Here she is.  :)  White and black chalk pastel, on Indian ink prepped watercolour paper.

Discovered something...  When you spray such a piece with hairspray to fix the chalk, the Indian ink comes to life, it is so odd.  It re-wets.  It was so very strange, but it's kinda cool, but very unexpected.  I watched it and my heart was wailing, "Noooooooo!"  But it's not so bad.

I've fixed up her mouth, nose and chin a little since this pic.  Am super proud, when I look back and see where I started at the beginning of the year.  I know I have so far to come, but I am so doing it.  That feeling of impending doom I talked about?  This was definitely one of those moment, but I did it.  :D

xxx Lou

Older Paintings

Here are a couple of my older paintings. While I'd love to call this Starry Night, I really shouldn't.  ;)

This was my first exploration of silhouette in paint.

This skyline is on canvas.  I really enjoyed painting it, and it was a great learning curve.  Looking at it now, it's fond irritation I think, that I feel.  It annoys me, because I am the world's gumbiest colour blender...  But at the same time, it's pointing to the fact that I am learning.  And that is just fab.

xxx Lou

I had lots of fun today creating these cool wheels.  I wanted them to be a bit different, so they are quite off centre.

As an aside, I am totally in love with my journals at the moment, they are so full of life, it's awesome.  

Am also digging Watercolour Paper Pads, love the paper forever and a day simply because it's so luscious.  It's thick and textured and just plain yummy.

This is the beginnings of an exercise.  Next I need to draw a face over the prepped paper, with black and white chalk pastel, exploring light and dark.  I'm really looking forward to it, and I'm learning to embrace that icky feeling of impending doom that seems to descend upon me when I know I'm heading in to a space that will challenge me.

Some things I tackle head on, others I am content to resign myself to sucking at forever!  Drawing is one of those things. I am starting to believe though, that imperfection is quirkiness, and quirkiness rocks.

xxx Lou

Whores in My Head

I said I wanted to paint a painting from a line in my favourite Pixies song, and here is a (very) rough sketch of it. 

There will be a few challenges in painting this for me, I'm going to have to create depth, which I am totally shit scared of trying, lol.  I'm going to have to work with tone, and skin tones, and shadow, and line, and co-ordinate the whole thing to imply the lines on the face from the lines of the bodies.  OMG.

But fun tho!

xxx Lou

Collage

I used all my used up paint scraps to make a collage.  Primo recycling effort!

xxx Lou

This one was heaps of fun, as in I am totally enamoured by the rainbowness of it, however, it also bugs the hell out of me.  Something is wrong, but I can't pinpoint what.  I have a few ideas, so may be back with a finished project at some point.  Or it may sit in a pile causing havoc with the dust bunnies.  

We will see.

xxx Lou

I fell in love with this painting the minute my brush hit the MDF, lol...  There is a little more purple at the top than shows.  I found it a great challenge compositionally, as it flows in reverse to what my head tells me.  It's quite large.  If I was jam, then the MDF is certainly toast - that right there is ME spread over a painting, lol.

A closer shot of the branches.  It's in a similar vein to another painting I painted earlier, but still haven't finished.  When that day comes, I promise I'll share, hehe.

A closer view of the texture on the hill.

xxx Lou

These are scribbles in my journal, Indian ink, was looking to develop my use of line.

Was lots of fun, the best bit was not knowing where I was heading with each of them.

xxx Lou

A box of yummy rainbow inspiration.  

I moonlight as a kindy teacher and will be back to show you my creations.

xxx Lou

:)  I know it's not a visual art, but it is beautiful, and never fails to get me in the mood.  One day I will paint a painting called "Whores in my Head"...  Gorgeous song.  x

xxx Lou

Hellooo

I am here to record my journey through art.  It has been such an interesting process of self discovery so far. I am looking forward to documenting my further learning and growing.

xxx Lou