SUMMER OF COLOUR

Evening all, well this week's challenge two greens and a pink, I needed greens - I mean I NEEDED greens for a planned sea creature so I opted to use this week's colours to create!

I had so much fun doing these, they are A5 in size and were made using gelli plate background and then handpainting each one individually.  The gelli plating was created using one pink paint, watered down in the first instance and then for the second layer I used the acrylic straight from the tube as it were.  as it comes to create the two layer element.

Let me know your favourite

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So you are probably wondering what on earth I'm going to do with these, well a batch will be sent off to Sarah at Free Art Friday Swindon click here for the facebook link if you are interested in sending some art, all donations are always gratefully received.

Some will be sent to friends and family to raise a smile, some will end up on birthday cards and I'll abandon some just because.  But before they all go on their merry way I scan each and every one so I've got a digital copy, I've found they shrink really well when re-printed and they make great card toppers! 

Is it really the last week next week sob - noooooooooooo can't possibly be.  

SUMMER OF COLOUR - WEEK 2 (AND SOME CLOSE UPS OF WEEK 1)

Well it has to be said that I am loving this years Summer of Colour challenge, week one was great fun, so I was waiting with great anticipation for this weeks colour scheme.

So gelli plate at the ready I gelli printed the abstract backgrounds and then the decision on the creature for this weeks cards.  Initially said 14 year old said hedgehog - but then I didn't fancy doing brown, then he said koala bear, mmmm grey - no not sure on that one either.  Then he said octopus!  Well there was a challenge - I had great fun creating these.  They are A5 in size, so your question is what am I going to do with them?  Well some will make it onto birthday cards, some will become abandoned art, some possibly mail art to friends and family and finally I will be sending a selection to Sarah for Free Art Friday in Swindon!

So the question is which is your favourite?  And can you spot the deliberate mistake?

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I thought I'd do some close ups of last weeks cards as well 

Can't wait for week 3