Wendy has chosen most of the words for our posts over the past few weeks as she has lots of the plates with them on. I just go along with her choices and today it was "Every one was thinking it, I just said it". Mentioned it to Cath when I was talking to her this afternoon and hadn't a clue what I was going to do. I was sat outside hoping to get a few pages covered in Pan Pastels in the sunshine but bending over the table and using a dusting motion with the sponge I set my back off again. Some days I can do nothing!
Anyway, I just left my page with a pale blue top and a green base to represent out of doors and did it in Portrait style so had to use the larger figures. Later, sat in my chair I stamped some greenery across the bottom of the page and was pleasantly surprised at the result of this particularly large stamp which I have never used before despite having had it for years (probably over ten). I am sure it will be coming out a bit more often now. Then I wanted some small flower and so I used two Tracey Easson stamps, well I was wearing my yellow t-shirt with those delightful mice on from Scotland. (One I once stamped on and painted). I should have been doing a weekend with her later this month had this dreadful virus not been keeping us all locked up/down so I wore the t-shirt in honour of her.
Then I found three fairly slim figures, I like working in threes whenever possible, to use to illustrate the words. The story behind it is that the middle girl with her hands on her hips is uttering the words whilst sporting a black eye (can you see the bruising made with green, yellow and purple chalks?) to the other two. I chose that head because I think she looks as if she has a really bad attitude with the expression on her face. The girl on the left is looking as if she does not approve and the one far right looks as if she is taking off if those legs are anything to go by.
Also the little caterpillar is a bit amused, he is so cute isn't he? Hope she doesn't take her mood out on him later.
So that is my page. Pan Pastels for the background, Promarkers for colouring on the figures and pencils for the flowers at the base. Now to link it to Art Journey Journal where flowers are the theme chosen this month by Mia. I know there are not many on my page but I hope we can count the greenery in too. It would be nice to see you over there joining in with their challenge, they are such a lovely group of people.
13 comments:
That foliage stamp is VERY nice. It's hard to see clearly, being behind the figures, but it looks like a very useful stamp. You don't say whose it is? I love large foliage stamps but there aren't that many around.
Such a difficult phrase to illustrate. Love the black eye, that isn't easy to recreate. I had a black eye once, at the tender age of 13/14 - some biker girls attacked me because I fancied one of their boyfriends, lol and then I ended up marrying him! It got me a week off school :-) I was traumatised, lol.
Some nice, detailed colouring there - good job your eyes are still good. I love the mismatched outfits and the clashing colours. Glad you kept the background simple. You don't need much more with those figures taking all the limelight. The one on the left looks totally bemused, as if she doesn't have a clue what just happened or as if she's thinking 'What now?'
Well done for finishing it when you were struggling. Thanks a lot for the chat :-) It was lovely. No queues at the shop, so it didn't take me as long as I'd expected it to. My poor neighbour was in bits when I took her shopping. It's two years since she lost her hubby and as I told you, the isolation is really getting to her and she has nothing to occupy her mind. I had hoped to get her flowers but there weren't any nice ones. I can't give her a hug and I can't go to see her - I just don't have a clue how to help! I'll make a cake and a card later but it seems so trivial when she's so sad and so lonely. It's not an easy time for some.
Have a nice day, y'all! Hope it's pain free and sunny :-)
Elbow hugs
Cath x
This fits your page on the topic of Wendy and Art Journal. Good idea!
Greetings Elke
Don't you love it when people say that, as though they know what others are thinking - very defensive statement, and that girl in the centre looks as though she's daring anyone to disagree with her.
Stay safe
Blessings
Maxine
Brilliant. great choice of figures. Three girls together, there';s bound to be trouble..
Hope your back is better today, keep safe, hugs Wendy.
A nice idea to create flowers on the ladies dresses. Fun and original, I like it.
A super fun page again with your wonderful ladies and yes i can see them standing among the flowers and I wondered what their topic of conversation would be.
Thank you for linking up to Mia's theme at Art Journal Journey.
Stay safe.
Yvonne xx
p's' to answer your question about the stamp I used, it was all one image with is own random type stamps in the background.
What a fun page! Beautiful flowers on the dresses! Thank you so much for joining us at AJJ! Kisses!
Great fun page, Neet. I love the colors and all the flowers. Eileen xx
Fabulous page! The little caterpillar is a great addition and is super cute ...lol 😉. I love the foliage that you added too, it looks perfect with your beautiful figures. Happy and creative wishes! I hope you've been enjoying the sunshine! Keep well! Hugs, Jo x
Love those ladies in their stylish outfits Neet! xx
I really love the grassy stamp too - great that it finally got an inking - and I think you've got the conversation amongst your trio of women just right! And of course the Pan Pastels give a lovely softness to the background. Lovely.
Alison x
lovely p age!
These three are all looking quite innocent so who said what??? We'll never know! Hugs, Chrisx
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