Tuesday 17 December 2013

Taking it easy

Well, seems the summer holidays have started just in time, since the last few days I was so tired I could sleep all day. Now, finally, I'm starting to feel a bit more energetic. Cleaned out my art table, which looked as if a bomb had exploded there, as well as the area surrounding my computer. It's unbelievable how fast the mess accumulates when you don't have time to deal with it.

Besides cleaning up the messes I made and catching up with my paperwork I have mostly been doodling and sketching. This is a doodle I just finished and uploaded in my Society6-shop.



I decided to change the shape a bit so it could easily be printed on a cup. I really like these mugs. I've always had a bit of a thing about mugs, I don't have more than 2 that are exactly the same. I love collecting them, especially the big ones that can take a lot of coffee ;-)



So excited about all these mugs that I can create myself :-))

And I've finally been painting again! Well, not really much, since it had to dry and I could only start after I got back from work. But at least I managed to do something. I missed painting on big canvases.

This is what I had:


I always have a canvas on my easel on which I can clean up my palette.This canvas has layers and layers of leftover paint from all my projects in the past 2 months. I hardly ever use a brush to put the paint on there, usually I use an old creditcard or my fingers.

Today I decided to bring in some contrast with black and white.


That's as far as I got today. Not much, but it feels good to be painting again.

Here's a box that I finished and didn't show yet:

 front
 back
 side
side

Well, that's it for now. Thanks so much for your visits and comments, I'll be back on Friday for the Paint Party! ♥


14 comments:

  1. Wow, love that canvas in process. Amazing how the leftovers are the most interesting to work with....Rest up and enjoy the holiday. xox

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  2. The mug is sooo beautiful! Love the b&w thing here!! and your canvas WIP is gorgeous! Can´t wait to see whats emerge ;) You are so busy...those boxes look like you have had so much work creating them :) ♥ Conny
    Piaroms Art Journaling

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  3. i always love the little details in your work. so pretty. can't wait to see where this painting goes...

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  4. wow leuk die mokken en die boxen zien er ook fantastisch uit!
    Groetjes Karin

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  5. So many lovely things you've been creating! I too have a collection of unmatched mugs, each one was bought when it caught my eye so none of them match but I like it that way. :) Yours is gorgeous!
    Jess xx

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  6. you have been busy making beautiful art, the boxes are to die for, the cups ,everything

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  7. I agee with lee, you are so productive and everything seems so gorgeous. I love the box and the colurs in the canvas are to die for

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  8. Get out!!!! Those mugs are amazing!

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  9. Prachtige bekers!! En wat een mooie box. Wat goed dat je weer terug aan het schilderen bent; het ziet er weer veelbelovend uit. Ik loop momenteel een beetje achter met bloggen en kaartjes maken :-)
    Liefs,
    Marianne

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  10. Wonderful mug. You write such an intriguing line '… the mugs I can create myself', but I cannot imagine how you do it. It looks so professional, by which I mean commercially produced, which is meant as a compliment but I can't think of any other way to say it. One of the pleasures of being the one to go and make the coffee at 'break times' is the joy of choosing the mugs to use from the variety on the glass shelves. Look forward to seeing the canvas when it is eventually completed.

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  11. Oooooh! you've been busy. I absolutley love the mugs, they would make a great gift hmmmmm - i may have to get some of them!!! thanks for sharing

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  12. Oh MY!!!! I do so love the mug!!!! Will be adding that to my..."things to buy myself once I get the Christmas shopping done list :)" The painting is coming along nicely too and I can't wait to see the end product. Also wanted to let you know I got my calender and I absolutely love it!!! Can't wait to hang it on the wall ♥

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    1. Wow Carol, that's great! Thanks so much ♥

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