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Friday, 9 January 2015

Last week was pretty busy with me making new jewellery pieces, starting a couple of new paintings, and getting the house back in order after the Holiday madness, as well as getting a slew of new 'likes' on my Facebook page, (thanks to the cuteness of the puppy-face, I'm sure ;) ) so I thought I'd take the wee hours of Saturday morning to catch up on here...

Below are pics of just some of the rings and pendants I've been working on as part of my 'Botanicals' line of jewellery, as well as some earrings that I'll be finishing up later today. I'm having great fun experimenting, and if you'd like to see more, please pop over to my Facebook page of more 'up to the minute' posts. ;)

Not shown are the bracelets and rings I'm working on, using local quartz and stamped with Runic inscriptions. A very exciting new 'Viking' inspired line I hope to show you more of in the coming weeks.

Thanks for looking and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! <3

Green Apatite and sterling silver leaf ring...

Raw Garnet and sterling silver twig ring...

Azurite ball and sterling silver twig ring with 'bubbles'...

A lovely rainbow moonstone and sterling silver twig ring...

A 'Celestial' pendant in sterling silver, and set with a yummy looking chunk of quartz from my back yard. A very fun piece that I think may inspire it's own line. ;)

Blue Apatite and sterling silver twig pendant...

Pink Sapphire and sterling silver twig pendant...

A sweet little forget-me-not pendant in sterling silver...

Rose quartz and sterling silver, stamped with a lovely curly heart... (Valentine's Day is coming...;) )

Two magical looking twiggy bar pendants, one set with a greeny-blue flashy Labradorite, and the other set with a dreamy Tanzanite...

Just a few of the earrings I'll be finishing up. <3

Saturday, 3 January 2015

Aaaand here he is! All mounted on a deep canvas, varnished and finished off. This was such a fun project. I definitely have to do more pet portraits. :D

Friday, 2 January 2015

Alright...the living subject of this pice is demanding that I step away from the pencils, so I'll call it 'done' for now. ;)  I'll try and get some good shots of the mounted and varnished piece up soon. Have a great weekend everyone, and please do let me know in the comments what you think, or visit me on Facebook. <3
Starting off the New Year with a mixed media painting of my little studio helper. ;) Not too sure if it's done yet, but here's the progress so far...
Mechanical pencil, watercolour, coloured pencil and white paint/ink pens on 180g paper. (done from a photo of Zho-zho I shared earlier.) Approximately 15x15cm
I had just begun blocking in the colours and deciding depth and light sources in this one...

A little more shading and detail...

And this is the 'finished' painting.
(I still have to mount in on a small square canvas, and varnish it. I'll take another pic when it's really, really done. ;) )
I hope you enjoyed! It was great fun to paint, and I definitely have to do more in this size. <3