Mr Snore strikes again for WOYWW

I didn't have the best time at art class today.

 I'm so tired I couldn't concentrate.

I added some gloop and made the feathers

and the branches this week.

Yep, two hours and all I could

manage was a few feathers and

a branch or two.

Why am I tired?

Well it's exam time

at school again and

 Mr Snore 

struck again.

Whenever hubby is stressed or

has a lot on his plate,

the noisy Mr Snore comes out.

You see, hubby is a teacher

(maths, oh the humiliation)

 and exams are always the culprits.

This man can snore in every 

conceivable position

and even the hardest jab in the ribs doesn't

alter his pitch or volume.

Is it me or are men totally

oblivious to the outside world when they sleep??

I spent half the night trying to shut him up

and the other trying to ignore

the freight train that was in our bedroom.

Hence, eyelids droopy and operating in 

slow motion today.

My desk has a few things on it this week.

I decided to draw and paint some of the

flowers that I had received over the 

last few weeks and turn them into cards.

 I painted the orange flowers large and the pink flowers

were just a small size.  The main reason for the painting was

 to finally use my new water colours

 and they are fabulous.

You just have to touch the pan with water and

the colour is brilliant and strong.

Now all I have to do is to cut them up and make

them into cards. 

 My teacher has been giving us drawing lessons

and I used the technique to draw the flowers.

Then I drew it in pen

 

and coloured it with the paints.

It worked quite well but I had run out

of matte photo paper and used

smooth water colour paper to print 

out the cards.  The paper

absorbed a lot of the colour 

and it is a bit washed out but still

a nice effect.

That's all I did last week,

not a lot but I'm getting back to it

slowly.

I have to find a subject for my 

next canvas but I can't 

think of a thing right now.

Now you've seen my slim pickings,

why not head on over to 

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see what's on every one elses desks.

I'm taking a sock to bed tonight,

I think you may know what I plan to do with it 

(mwa ha ha).

Birds and sadness for WOYWW

Sorry I've been missing

for a few weeks,

it was with good reason.

My wonderful mum passed away

a few weeks ago

and it's been a sad time for us.

Luckily my brother came out

for a visit from
Canada and got to spend

two lovely weeks with mum.

I'm now back to painting

as She'll send a bolt of lightening

down if I don't.

Here is my usual messy desk

this week

 You can see my cool Dalek

that little miss gave me for 

Christmas

and a pillow that my brother gave me.

Cheeky devil!!

You can also see my 

Loch Nessie that Neesie sent me

and my Cotman watercolours

that I still haven't opened (sigh).

I think I've finished my last birdie painting

but still not sure if I'm happy with it

Does it look too yellow?

I've started a new canvas in class

and yes it's another bird!!

 

 

I've actually also done the feathers and 

the leaves

but dummy here forgot

to take more photos

and it's at class (doh).

I piped the flowers etc on

with paint mixed into

gloop (texture paste)

and then it will be inked,

painted and glazed.

On a bright note,

I've cashed in my flybuys points

and bought a new camera.

I can only hope it's blonde proof

and when it arrives I can finally

take a decent photo.

Here's hoping.

That's it for me,

so why not hop on over to 

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see what's on everyones

workdesk this wednesday.

 

 

 

Painted walls for WOYWW

At last I'm back

which is more than I can say for my desk.

Even for me it's a mess.

Look away now if extreme mess

upsets you.

And these are the tidy bits!

Yes, this room is the dumping ground 

for everything and now I have to

find homes for all of this before I can start

painting again.

I spent most of the summer holidays

packing up and moving my parents

into the retirement home 

but I did do a little painting.

I had promised to paint little miss's bedroom

and of course as soon as big miss heard that

she wanted her room painted too.

All I want is one wall done, she says, easy I think.

WRONG.

Big miss had a bright pink feature wall and

I had to change it to a metallic silver mica paint.

Well that was the most painful thing I've ever tried to do.

It ended up with all three of us in a line.

Little miss holding the paint tray,

Big miss rolling the paint on thick and

me bringing up the rear

with a dry roller in hand,

making a fan pattern.

It came out quite well but I can't get a photo

as it just flashes back at me, 

(must be the mica, not the photographer)

so you'll just have to trust me on that one.

Then we came to little miss's room.

Just a little pattern she says,

you get the picture??

It went from a white wall

  to a drawn on wall

to a bit of flouro colour wall

to some grey undercoat wall

to a black wall with lots of 

coats of flouro colour wall.

It must be okay as I got 

you're awesome from little miss

and normally I'm really uncool!!

So now I'm basking in awesomeness,

 well that's until I do something

uncool again.

That was my desk,

well sort of,

for this week,

 now why not hop over to

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see what really 

creative desks are out there

this Workdesk Wednesday.

Crazy times and slops of paint for WOYWW

Arghhh, stop the world I want to get off!!!

It's just too crazy around here at the moment.

Mum's house has gone unconditional,

which means the sale if definite (yay),

but now we have to clean out and pack (boo).

I'm going out really early each morning

to hit the shops before the car parks fill up

and then it's back home to try and

 get my house sorted for Christmas.

I've nearly finished buying presents and

today I got a 7kg leg of pork for just $38,

now that's a bargain.

My desk hasn't seen much action

but I did get some goodies

I got this gorgeous tea towel, bookmark

and Loch Ness Monster from

the equally gorgeous Neesie of

Neesie Natters.

 

 How cute is this little guy.

I also got a beautiful card from Margaret and John

of glitter glue.

Thanks so much to you all for such beautiful things.

You may recall that I won two prizes

recently, the beautiful cracker from Margaret

and the gorgeous bunting 

from Lunch Lady Jan.

