a little sparkle

ahh something was off with this simple composition. I just can't put my finger on it :(

playing with colours

Justifying my galaxy tab- girl playing a violin

  My kindle died about a month ago and I did not want to buy another one and be so restricted and decided I had a wealth of paper back novels and that could last me a long long time. That turned out to be 3 weeks max, after which I broke into my piggy bank and went to town to buy a small  tablet.  One of the justification I gave to myself was that I would be able to work easier away from home when doing "mum things" :) So after downloading a number of programs ( yup I can't just get one), and getting a bamboo stylus ( finger painting was just not doing it for me), I finally used the free sketchbook pro to draw something today.  Now I just have to see if I can do something similar on my paid for art programs or if I have to upgrade the free one :) Linking to Sunday Sketches.

the sketch completed on the computer

the sketch done on my 7"tablet

20+min sketch Starfish monster

What really happened to John's toe  last summer was ...

This just tickles me :)  ( although I think one of the eyes should be moved LOL)

The lion and the mouse

Digital painting.

30 min sketch-

ahh found the answer to my problem in the below pic - the below google auto enhance my photo, so  I had to turn it off,

with google auto-enhanced

.. the colours are so wrong here on blogger. They are muted in the original file and on facebook. Any one knows why?

passing time

As I tried to climb over a fence today to get to the other side, my foot slipped on the light snow covering and I slammed one of my fingers into a cement sewage pipe that was resting near by. Boy does it hurt. Luckily it is on the left hand and not the right but it is rather painful after 2hours and interfering with work so I have decided I will just pass time today :~ 

Below is a little fairy I was working on. Yup she has funk legs LOL I should have put a hint of a knee but it was interfering with the line I wanted LOL

Entered this into a competition - a tad bit dark lol but it was a fun exercise to do.

Had hoped to add something specific for SS but with the finger still swollen and coming down with a cold yesterday this is it. Hope everyone is well  and join our friends at Sunday Sketches.
Cheers.

WIP - cupcake

Doing a course on colouring at SVS online school and decided to try and get my shadows and values (if that is the right word)  organised after I watched a lesson. This is still in progress, and I still need to add shadows and values but I am pretty pleased with the progress even though the cupcake wrapper is not as yet right. I hope the next lesson deals with some colour :)

thinking of love on a Sunday

Happy Sunday. Playing with digital paint and backgrounds for Sunday Sketches :)

just sketching

just letting my mind relax on a Saturday morning when the kids can sleep in.

Happy New Year!

Wishing you a wonderful 2014.

PiBoIdMo - ends :)

So 30 day and 30 story book ideas. Did I do it. Did I complete the task. Hell no! :) But I got 17 ideas down which I am quite pleased with, so I will work from there.  What I liked about this challenge was that it forced me to commit to paper thoughts that would usually only go on in my head. So what is next, 12x12 or Picture book dummy challenge. I think the latter as 12 books in 12 months is not doable by me and to create a dummy book in 6 months feels doable. So one step further towards publishing - yeah :D
The picture book dummy challenge starts January 13 2014
http://kidlitart.blogspot.com/2013/11/2014-picture-book-dummy-challenge-faq.html
So now the question to ponder over the next couple of weeks is which idea to do :)

PiBoIdMo day 3

Yes I have been doing it every day except today. My brain is zonked and I was just playing with "paint" and paper so to speak. So my picture book thought which is not very clear is sort of shown in the sketch.  I wonder what the story could be.... Maybe it will be tomorrows jotting.
:)
Mouse and I will be joining Sunday Sketches today. :) - yeah it is Sunday and we made it :)