Mo's Corner in the Moomin Valley: October 2015

the Sketchpack project - exhibition

The Sketchpack project is organised by a marvellous lady from South Africa. She started the project as a local thing, but with time and thanks to the Internet it grew and reach quite a few people all around the world. She launches the project annually and then exhibits people's accordeon booklets in a special exhbition hall in Cape Town. The latter is only available for those who can get the original booklet and submit it once it's done. What I didn't expect was that she would be so kind as to print one photo of our works we had posted in the facebook group and make it into a collage.

So, my *flowers* were exhibited in Cape Town too!

sketching out and about

A special friend of mine gave me a little Moleskine notebook for sketching and taking notes. I put it into a little pencil case together with a set of pencils and a rubber and decided to carry it around in case a chance to use it croppped up. And it did!

I was in my favourite town sipping tea by the sea and sketched a boat.

Then, another day I was waiting for my partner and instead of texting friends or 'wasting' my precious time on my phone, I sketched a butterfly.

Birthday cards making

This year has brought important birthdays and I decided to make special birthday cards for my friends. I used my favourite watercolours :)

One of my friends is turning 70, a very special number, isn't it? and he is in love with LIGHTHOUSES so I decided to paint one:

Another friend is turning 40 and he is a photographer, so a camera was a must ;)

I also made 'regular' one ;)

Nini's ATC swap- October

October has brought another ATC theme. This time it's HOME. I didn't hesitate much this time. When I saw the topic, I immediately thought about the gorgeous SWEDISH houses, the red ones, you know ;) I find them marvellous. I don't know what it is about them that makes me like them so much, but definitely there's something. When I visited Sweden 2 years ago, I fell in love with these gorgeous red dwellings and thought that perhaps one day I could move to Sweden and buy myself a gorgeous house like this and make it a HOME ;) Thank God dreaming is free ;)

So, here's what I produced:

12 pages in 2015- August

While working on my July page, I felt quite inspired and made the August page too ;) The theme for this one was: JEANS & JELLY BEANS. Another challenge ;)

I decided to paint a pair of jeans, of course ;) and then a box of Harry Potter Jelly Beans in the back pocket. The proportions are not great, but these were my first trousers ever! I normally don't draw people so clothes are quite a challenge. I found it quite interesting, though and feel like making more attempts at it. So, here it is:

12 pages in 2015- July

The theme for the July page in Nini's *12 pages in 2015* was HOME & WAVES. It took me quite some time to decide what to make. At first I had an idea, but struggled immensly making it. I wanted to paint a rough sea as I now live in Spain and by the sea which I adore so I thought this would be a splendid idea of putting Home & Waves together. Unfortunately, it was just so hard draw or paint them. No idea why... but I struggled. I then put it off for quite some time until the idea dawned on me. I did paint waves, but going a bit out of my comfort zone... I'm a realist and pretty down-to-earth person so using pinkish and purplish was a challenge and also the house on the waves... ;) Still, I'm happy with it. Wonder what you think...

100 days of...Granny squares blanket finished :)

Here I am to proudy announce that I *finally* finished my Granny Squares Blanket :) I managed to reach the 100 days at last! Just because life gets in the way a bit ;) it was impossible to work on it on daily basis and I ended up working on it for much longer. Yet, it's done! My first ever crochet blanket I am very proud of :)

the blanket is 110 by 150 cm in size and consists of 165 Granny Squares