A fresh cabbage

 I was inspired by this home grown cabbage and the photo of it, grown and photographed by my friend Melissa Roy-Hillier.

page 21 of 40 in my personal visual diary challenge

I love the different shades of green, and the way the veins appear in different lights.

Green is my favourite colour, I love the beads of water on here, the slight purple with the greens. What a great colour palette for any drawing.

There's something about cabbages. I'm very inspired by them.

Drawing from a friend's holiday

 page 20 of 40 in my personal visual diary challenge.

A3 black paper

Thank you to my friend Georgie Parish for letting me draw her photo. The composition is amazing, look at the focus and the use of thirds!

I loved translating this into artwork. The lines in the building aren't completely straight, and perspective may be off a little, but overall, I love the depth I've achieved, and the bright colours elevating the iamge.

I prefer the full version to the cropped version.

Such a great photo though! Thank you Georgie!

Plant Paint Challenge

 Not even a month ago, I drew something in a bottle, and saw the drawing of the "vase" to be lacking something.

Looking at this drawing, I love it so much. There's a lot more blending and depth in the flowers, and I've achieved a look in the vase that I like a lot!

The prompt image for this drawing comes from the instagram challenge #plantpaintchallenge.

I can see and feel myself improving.

You can see a time lapse video on my Tik Tok and instagram - see username @bizarrequilter

The funny wobbly mug

 I am skill building one page at a time. 

This is page 18 of 40.

The glazing on the mug reminds me of the old mugs that were in my Grandparents kitchen. I didn't like those at all, and the glazing still isn't my favaourite.

I enjoy drawing the spots on the tablecloths, it's good practise to draw the shapes you see, not circles. The texture of the tablecloths are a pleasant challenge.

You can see more from the mugshot mondays hashtag on instagram.

I've shared time lapse videos of my drawing on Tik Tok and instagram - see my username @bizarrequilter

The funny animal mug

 I've challenged myself to fill a 40 page A3 black visual diary with chalk pasatel drawings before I start on paints.

This is number 17 of 40.

I'm using an art prompt from #mugshotmonday on instagram.

I like the way the composition is all about this huge mug, and background is divided into thirds.

The unusual shape of this mug is a challenge, but also fun to draw. There's a lot of painting on this mug. I wonder if I will get up to painting ceramics at some time.

Blues in pastel

 Another #mugshotmonday art challenge from instagram!

I love these colours, and I'm enjoying covering the black page more and more, and perhaps leaving little black outlines between some areas.

The more I blend, the more  I like it.

There's also a timelapse video if you're interested on my Tik Tok and Insta- username @bizarrequilter.

A new mugshot

 A new mugshot monday art prompt took my fancy on instagram.

Such a fun, colourful composition. I simplified the background to remove the trees in the windows. I really like the use of the tablecloth. I think my flower stems are a little too short. But, practise is key!

I'm learning about this composition thing....

You can follow along on instagram too! You can find a video of my time lapse drawing on Tik Tok and Insta - username @bizarrequilter

The Botanica Collective

 I've found a new source of inspiration for my drawings! It's @thebotanica_collective on instagram.

This is page 14 of 30 in my personal visual diary challenge.

I'd like to fill this book before I start painting classes in the new year.

You can see a time lapse video of this on my instgram and Tik Tok - username @bizarrequilter

Sometimes we see the progress of our efforts, and sometimes we don't. That's ok, we will all know when we see the difference. It takes time.

Air dry foam clay

 

Have you ever seen an air dry clay that is super light like a foam?

This is it! So these will be painted after they're completely air dry.

I'm making these flowers for a head dress, the lightness of these will help!

The spotty mug

 I've pawed my way through the artist prompts on instagram under the hashtag #mugshotmondayart and found this cutie from week 4.

I loved playing with this colour story.

Today, I was interested to look at shadows and direction of line markings.

I've made a time lapse video. You can see it on instagram and Tik Tok - username @bizarrequilter

The strawberry mug

 

Eek! This strawberry looks so cute!

This is the art image prompt from week 19 of the #mugloversart challenge. 

I've made mine using chalk pastel, because this is what I have, but it's also how I'd paint it.

Personally, I love the tiled background. I would love to use this as a backdrop in future still life drawings and paintings.

You can see more details on how to join this challenge on instagram - username @bizarrequilter

MugShot

 Here's my chalk pastel inspired by one of this week's instagram Mug Shot Monday Art reference images.

The composition is created by @debbierosemiller, featuring a delightfully whacky mug by @lilylundceranics.

To join the instagram challenge, you find the hashtag #mugshotmondayart. You can go find all images they've shared for public use.

You can find out more about this on my instagram - username @bizarrequilter

The Street Behind

 I think this is about page 10 of 40 in my personal visual diary challenge, where I skill build my way through 40 pages of A3 black paper with chalk pastel.

It's obvious that black background isn't always the best choice. My drawing looks more stormy than sunny.

I practised composition - lining up with the rule of thirds, perspective - road getting narrower in the distance, and layers in the landscape.

I used a setting spray after drawing, and it makes the pastel a bit more translucent. Eep!

Edit: I've since found out that i can layer over the top again after spraying to make the colour more opaque.

I've created a time lapse video: it's on my Tik Tok and instagram both with user name: @bizarrequilter