WOYWW 4th Anniversary

With thanks to Julia and Nikki

 Happy fourth anniversary to Julia

and all participating in

WOYWW

or

 What's On Your Work desk Wednesday.

To celebrate this special occasion

the wonderful Julia is doing an ATC swap 

and try as I might, I haven't quite finished my ATC.

I've had to keep going out

and I'm trying something new, using spray inks,

so it took longer than I thought.

After many boo boos, I've managed to get three

ATCs to almost finished and if it wasn't so cold

right now, the paint would have dried and I would be finished.

So, to the person next in line after me, your poor thing, I will finish it today

or tomorrow at the latest.

 Here's the part of my desk with the boo boos on.

I kinda got carried away with the ink spray and it went 

to smodge.

Here are the ATC's, they aren't finished and

 I don't even know which I will send yet, depends which looks okay.

  Here is the other side of my desk with my cute 

little white laptop sitting with it's big brother.

Before I joined WOYWW I used only paint to make a picture

but seeing all the fun things that fellow WOYWWers

use has given me so much more to play with.

I now have quite a few stamps,  a couple of stamp pads,

some spray inks and gloopy stuff that makes things stand out

on the canvas.  

I might not be proficient in them yet but boy do I have fun learning.

I'm keeping it short and sweet,

so now hop on over to 

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see what is on everyone elses

4th anniversary desk.

I'm hoping to start posting more than once per week now

and so I will add links to what I've posted each week.
Feel free to have a look: 

Happy days

Happy Days

I'm back to painting,

just in a small way,

literally.

I've started on some ATCs

for the fourth anniversary

WOYWW ATC swap.

I'm playing with ink sprays and watercolour

and have quite a few boo boo's so far

but I'm getting there.

However nothing can spoil my day now,

because a parcel just arrived.

A parcel I've waited my whole life to receive,

well it feels that way, waiting, waiting.

I nearly kissed the postman when it arrived,

poor man.

Okay, I've built up the anticipation now,

so here it is....

 

Oh what's that, just a mug you say,

nooo this is not just any mug,

this is a disappearing tardis mug.

Add hot coffee and

going, going

gone.

It's now floating in the galaxy.

Okay, so maybe I'm just a little bit nerdy

but when the painting isn't going my way,

this sure is a pick me up.

And the coffee tastes better

in this cup too.

Hoping to have at least one ATC

work for wednesday,

so I'd better get cracking.

 

I'm back with a new computer for WOYWW

After what seems like forever,

I am back and you thought you were

rid of me (mwa ha ha).

I have a new computer,

two in fact.  It seems that when one computer

dies, the laptop also dies, so sad

but in a way good.

Now I have this little beauty

She's an all in one 23" screen.

There's no more whacking my knee on the cpu

under the desk!!

Here's the old one, complete with knee destroyer.

Even though the screen is bigger I seem to be able to fit 

everything in a little neater than before.

I really like the sleek new keyboard too.

The only trouble I am having is working out this new fangled 

Windows 8.

I had Windows XP before and it's just a little

bit different (cough cough).

I would show you my cute little white laptop too,

but it took me so long to figure out how to get the photo of the big computer on here that I can't remember how I did it.

Bear with me and I might be able to get something by next week.

I haven't done any art since I've been away from the internet,

yes, I know, I'm just a slacker.

 This week won't be any different as I got a 

one hour facial for mothers day from my daughter

and I'm having that plus getting my hair done this week,

so no time for art.

I'll start again next week, promise.

Right now I'm just so happy to be back in the blogosphere

and hope to catch up with all the blogs that I've missed.

Speaking of blogs,

why don't you hop on over to Julia's Stamping Ground

and see what the other bloggers 

have on their desks,

this very cold

 (it's autumn and cloudy here)

wednesday.

PS. My thoughts are with the poor people who suffered in the tornado.
I hope all bloggers are safe and well.

It's official - Computers and anything electronic - suck!!

You might have noticed that I haven't

written a post for a while,

or not, but I forgive you for that.

I have been fighting a losing battle

with my computer and anything electronic in my house.

My computer decided that it just wasn't going to start up

and I had to keep turning the power on and off until

it decided to play the game.

Sometimes it took a week to play.

Now it has decided it will start up but my mouse pen

has gone nuts.

Now some of you may know that I am blonde and as such,

I just can't use a regular mouse.

I drive it all over the place and it never goes where I want it to, 

so my wonderful computer friend set me up with a Wacom tablet and pen

(which doubles a mouse) many years ago and I haven't looked back.

That is until the pen went nuts.  It can be in it's holder and things start

to highlight and move, rather creepy actually.
 I have to hit the pad numerous times before it does anything and then it gets stuck and won't let go of things, argh!!! 
 Highlighting anything is a whole new adventure.

So, I have decided that enough is enough and I'm going to post

with or without the co-operation of this evil being, so if things 

are all over the place, blame the pen.

Here is my desk, it's rather a sorrowful sight.

