lots of fun and eating many sweet treats. Luckily it was only once a year, probably not great for the teeth!

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I seem to like the more quirky and slightly darker side of Halloween, so here are a few quick rough sketches. I decided to go with a cuter version of Wednesday Addams from the old TV show "The Addams Family". It tickles my funny bone, pun intended.

Tearing and gluing down scrapbook papers and script tissue paper in typical Halloween shades of orange.

Filling in the background with acrylics.




Turning my attention to the main characters and getting more of a feel of the piece with acrylics and caran d'ache watersoluble crayons.

Nearly finished, I put in a little strong light here and there, adding to the details as I am going. I turn to the background again. I decided on a stamp in black ink to frame the edge of the paper and to give it more texture. A Q-tip rubbed in the permanent ink pad makes a good black dot. To balance the picture out, I painted in the bats, it also creates a bit more interest and movement.

This was a nice little project to work on. It is fun for me to create something a little spooky every now and then, Who is your favourite Halloween character and why?

Comments are welcomed and encouraged.

Until next time, happy creating and have a Great Halloween!