And after a nice cuppa.... Well here goes, its REALLY cheesy:
THEY ARGUED:
"LEAF ME ALONE"...
MADE UP:
"NEVER LEAF ME"...
However, heres a leaf relates love swtory of a different nature, - 10 words from a dog, and illustrated to boot!
Friday, 3 June 2011
DAY 21 - WRITE A 10 WORD LOVE STORY ... AND ILLUSTRATE IT
How the devil do I write a leaf inspired love story? Hmmmm....
... Some time later, after much pondering... Still Hmmmm....
And after a nice cuppa.... Well here goes, its REALLY cheesy:
Ahh, Bless...
However, heres a leaf relates love swtory of a different nature, - 10 words from a dog, and illustrated to boot!
And after a nice cuppa.... Well here goes, its REALLY cheesy:
However, heres a leaf relates love swtory of a different nature, - 10 words from a dog, and illustrated to boot!
Thursday, 2 June 2011
DAY 19 - CREATE SOMETHING THAT FLOATS ON WATER
Right - this is one for the garden and try it out in the pool- if only it wasn't pouring with rain at the moment!
Think I'll save this one for later in the day, or another day when the weather is nicer and I can potter and fiddle about outside in the sun!
Think I'll save this one for later in the day, or another day when the weather is nicer and I can potter and fiddle about outside in the sun!
DAY 18 - WORK WITH THINGS YOU FIND IN YOUR CAR
Ahh, another tricky one to do on holiday. Attached is a pic of what was in our hire car:
So, we have a map and guide book of the region (neither of which can be de-faced) and a few brochures of tourist spots we visited, plus, strangely, Tube map of London!!! At least there is one of the garden festival due to take place in a couple of days so lots of pics of gardens, flowers, etc.
I just decided today that would create a collage of sorts, (again, difficult on holiday when you don't have any sellotape or glue,) - hope you get the gist:
Time to make: 20 minutes
So, we have a map and guide book of the region (neither of which can be de-faced) and a few brochures of tourist spots we visited, plus, strangely, Tube map of London!!! At least there is one of the garden festival due to take place in a couple of days so lots of pics of gardens, flowers, etc.
I just decided today that would create a collage of sorts, (again, difficult on holiday when you don't have any sellotape or glue,) - hope you get the gist:
DAY 16 - MAKE A PRINT FROM A POTATO OR SPONGE
Well I had to adapt this one once again as I had no fabric or paints, but i did have potatoes and a way of changing its colour, so heres the original potato leaf:
And here it is being fried:
Time to make: 10 minutes
DAY 15 - WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A DOLLAR BILL?
I'm going to have to admit defeat on this one in one respect, (but I have found a way round it I suppose, IF you;ll indulge me!) I have no dollar bills here, and at the moment, in France I only have a rather large pile of Euro coins, no notes.
So, take a look at this Origami 4 leafed Clover video which is made from dolar bills,
or alternatively you could create something virtual like I did - Create your own Dollar Bill - mine has a photo in the centre made of leaves (have to stick to the theme of course!)
I've had to take a photo of it on my computer screen then upload that as I have no printer here so excuse the quality
Time to do: 10 minutes
So, take a look at this Origami 4 leafed Clover video which is made from dolar bills,
or alternatively you could create something virtual like I did - Create your own Dollar Bill - mine has a photo in the centre made of leaves (have to stick to the theme of course!)
I've had to take a photo of it on my computer screen then upload that as I have no printer here so excuse the quality
Time to do: 10 minutes
Day 14 - MAKE SOMETHING AS SMALL AS YOU CAN / MICROSCOPIC
Today it's going to have to be an embroidered leaf on the corner of my fabric - perhaps out of chain stitch?
DAY 13 - USE TEA LEAVES OR BAGS TO CREATE SOMETHING
Now I wish perhaps I'd saved my Day 8 Blog idea for today, but never mind:
As I had just made a cup of my favorite tea, Earl Grey, I thought I'd use the contents of the tea bag. As it was wet it resembled soil, therefore I went and picked the tiniest of the tops of some of the plants and leaves in the garden to make a miniature scale picture of a garden, all on a kitchen side plate:
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| Another quick and simple creation while on holiday! |
DAY 12 -CAMOUFLAGE - CREATE SOMETHING THAT DISAPPEARS INTO ITS' BACKGROUND
Having arrived in the south of france for a well needed break at a friends villa,I don't have bmy endless boxes of bits with me, so I'm now very short of items to use as inspiration for the next 2 1/2 weeks
Camouflage and leaf inspired? My first thought was combat gear, but with no fabric, and no fabric paints here (and the minor fact that I can't draw also) I decided i needed to look closer to home.
After a wander round the garden I found the same leaves as there was a picture of in my Day 2 Blog
So, I put a pin in it, and stuck the camouflage leaf flower intot he vase of flowers on the lounge table:
Time to make: 15 minutes
Camouflage and leaf inspired? My first thought was combat gear, but with no fabric, and no fabric paints here (and the minor fact that I can't draw also) I decided i needed to look closer to home.
After a wander round the garden I found the same leaves as there was a picture of in my Day 2 Blog
So, I pick 3 leaves, slice them in half lengthways and attempt to plait them together to see what I end up with (nothing much actually!) But, when you fold it back upon itself it sort of looked like a flower:
Time to make: 15 minutes
DAY 11 - WORK WITH THE OTHER HAND
This is a project I've been working on for some time but many of the leaves on the tree needed some TLC so I decided to work on a repair of an existing aertwork as my project today!
A couple of years ago I went to Ravenna, Italy and did an intensive course in traditional mosaics at Luciana Notturni's Mosaic Art School. The course was held in engliish for a varietyy of international students, and some of us are still in touch now. The ladies teaching on the course were amazing, and they took us to many sites around Ravenna to view both traditional (mostly in churches) and more modern (a mosaic park) styles of mosaic, in the area, as well as a historical lecture, and bags of teaching time!
This is one of the two pieces I made on the course - combining traditional materials and methods (no tile cutters here, all the tesserae (the small tiles used in mosaic( were not cut with modern tile cutters but with a Hammer and Hardie.
Believe me, this is easier to master than you think, and is endless amount of fun! All the repairs to this were done using my left hand, honest!
DAY 10 - USE WATER AS YOUR INSPIRATION TODAY
This one has been perplexing me for a while, and while I had some great ideas, I've not been on or near a beach to carry them out, so I decided to change and make liquid my medium.
Into the kitchen therefore to draw a leasf shape out of washing up liquid on a white plate.
I hadn't however allowed for the fact that the liquid would be a little runnier and move far faster than i could take a picture of it and became a huge poool of washing up liquid - even drawing the outline of a leaf in it I was not fast enough as you can see below:
so, after a small change, i started again making more of a palm frond - Still not perfect but who would have thought just washing up liquid could inspire you?!!!!
TIme taken: 10 minutes
Into the kitchen therefore to draw a leasf shape out of washing up liquid on a white plate.
I hadn't however allowed for the fact that the liquid would be a little runnier and move far faster than i could take a picture of it and became a huge poool of washing up liquid - even drawing the outline of a leaf in it I was not fast enough as you can see below:
so, after a small change, i started again making more of a palm frond - Still not perfect but who would have thought just washing up liquid could inspire you?!!!!
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