art thread?

[moonlyte]

Hi folks. I've just bought a box of coloured pencils, and will be working on my first drawing soon. I'll post the completed work here. Would love people to post their art here for us to see. Doesn't matter what type of art - drawing, painting, photos/photo manipulation, cake decorating, quilting, poetry, origami, whatever. Let's have some fun and show our creativity. 🙂

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff349/pluckaduck2/Image0062small_zps2c36aa27.jpg

[cosmosgrove]

I can't remember seeing your work before Soul? i'd like to see more of your paintings also 🙂

[katydidthat]

Moonlight, do you know how to take a pic from PB and put it on your computer?  

The images above are a suncatcher and a necklace I made that I really like ... although I have to say that I look at that picture of it and see a tarted up elephant.  

[katydidthat]

Thanks, Pepe.  

This was me playing with beads ... trying out non-traditional ideas ... 

[katydidthat]

It (the cross) didn't work, but it gave me knowledge of what to try next.  That is ... use exactly the same size beads.  

This necklace is a favourite ... the larger blue beads sit inside the black beads and can all be made to swirl round.  

I like that ... moveability 🙂

Very easy to make once you have the bead sizes worked out.  

[moonlyte]

I just got back from OW 2 minutes ago. Here's what's in the bag.

- paint - 12 colours
- scrapbook
- A3 sketchpad - will be my painting pad, since the pages are thick and the paint won't stain the page underneath

- box of goodies - rulers, protracters and distance guages etc

- 10 brushes - now I have 20 brushes in total

I might return the paint set and buy one with 24 or more colours at an art shop - saves me having to mix paint as often.

[moonlyte]

It (the cross) didn't work, but it gave me knowledge of what to try next.  That is ... use exactly the same size beads.  

This necklace is a favourite ... the larger blue beads sit inside the black beads and can all be made to swirl round.  

I like that ... moveability 🙂

Very easy to make once you have the bead sizes worked out.  

Looks great. 🙂

In PB, just right-click on the picture and choose "save as", and then just choose where on your computer to save to.

[soul_art]

You picked up a good haul from OW today moonlight.  Looks like water colour paints ?  I've alwasy been hopeless using them, only tip I have is, start with the light areas first as it's difficult to go lighter.

I'm really looking forward to seeing your next painting.

[moonlyte]

Yep water colours. It's so cheap that I am not even going to bother returning it, and will just play around with it. I'll visit the art shop next week to get some retarder and pastels.

[katydidthat]

Thanks, Moonlight.  

I think that if you're serious about getting into art, it's a great idea to have a range of paints, brushes and other supplies on hand.  

[soul_art]

Forgot to say how much I like the black/blue necklace katy, you could wear it with lots of things.

It's great how cheap a lot of supplies are now, doesn't break the bank and means you can dabble in a few mediums to see what you prefer.