3 Year Blog Anniversary! GIVEAWAY!!

I cant believe it, its been three years since I started writing this little blog, and how my life has changed! I've been through so many ups and downs, silences and time of much to say...hopefully this blog grows with more time but for now I am really happy for the lovely followers I have at the moment! You guys make me want to write and art!

I mentioned on my facebook page that I thought it was time a lovely give away, so I ambled into the studio to create a canvas to give away! This is my first piece of art that I'm letting leave my hands...hopefully as I get my bits and bobs together, there will be more original art in my etsy store, as well as prints, badges, and a few surprises! all of this takes time!!!

so lets get to the actual item that I'm giving away

this little nook dweller came from the slaps of paint and collage papers one night when I was stuck for what to make, so I just painted...and before i know it, she popped out.

shes is a little tree spirit, who holds rainbows in her leaves to keep her from jumping into the dark lake! she is a lot like me to be honest.

to win this little forest beauty

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Entries Close the 29th April 2013 

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xx Courtney  

 

the artful journey - day 25 almost there

it's almost time to open up the door to my new art journal, just a few more tidbits to go in the current one! I'm excited...
after the little ones were in bed, and the man has driven home, nothing left to do but sit on my bedroom floor and work on my canvas for a while.


and on the subject of little humans...here they are at breakfast this morning..


sleep well, I know I will...
xx Courtney

My Creative Space - Flower Power!

after many days, and some nights working slowly slowly, drawing, outlining painting, then adding white paint pen, she be finished. I kept going, as I said because the boy kept me going. and when I step back, I really like it, not love, just like at the moment. I have a few girlfriends who are getting versions of it as goodbye gifts when i leave...so they have a piece of me in their homes. It's only 8 hours away, but still I'll miss them like a limb.



also a little bit of wood I'm working on for my second week canvas, since I only have one spare canvas in the house at the moment.

and more style building, Juliette Crane's work is beyond amazing and one day I will do her how to paint and owl course, her little girls called me, so I grabbed my journal and drew them up, they are so sweet, you don't realise how hard it is till you try draw those simple looking faces..aint simple!

Thats all I'm working on these days, I have to begin packing, the art supplies will be the last thing to be packed lol so I'll draw to the end!!!
pop on over to the hub of creative space and check out the loveliness
xx Courtney

Inkings and Works in Progress

Before I start babbling arty stuff, I'd like to dedicate my blog post today to my sister, we dont see eye to eye alot and we drive eachother bonkers, but shes one of my favourite people on this earth. At the moment shes going through a really craptastic time, so I want her to know, shes the yellow in my rainbow.., the one that helps me shine, You amaze me beyond words and I hope you find your footing real soon my darling girl.


ok onto the art!
Today in the Raven Nook, the entire desk was filled with ways to get down and creative, paints watercolours pencils pens stencils inks. My awesome plastic pink plate of cheap win for my painting palette..hey whatever works.


as you know I joined the out of the journal challenge, and this is the start of my second canvas, yes yes I know you're going but its a new week. I am behind... I personally am not loving the below work..but my mum and my man are telling me to keep going because..with highlights and little details...it might be amazing..so going on the vibe of what it 'might become' I will keep going and then do two smaller canvases to catch up.
and in the journal...I am drawing girls, who would have thunk lol. yes yes girls are what I draw the most of, but its because I'm trying to refine my skills and also find where my style is, copying others style is whats helping me try and discover what I want my style to be...maybe one day I'll know because I am still unsure.
still trying the Art Geeks skin paint recipe and I'm trying to refine that too lol as she was again too purple so as I go along it will get easier and maybe just become second nature. Practice makes pretty.
and the highlight of my week... is finding a pair of almost new docs for sale for $50 on a trade swap sell group for Inverell on facebook. I squeeled when I went to visit the girl who owned them and they fitted! I adored my docs back through highschool and uni, I wore them for almost 6 years straight till they fell apart lol, so I cant wait to see what adventures I'll have in these.
as you can see Ive already worn them and gotten foundation makeup on the souls from cleaning up little miss's mess.
take care my dears, I'll be back tomorrow with some more of my art
xx Courtney

a little art geek challenge.

so over at Effy Wild little ning site, there is a little magical grp run by someone who I mention quite a lot in my little nook, Gulf Sprite runs an adorable group called Art Geeks. I joined up of course this woman makes me want to be a better artist. Every week she sets us art prompts of challenges. This week was using texture and painting faces. I started by sketching the face at about 1am! yes I couldn't sleep so I sketched. I adhered her to the canvas today and started working on the shading, using Christy's tips and skin tone recipe.

yah shes a little bit dark and a little grape like lol Christy saved me, I layered and layered bopped to some Florence and the machine and just had fun with it! I knew I had to get a canvas close to finished as I have to do two week! as well as my True to You homework for the week.


so after many hours of layering, added texture paste, spraying painting darkening, this is how shes looking at the moment. She isn't finished as I'm contemplating what to do with the background..tone it down or leave it? what are your thoughts.

now I must tidy up the mess and get to work on the colour theory for true to you.
enjoy your evening...do pop over to art geeks, for Christy's videos alone..they are very much worth it.
xx Courtney