I have been busy stitching my Laurel Burch Cats. The Feathered Friends has only a little back stitching left and then it can be framed. I am almost finished the Feline Friends design. I really like how the pieces turned out. Even better, they were quick to stitch. Only two weeks start to finish. No I am not one of those ladies with nothing better to do than cross stitch. I am constantly busy, leaving only a couple hours at the most, each evening to cross stitch.
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| Feathered Friends |
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| Feline Friends-almost finished! |
Recently I pre-ordered Creative Girl Mixed Media Techniques For An Artful Life by Danielle Donaldson, from Amazon. I was really unsure about ordering this book since Amazon had not posted a preview of the book. I really like Danielle Donaldson's watercolors and was hoping for a book where she would share her techniques. The entire book is based on her techniques and is set up on a project by project basis. Naturally I just had to create something using her approach to mixed media. Watercolor is the foundation of the project and then paints, gel pens, markers and other mixed media elements are added to enhance the painting.
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| Just Thinking |
Just Thinking is a journal entry that will probably never see the light of day. May be it will end up in a finished piece, who knows? Danielle Donaldson uses white space to highlight her paintings while I covered every inch of the paper with color. Gel pens and black Sharpie were used to make the doodles in the background. Everyone can use this book. The instructions are easy to follow and the designs are simple and easy to draw. If you can draw basic shapes you can easily draw a Creative Girl inspired figure.