Although you can't see it, I have been chasing this image all over the place but I thinks it has settled here for now.

 Even my paints and paintings are right where they are month ago.

 I haven't picked up a pen or brush for ages

but now I am determined to get back to it.

From next week I plan to pick up the brushes again

and if this stinking computer will play nice for once,

I might even be able to show you.

There have been heaps more electronic

 gadgets that have made my life

hell lately but that is for another post,

if it will let me.

I hope to be able to visit other WOYWWer's this week,

but please forgive me if this evil machine prevents that.

Now you have read my tale of woe (he he),

hop on over to Julia's Stamping Ground

and see what is on the desk of others this fine and warm Wednesday.

PS.  I've just noticed that the text is a bit weird
but on my compose screen it is fine,
just another thing playing up I guess!!!

 

Troubles

I am having computer problems,

(CPU broke, no scanner and pen mousey thing not working)

so will be off blogging for a little while.

I have a laptop to keep watching and commenting

but can't do much else.

Having an art break too.

Be back as soon as it is fixed.

Promise :)

Treasures

This weeks Artist's Playroom theme is

What do you treasure?

Well, I could get all mushy and say family etc

but that would make for a boring painting.

No they aren't boring just my painting would be,

especially as my portrait painting is just stick figures 

or these weird looking aliens that you would

never pick to be anything like my family,

(or maybe you could, hmm).

I'm a bit old fashioned too, I don't like to have any of them on the internet,

try telling that to my eldest two. They plaster themselves for all the world to see

but me, I like a little mystery.

I mean, you wouldn't think of me the same way if you knew

I was old, short and fat now would you,

surely I come through, young, tanned and gorgeous

(cough, cough).

I do adore my family, warts and all

and I have just a few people that I call my close  trusted friends, 

some of whom are on the net, but today 

I decided to paint some of my tangible treasures,

 or junk as my husband calls it,

hey, he's a maths teacher,  so no arty farty love of treasures in him.

Sorry about the cruddy photo, just can't seem to take a good one.

 (If Trace is looking at the photo, maybe she could ask Sinus how much he loves me???

Any chance I could pay him for a white box thingy like you have??? He he :) :)  )

 These are some of my most treasured little goodies.

See, if you knew I was old and fat you wouldn't have thought I could love such quirky things.

The big fella is my Wookie Bird, he cost me a mint but I had to have him,

he reminded me of my big fat parrot, Charlie.

The other guys are just some of my mad collection of things.

I used to go up to the Sunshine coast for holidays and would scour the

little shops in Noosa but nowadays it's all glitz and glamour.

No more quirky artisty shops, just coffee and cafe type shops

for the rich and famous, who now frequent the place.

I miss the old Noosa but it's called progress, I guess.

At least I have my ornaments to remind me of the good old days.

I also collect crazy cups, I've painted some

 My favourite is a Doctor Who mug, but that's in the dishwasher at the moment,

so you don't get to see that.

Every room in my house is filled with treasures, little knick knacks from my travels

and crazy things that people have given me over the years.

If it's quirky, different or silly, I love it, (just a shame my hubby doesn't), I mean,

how many people have a fish pond in their house, with three goldfish?

I like to be different, can you see my 'grandfather' clock reflected in the mirror,

cute huh?

I guess my greatest treasures are my kids and hubby,

even if he isn't arty farty and just a nutty old maths teacher.

He has to be nuts, to put up with me.

Have a look at Jenn's Artists Playroom and see what other people

treasure.

  

Blorange for APR, anyone got an ark?

It's slightly wet around here,

actually it's bloomin pourin!!

Not too bad here

Water is starting to meet in the middle of the road now.

The water is starting to come up our driveway,

it's okay though, we are much higher up.

The problem is that nothing will dry.

My canvas painting is soggy and I couldn't finish that,

so I thought I would do a little water colour.

It wouldn't dry so I got the hairdryer

and did it too hard so the paint went sploosh and mooshy.

This is the canvas painting I started here, I have painted in the darks

but can't do the lights yet, so it is a bit dreary at the moment

and even though it looks black the background is actually blue.

It was going to be for the blorange, but no chance now.

Finally I decided to just muck around with some water colours,

a hair dryer and a bit of attitude and 'stunned mullet goldy' was born.

I was playing with the Silks too but I don't know if it is the weather or not

but my sakura pens didn't like drawing over the Silks.

He's actually a lot brighter than this but the old lights don't help much in the rain. 

The lights make the mica in the paint stand out.

No pretty sparkles when you scan in : (

It's not the best entry to put in APR this week for blorange, 

that's blue'n'orange, but on a brighter note, my little miss

decided to play along as well and here is her entry

for blorange.

Let's hope this rain will finally go away soon and I can get back to painting,
for now I'm going to sit on the couch with a cup of coffee
and watch movies, what else can you do on days like this?

Why don't you hop on over to Jenn's
Artist's Play Room and see what
the others have done for blorange.