Nini's ATC swap- April

The theme for the April swap was SHADOWS. I found it hard to decide what to draw or paint. I even had more than one option. The thing is that the ideas in my head seemed easy while on paper they turned out to be a challenge.

I ended up sending this one to my swap partner:

Colour me Positive March

March was a very busy month. We had a marvellous holiday planned and I had to prepare quite a few things before heading for... Texas!!! Still, I devote a few spare moments to keeping up with my challenges. ;)

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Nini's ATC swap- March

I really liked the challenge a lot - POLKA DOTS. What came to my mind after reading the theme for this swap, was... Spanish flamenco dresses! So, I decided to paint one, but I found out that using my beloved watercolours would be challenging on such a small piece of paper, so I went for colour pencils. It waschoice :)

Colour me Positive - February

I did my best to keep up with the challenge and really enjoyed working on the pieces to match the hints proposed. Here is what I created:

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Nini's ATC swap February

After a long break from blogging, here I am catching up. It's been a busy beginning of the year, much busier than I had expected and much more chaotic. Still, I did my best to keep up with the challenges and swaps I'm in even though at times with a bit of delay. Now, I'm back on track :)

So, the February ATC swap theme was: COLOUR PENCILS

 

 

 

 

Nini's ATC swap- January

The topic for the January ATC was OLD MOVIE VIBES. It took me a bit to decide what to make and then, just one day, the idea came to my mind. Tahh dahh!

The funny thing is that when I was making it I thought about those old films about the I WW and when the other participants of the swap saw it posted on Facebook, they associated it with Casablanca! I love the way people perceive things in such diverse ways.

Book pad thingie

When I was in Slovenia a friend of mine and I spotted a pad that makes reading much more comfortable. We were in a bookshop and they had these nice looking pads, but they were pricey for what they were so my friend suggested making one. Unfortunately, our 'to-do-list' was so long that we didn't make it. So, the other day I finally decided to make one. It's not as sturdy as it was supposed to be, but it does the job :)

#wedrawtheyear challenge - January

#wedrawtheyear challenge

I have taken on yet another challenge. Yay! I feel the need to play with my watercolours a little more so when I saw this Instagram challenge I decided to hop on this one too. The host published the challanges at the beginning of the month so we can do them at any time, still I like the weekly challenge idea so I work on one every week.

Here's January

Week 1: snowflakes 

Week 2: sledding

Week 3: hot chocolate

Week 4: Mittens

Colour me Positive Project- January

Colour Me Positive Challenge

Back in December I decided to engage in a few projects related to watercolours. One of them is called COLOUR ME POSITIVE. The host provides us with a weekly quote and a few hints on the arrangement or the media to use. I decided this Project to be watercolours and pencil only although I might as well pluck up the courage and introduce some other ideas on the way:

So, here's week 1: GRATITUDE

Pencil




Week 2:  BE BRAVE

watercolours (silhouette was an extra challenge)



Week 3: LIVE LIFE

watercolours and my beloved city Vienna (extra challenge: song lyrics)



Week 4: Believe in yourself and magic will happen

Watercolours (extra challenge: self-portrait)

My January watercolours time

This January has been devoted to creating and being busy painting using my beloved watercolours. Apart from the 2 challenges I am in I still had the time to make a few more pieces.

Here's a poisettia:

 

I once saw a gorgeous video on how to paint this lovely plant but I never saved the link so had to use my memory to try and reproduce the technique. I did my best :)

I also painted the view from the local seaside path. I love this spot :) 

Here I used the Moleskine watercolour paper. I'm not happy with how it behaves with the watercolours. I was once told this brand is a good one for all types of papers for artists, but the watercolour booklet I got doesn't seem to work well for me. It absorbs water quickly and doesn't allow me to play with the paint and do the 'job' that watercolours do. Such a shame...