Daffodils for Women's day.

Thank you to Heleen ten Napel and her team for hosting this event.

We all had great fun and all your Daffodils are so pretty! 

 

 

Now all of you have a long lasting prettiness that doesn't need any watering. 

Thanks again for all the friendly faces and smiles.

Birthday Peonies

 

This bouquet took me longer than I anticipated.

Maybe it is because I am still learning.

At first I had the leaves single, but then realized they were to flimsy,

so I made them double. Then I wanted to add the buds....

 

 

In the end I was happy...

and my friend liked her gift.

Now for the next project, maybe some colourful Poppies.



Tulips for winter

 So many of my friends have birthdays in July, I think there is 12 of them!

So I started these tulips over the weekend and finished them today.

One down and about 6 to go...

 

My fingers are a bit dry and cracked, but I had lots of fun.

 

I always learn something new with every project.

and I can see my improvement. 



 

 

I found these small metal containers

at our local craft shop. 

They are perfect for the job.

Renunculus and Anemone

 

For now I have packed away the paints and brushes

but I kept the crepe paper and the scissors. Working on tutorials

for the crepe paper flowers takes time but it is rewarding.

When you create a new flower, even from a template, flower number three

is the better one. So I say that you don't need to worry if the first two are not perfect,

you learn by making and creating.

Keep record of what you learn.

 



We had a cold spell recently and I needed to make something

that reminded me of Spring. So I made some bulbs.

 

This small bouquet that fits into a teacup was a gift for my mother. 



Crepe Paper Magnolias

For these two Magnolia's I used two different templates.

It doesn't really matter, because they still look like Magnolias.

 

 

 An extra bud and some leaves also make

them look more natural.

 

Then I had to ask a friend how to photograph the white

flowers. It is quite tricky, because the light keeps bouncing off

the white paper and surroundings. But a side light did the trick.

 

I am doing a faerie flower hat for the next issue of Creative Hobbies Magazine.

Every little girls dream for a flower princess party.

 

 



An Art Journal from scratch

The concept of art journaling can get lost during a session where

you want to teach a lot of techniques.

I hope that this wasn't the case during this session.

 

 

I started off by explaining how to set up your working station with

the baby wipes and the paper towels, the bakers paper and the craft sheet to mix your paint.

  This way it is much easier to work.

After putting down the gesso on the pages, I showed the girls a technique and then

they had a chance experiment and try it on their own.

 

 

We did two more techniques and then it was time for the front cover.

Take time to arrange the petals and it will look stunning.

Remember to doodle and make random marks on your petals.

 

 

 

 

 

All the doodling and mark making must still be done on these pages.

Then if you want to, you can also journal, or write down a quote.

Journal around the petals, down the stem of the plant.

Any where you feel like.

If you know a few techniques, try them until they work for you.

and remember it is about the process.

 

 



Art Journaling Workshop...

for your soul.

 

This could be the cover of your Journal.

 I completed mine and I love the colours!

I say could be, your colours could be different.

the shape of the leaves could be different.

 

 

The theme of my Journal is GROW.

Something that happens when you live life.

 

(at the moment my body is going East and West.

Nothing is going North, the rest is going South!)

 

Here is what you will do to create the Journal:

 

learn new techniques for your pages

add extra space to the journal

create a canvas cover

stitch and bind the journal

create pages with me and then apply the technique on your own

write or doodle on the page

 



 

 

The Workshop is 30 April 2016

09:00 to 15:00

The Grey Ladder Studio

Moreletapark Pretoria

R450 pp

 

Please bring:

Paper towel

Water pen

Baby wipes

Black Stabilo All

Black permanent marker

White marker/ gel pen

 

Book your space:

Cell: 083 6315 619