my first art doll, am I being led astray?

Well today is boxing day and I have been browsing the web. I found an art doll project which made me think I could show the ladies in my new web-art-group that I could make these too. The group has been getting into what they call Dottee Dolls ( using needle craft) and I have been left behind, not my fault that I am a male of the species.

I have changed several features and developed the design, it has turned out better than I thought for a first attempt. This one was to get some idea of sizes (e.g. how thick and how long should the limbs be?) and I hope I will now be making more. But what about my painting???????? It is crazy I want to paint but being creative is giving me so much pleasure that it is definitely taking a second place at the moment.

Anyway here is the beastie:-

The head is a wine cork, crowned with a beer bottle top (the contents of both consumed by me during the day). The face is a photo from a TV listings magazine and the hair is from a feathery wool. The body is made from corrugated cardboard, hand-made paper and an open weave material symbolising chain-mail with a breast plate made using heat embossing powder. The limbs were cut from a eucalyptus tree in my back garden.

I intend to develop the idea further, if you are interested in more details of the construction leave a comment with an email address and I will endeavour to get them to you.

New doodle art

Hi, Sorry to all my friends for the somewhat protracted absence but I have been beset by a number of (minor!) problems at home which have limited my time at my PC. I have also been away for a short break to Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswolds. A marvellous little place and full of little gift shops and tea rooms. I simply had to take a photo of the tree in the middle of the river running through the village - although there is a bit of camera shake apparent, I share it with you here:-

I have also got three new ATC cards, in the series that I started at the end of last month, they are all what I would call throw-away cards as I feel that I have been learning this new technique of stamping and decorating the images with doodling.












The last I believe is an example of a ZENTANGLE although I am not certain of this. It is another strange new world which I have been exposed to thro' my new Art Group.

lastly I would like to wish all my readers and friends a happy christmas and a prosperous new year, and leave you with a quick water colour sketch