Buntings are one of my favourite decorations to make.
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I'm going to design more things. There is so much to make!
Here is my first Christmas bunting for the shop.
A collection of inspiring pieces where Science and Art meet
I finished my first painting from the class! I didn't bring it home yet as it is drying but I did manage to snap a couple of pictures of it. The original artist is Lawren Harris.
My sister and I are taking an art class together. Today was the first lesson. It's an oil painting class and I haven't oil painted since I was taking an art class in grade 7.. maybe once or twice since.
The instructor brought some pictures that we could paint and I chose a blue mountain scene. It took the whole class for me to lay down the colours on the page. I'll add more details next week and probably bring another canvas.
I learned that I can basically start anywhere but the instructor likes to paint the shadows first. She recommended starting with the background too. So I basically started at the top and worked down. The hardest part was starting, honestly. I added terpentine to the paint to thin it out a bit.
Another thing I learned is that French ultramarine and raw umber make black. Which is a trick I ended up using a lot because I had some dark blues to paint.
Here's my painting (bottom) plus the original print (top):
I've been gardening in the backyard lately and having fun. We are planning for a new patio and I have gotten some help from my mom and sister (and nephew), plus my own family.
There's something about hosting and spending time outdoors that I love. I tried to find an alternative to Home Sense today that is Canadian but alas it is a challenge. So I went to home sense and picked up a tray so that I could bring all of our dishes outside for dinner. Thanks to a dear friend, we have a table back there, as they gave us their old one.
The plan is to move the shed to the back of the yard so that the patio can be a bit larger. I've done the measurements and math and got a quote on some patio stones that my husband and I picked out together. I made a foundation at the back of the yard for the current shed to move to. Next we need to empty the shed out (it mostly has my gardening tools) and attach pieces of wood onto the sides so that we can move it.
Here are some pictures, in reverse order:
This summer I've been taking a Digital Imaging course in Graphic Design. We are learning some Photoshop basics and it's been really fun. Here are a couple of the pieces that I put together for the course:
This was my first assignment in double exposure. Basically we selected an image from the background and added it to a new canvas. Then used two masked layers over two separate images to blend the edges together cohesively.
Here is my latest assignment--a head swap with animals. The concept is that a new species of bird-human is walking down a 'runway' of sorts towards civilization. The birds in the background bring out the King and Queen elements of the couple in the foreground.
For this course, I got to meet with my teacher who gave me some really positive feedback today about my assignments, so I decided they are worthy for the internet :P. I got most of these pictures from pexels.com however I'm looking forward to doing more drawing and photography of my own to use as I progress. Eventually I will put together a portfolio of my graphic design work.