creativity for creativities sake

Sometimes I need to get out, away from the kids and the housework and make time in a different environment to create just for the sake of it.

 This huge canvas, roughly 3 foot square, is now hanging on a spare wall in the family room. A spot of brightness to look at while I'm in the kitchen popping the kettle on. 

I created this piece with Ms Dyan in her studio in Harrogate. Always a great place to escape to and creatively recharge. Sadly at the moment I can't get to my paints and whatnot as the loft is being converted and everything that was in the loft is now stacked up in the spare room where all my gear is. That and I have so much work to do I don't really get time to create much for myself.

You cannot imagine how much I want the loft finished so I can uncover my desk. I'm hoping to that I'll get round to making another couple of canvases in a similar style once it's all done to hang in the room that will be our new office. The whole house is upside down at the moment, and the drive has been taken over with huge piles of wood and a skip. Work starts in earnest tomorrow to cut out all the trusses...and here's me with a banging head cold. Ha! This should be fun!! 

a little adventure…

 

A little while ago, over on Collabor-ART, I signed up to do a Pairs Journal with the incredibly talented Palma, and after a mahooosive fight with my sewing machine I have finally made my journal. I know I could have used a ready made one, but I see this as a chance to play and try something new. So, one piece of canvas, a selection of different papers in different sizes and a good dollop of swearing, here it is!  I’m now just keeping my fingers crossed that it makes it Palma in one piece.  If it doesn’t survive I’ll just have to rebind it. No biggy but I’d love it to stay in one piece.

I’m really looking forward to seeing this journal evolve over the coming months, or however long it is until we’ve finished. The idea is that you work on each others pages, so I’ve started mine off with a few backgrounds.

The backgrounds above and below have been started off using Gelli Plates. I really want more time to play with these.

And this one is a stencil – one of my favourites at the moment.

And finally the front of the journal.   No closure on it as yet as I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do, or restrict how thick it gets. I may work on the cover some more when I next see it, or Palma is welcome to work on the cover if she so chooses.

I've made a start....

I just couldn't leave those lovely Caludine Hellmuth products alone any longer. I've played, just a little bit,and loved. They are just beautiful, really creamy and good vibrant colours. I decided to paint and stamp a piece of the sticky back canvas to use on the cover of my Learn Something New mini book.

I haven't added the title to the book yet as I haven't got as far as deciding how I want to do that. I have about five idea's running through my head at the moment, but I'm ready for the class to start though as I have now cut all the pages.

TFL!

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I've gone and done it now - spent a small fortune on more stuff "to try!" I do have plans for this lot though, problem is I just couldn't wait to get hold of them. I doubt I'll get chance to have a proper play with them before we go on holiday. I'm supposed to be being strict with myself and getting unfinished projects out of the way first. That's the theory anyway.