Here they are displayed proudly on our 

Christmas table.

Can't show the tree as it's still only

half up, we'll get there.

 

We don't need the dining table for Christmas day

as it's hot here and we all go out on the back patio

and have a Christmas BBQ and a swim.

(sorry to rub that in the everyone in the northern hemisphere)

In between the madness I've been 

splashing the old paint brush around

and splashing is an understatement.

At the moment I'm writing this with green hands,

kinda like the Hulk!

My poor bird has been going from bad to worse

I keep adding a layer of glaze and

not liking it

Don't ask me what happened to that layer,

so out came another colour

and then another

 Then I dropped a bit of purple and 

thought it looked okay so I did more.

Okay so I dropped a lot and it was too late to fix it

so I had to add more.

 Then I figured I've messed it now

so why not add more splots

and some red bits.

The real colour is far stronger and brighter 

than the photo.  It's nearly 5pm wednesday here

and the sun is coming through the window

and washing out the colour.

Plus I'm lousy with a camera.

I don't think I'll have time to do

any more posts until the new year

so I'd like to wish everyone a

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

and I'll catch up in January.

Now why not head on over to 

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see what's on the other desks 

around the world 

this Wednesday.

Have a wonderful time.

 

 

 

Crazy week for WOYWW

This last week has been insanely

busy, alas not with art.

My desk is still strewn

with bits of cards.

They are getting there but very slowly.

 I have put a few together

but I'm thinking these Christmas Cards

may become Easter Cards soon :(

The reason for no art is my parents,

they are getting old and have decided

to move to a retirement village.

My friend and I have spent the last week

cleaning, de-cluttering, cleaning some more

and de-cluttering etc.

My eldest daughter is a Real Estate Agent

and the same day she advertised mum's

house on the internet,

she sold it!!!

Yes, she sold it and for $55,000

more than we needed!!

That's my girl.

They don't have to move until after

Christmas, thankfully,

so we can relax and enjoy

the holidays.

I had my last art class for the year today

and I have started to put in 

some dramatic glazing

on my bird.

 This isn't the prettiest of stages

and there is a long way to go

but it's coming along nicely.

 I'm not sure if I'm brave enough

to finish it by myself

as my teacher gives me great colour

guidance.

I'll have a break and see if I feel

confident enough.

I've got plenty more canvasses

to play with!!

Little Miss is on summer holidays

from tomorrow, so not sure

how much art will get done.

I am hoping to experiment

with texture paste,

so I might have to share it with her.

That's my little mess for the week,

now hop on over to

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see the other desks 

around the world this 

Wednesday.

Not a lot for WOYWW

I just seem to be going around in circles

and getting nothing done,

must be getting close 

to Christmas!!

Here in Australia that means

summer holidays are

getting close,

in fact little miss only has

one more week of school

(boo hoo).

Which means not much art for me

for the next 6 weeks :(

It also means racing to get ready for 

Christmas.

So, to my desk

 Yup, looks like last week

accept I have more cards started.

I decided to have a real go at

actually getting cards done for

Christmas and post them before Easter!!

As you can see I didn't get very far.

In my defence, I am still waiting for the

green and red card paper to arrive

so I can't put them together yet.

I know there is some card in the photo

but it is really wobbly and thin.

Speaking of wobbly, I had a bit of

wobble myself.

 I have a nice little veggie patch which

is fenced to keep the chickens out.

Unfortunately it also keeps me out

and I have to jump and squeeze to get in.

I had my hands full of lettuce leaves the other day 

and when I jumped I missed the step

and someone took the ground away.

I used the arm that wasn't holding the lettuce

to try grab the metal frame but

missed that too and ended up

in a very unlady like position

with my bum squashing some poor lettuce plants.

Hubby thought it was hilarious.

Needless to say

we now have a new fence with a real gate.

That will teach him not to laugh.

Here is my birdie painting

as of today,

 

 The orange glaze is actually

much more brightly orangey

than the photo, in fact it kind of glows.

Shame I'm such a bad photographer,

I'm sure you would have liked it.

There's still a long way to go

but so far so good.

I'm off to rest my bruises from

the veggie incident,

so why don't you go over to 

Julia's Stamping Ground

and check out the other desks 

around the world

this Wednesday.

P.S. I have been having trouble leaving comments

on people who have Google+.

I apologise if I don't manage to leave a comment

as sometimes I just can't seem to find a way to do it

and I often would like to reply to people who leave me

a comment but can't if they 

have the Google+ and are no reply bloggers.

 

WOYWW The birds have come home to roost

My birdies came home with me today

and here they are ...

I'm really pleased with how they came out

and even better, my friend bought the painting

so I can visit them as often as I like.

My desk this week is covered in

naughty things and I blame

the bad influence of the lovely

stamping ladies for my 

indiscretion.

 

 Yes, that's right,

all I went to the shop for was

some green and red card

and this is what I came back with.

Now don't get excited,

it's not for me.

I made the mistake of

taking little Miss with me

and she "needed" all of this

and what else is mum's credit card for!!

 These stamps are so cute

luckily I won't be touching them

or goodness knows how they would come out!!

There are also bits of my Christmas cards

that I'm still trying to paint and make

and some Doctor Who things,

it's the 50th anniversary this weekend.

The scary thing is I've been watching 

for nearly that long!

Lastly, here is my new canvas,

now I know you all saw the bird on there last week

but here it is now

 You knew it was there all the time

didn't you.

That's my desk for this week,

now why don't you hop over to

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see the other desks around the world 

this WOYWWednesday

but be warned, it's contagious.