Researching Goddesess.....

Good Morning!
Been a busy few days..... as you know I am taking  Moonshine with Effy, and it has really been interesting and informative..... it has opened a need within me to know more about Goddesses, and there are soooo many of them.. I was googling myself into a hole!  ***confused***

So.. I popped to Amazon, and I picked up a Goddess Tarot Set.. it is Beautiful.... the cards are stunning, and in the book there is just enough info on each one to let me decide if I want to investigate further (mostly yes!)

So I decided to make a Goddess Journal..... had to make a new journal to start with... cos, well, just cos I did.....  then I started playing!

This is Kali, a Hindu Goddess, who has been very heavily stylized in the Tarot Deck as she is quite scary looking in the information I have found on her!

I started off sketching her out, and then I scanned my drawing and printed onto pastel printing paper..... and using Pastel Pencils, started to colour  (my Jury is still out on Pastel Pencils, but I do love the way they blend!)  I added the darkest shades first and blended in, then built up layers of colour to show highlights and shadows.....

(sorry about the change in piccies... some were flash.. some without! :-) )

I then added Twinkling H2O's for her hair......

This is my interpretation next to the Tarot Card.....

I then opened my beautiful new journal..... and made a background for her... cut her out and glued her in..... the writing I added was taken from the Card.......

And I am thrilled!!!!!

Another of the Goddesses in the pack is calling to me...... so she will be my next journal spread in the Goddesses Journal.......

Till next time.....xxxx


OK.. this is freaking me out a bit here... what is going on?   I have uploaded the piccie of her next to the card five times now... and on the original she has all white round her eyes... when it comes up on here, she has blue in her eyes....  it is not like that on the original... Hmmmmm!!!!

You know what.......

I am missing 29 Faces!

Yes I can draw whenever I want... but the deadline MADE me draw.... I miss it!

So... here is todays face! :-)

I like her.....

xxxxx

Did I show you........

My favouritest scrummy shelf on my new art storage system?

Well... here it is!  I am a little bit addicted to making sewn bound journals.... I have been making books for years.. using jump rings or the Bind-it-All, but in Book Of Days Bootcamp, the fabulous Effy did a great tutorial on sewing journals.. and she has created something of a monster in me!   I can't stop making them! (Although I have to right now cos my new rolls of canvas are in the postal system, somewhere and not on my desk... but I am eyeing up an old pair of jeans for a cover if I just can't wait!!!)

So..   One scrummy shelf......

Yayyyy Me! :-) xxxx

Arty Travel Kit!

So... on Wednesday, I went to Art Club...as usual.. I took too much!

So I got to thinking... what do I REALLY neeeeeeed in my art pack.... to take away , to be able to do most things I want to  ,... in as few items as possible for ease of travelling.....

There are loads of videos on YouTube about it... Jennibellie being one of my favourite..... but they are their art needs.. not necessarily mine....

So here is mine.. which I am sure will not be yours... I can see you sitting there saying... WHY has she packed that?  and Where is......  but here it is anyways!

I started with my Derwent Pencil Carry All...... Ok it is a huge pencil case.. but posh.. so needs a posh name!

I have put a rule next to it so you get an idea of the size.. it is large.. but not huge.. so would happily fit in a suitcase!

And here it is filled...... I might as well say now.. pretty much everything in it (apart from the front pocket contents, stumps, brushes and waterbrushes)  is Derwent... saves me typing it out all the time!

 

So.. for starters.. we need a Journal.... Made this one to go in it... it is A5, so a perfect travel size! 

 

 OK... opened.. first section.......Here we have.......Water carrier, cloth to mop up the inevitable spills and cleaning brushes etc... ruler, small pot of Gesso, tin with rubber, sharpener and cotton buds in it...........

First "leaf" of the pencil case!  Cheap paint brushes for Gesso..... paper stumps for blending snips/scissors (just in case) (MUST add a glue stick or something!).......rubber tipped tools for blending ( my new Must Haves!) fat and thin waterbrushes, semi decent paintbrushes (I don't buy "good" ones cos I kill them) couple of stick erasers, fat and thin......

Turn over.......  We have ... White Posca Pen, Black Posca Pen, Black Faber Castel pen, Black Gel Pen........HB, 4HB and 8HB Water Soluble Graphic Pencils ( I love these.. the sketched faces in 29 faces were done with these... amazing pencils!)  Coloursoft White, Blender and Burnisher......

Derwent Tinted Charcoals....... another latest Must Have... these pencils are fabulous for hints and shadows.. I adore them.....

Aquatones... WOW.... these are why the waterbrushes are there... these sticks of pure and vibrant colour are fabulous... and they spread for miles...blend beautifully and are just amazing........ backgrounds sorted! I only have a few of them.. think I need the rest of the set! :-)

The Drawing Pencil range ... now these are fairly new to me... and I love them.... they are great for faces and sultry atmospheric backgrounds...... so perfect for my journals.....  A cracking little set and fabulous to blend with!

WoooHoooo ... an empty side to the pockets.. in case I want to add something!

And finally in the back,  under the elastic strap... my journal and my watercolour set.....

And even done up, and full of lushness...... it is  about the same size as the newest and must have hardback novel!



Now.. having learned a bit over the last few months..... I think maybe my 36 colours in the watercolour set is a bit excessive..... love it to bits... but even with all the colours in there.. I still mix the ones I want... I may get the small set of 12 and really mix them.. be easier to fit in the bag.. Plus I have a dilemma...... do I keep taking things in and out of the bag... or do I buy doubles and have the travel set packed and ready to go at all times?????

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

So.. there is my Travel Pack... I think I have everything I need to do my Journalling/arting/painting while I am away from home.......  what do you think?  Leave me a comment and let me know! :-)

Toodles! xxxxxx