Weekend Post - Cats, a hat and monkey-business

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing us all a great weekend!
I have been busy this week doing various art lessons, and although some of them are things I would not usually do, it was fun. I made this page some time last week, I think the page background was a lesson from Wanderlust, but I can't really remember, I did so many different things and have mixed and muddled again!

We started off by dividing up an A3 page using painters' tape round the edges and through the middle,, and then further dividing each half with thin washi tape. We used oil pastels and water colour pencils to colour the background, smearing it with water, and then adding some scribbles. then I gave it all a very thin coat of diluted white acrylic. I decided to do a different theme for each side. On the right side I used stencils to paint the monkeys and dots, and then gave one of the monkeys a hat - which isn't visible here, as it was a last minute idea.

I will show the other half another time. I am linking to Elle's  cats, books and tea challenge again.

And this is the 2nd Tag for Pinky's animals challenge at Tag Tuesday:

A few photos taken early this morning before it heated up:

And some thinkies / funnies:

Have a great weekend, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

Wednesday/Thursday/ Friday Post

Hi Everybody!

Time has flown by and it's the middle of  the week already. There's a good quote that says,' After Monday and Tuesday the rest of the week is just WTF!'

One of the art courses I am trying just now is Find your Joy by Louise Fletcher and she has a refreshing approach to things. One of our lessons was to make something in a way we would not usually do, and then again as normal. I chose to make a face. I gave myself half an hour and ony needed just over 20 minutes. I drew a face using soft pastels, without planning beforehand. I drew a quick outline with charcoal.  I chose colours that I would not usually use. At first I thought it was horrible, but then I decided it's not so bad, I would have normally spent more time on her 'make-up' and hair.do:

Perhaps I should try to be more spontaneous!

The 2nd piece was a face for which I allowed myself an hour - much less than normal. I used phtalo blue and turquoise. The ornaments in her hair were drawn with a turquoise acryl pen. This time I needed almost the whole hour, but usually I sit for much longer!

Some Thinkies and Funnies:

 We had some beautiful sunrises and sunsets this week:

I am linking to Nicole's FFO and to Gillena's AFFF.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Animal fun with Pinky

Hi Everybody!  

Today we are starting a new challenge at Tag Tuesday, and this time our lovely Pinky is hosting. Her theme is animals.

I have 2 tags to share today:

And I have some animal funnies for you:

I hope to see your tags soon!

Have a great week, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!