intuitive Portraits WIP1

Having fun with these intuitive portraits, ATC size so I thought i woudl post a WIP - work in progress.

You can see the intital step of a wash or too. Then adding more washes and putting in details. Sometimes I have the card propped up on my desk for some days before deciding what more needs to be added.

I enhance some areas with another wash, or pick out more detail with ink or water colour, keeping in mind balance and having light and dark

lately

I have been doing more ATC's with a bit of writing rather than any journalling.
Strathmore have recently announced 3 more journalling wroshops for 2012 and I have put my name down for all three. See their newsletter for details
http://www.strathmoreartist.com/artist-newsletter.html


The first two are 'intuitive portraits' ATC size.
For these, I wet the watercolor paper and put in washes of acrylics and water colors. Then the shapes are picked out with pen. Fun.

This one is part of a Klimt swap I participated in. And it was published in the Art Trader magazine, This is an on-line and downloadable magazine devoted mainly to mail art. A new one is published every 3 or 4 months and they are full of informative articles on art and ATC's

Blue woods is in Water colour

Spring Meadow is acryllic

An artists View of the Natural World

ATC's made for a swap through Illustrated ATC's

Pen and couloured pencil.
I used the ideas from the on-line Strahmore Journalling workshop number 1 - shading to help item come forward.

ATC's

Well last weekend hardly did a thing as I had a pinched nerve in my back.
This weekend I did a bit more on the green leaves, my friend Caren came around and I finally posted the last 3 Postcards I was sending out as bonus draws in the OWOH giveaway.

Firstly, the green leaves now have some colour on all the paper but a way to go yet. The leaves are too yellow and I'm toning them down a little, Thebackground will have more depth with some darker, some blending and some of the blending will be with a light colour.

Caren and I were going to go on a bush-walk but it was too wet. We went to the Scrapbook Warehouse and managed to not spend too much even though we took half an hour to give the whole store the once-over. I put my name down for a nature book class which looks intriguing.

We then went to the Art Space Depot in Devonport then around the shops, still not spending too much. Home for lunch, then three hours of art. By then the rain had stopped and we went for an hour's walk. Lovely fresh air, a wind but not cold.

I've joined a new group on yahoo and making some ATC's for a swap. I had to make one for myself LOL and gave Caren 2 and here are some of them. Zentangles ( I used to call it doodling!) the swap is with face zentangles.

This one I called The Weaver

This, Moon Maid (Caren has the Moon Maiden)

'On the Road'
His World.

Caren has 'on the Road' - this photo has uploaded a bit squashed.

It was hard to think of names.

On the whole I am pleased because these are the first ATC's I've done other than one set of cloth ones.