Watercolour Class - Floral Flamingo

While looking on Pintrest for some watercolour tutorials I found this floral flamingo and knew I HAD to paint it!!  I just traced the flamingonfrom the original picture.  It took 3 goes to get this done- first go I used the wrong shade of pink, then 2nd go the paint ran and I peeled the paper trying to wipe it off...third go was a charm LOL  I will be framing this and hanging it in my scraproom:)

Watercolour Class - Elephant

This morning'swatercolour class theme from The Friday Gallery was elephants.  I opted to do just one elephant on my page, but a few people did multiple ones and they looked super cute.  I traced one of the pictures Hilary provided, then added a light pink base.  I got so involved once I started I forgot to take photos until I was half way through lol  This painting was a little different than last week's as we outlined and added shading detail with a fine liner pen (classing it as mixed media).

Thrifty Thursday

I was having oppie withdrawals :) Luckily I got to pop into one of my fave shops on Saturday after we enjoyed lunch out.   Feels nice to getting back "to normal".

New top for work $6

We have been invited to a garden wedding in October - I found this gorgeous dress for $10.  The photo doesn't show the gorgeous fluttery sleeves and it has an asymetrical hem with a split. It's a little tight, so I'm hoping this is the motivation I need to kick start my weight loss again!

Earrings that are a match to the dress $4

Bag of embrodiery threads $2

Tupperware pick-a-dell $5.  I can't resist Tupperware! LOL  I have one already that I use for beetroot - it's fabulous!  Will use this one for pineapple or asparagus.

Everyday Moments

We went out Tuesday night for Craig's work dinner.  We went to Clay's favourite place - The Spotted Dog Tavern and saw this cute ceramic dog and Clay wanted a photo :)

Swimming lessons started back last weekend - Clay was so happy to be back!

I love this crazy kid! He serenaded me one morning with 2 original songs - "I love you" and "Sing a happy song" :)

Couldn't resist taking photos of this street art again.

Watercolour Class - Black Horse

This morning I set up my painting gear ready for my 2nd online water colour class with The Friday Gallery  - Black Horse.  After the first class I decided to invest in a set of tube / liquid paints instead of the pallette set and a larger sized watercolour pad.  I also found this water brush cleaner / holder from Kmart for $2- it's fantastic!

I followed the instructions to draw the horse (I wasn't too impressed with my sketch and hoped the paint would improve it LOL).

I forget to take photos of the first few steps, but remembered and got pics till the end :)

The eye was completely wrong and the cheek was too dark, so once it dried I reworked both the cheek and eye, and am really pleased with the end result!  Next week's class is an elephant - I can't wait!

Drawing Class - Girl

Tonight's online drawing class at Life With Paint was a girl.  I wasn't too keen on this class as I prefer animals, nature or objects, but I thought I would give it a go and might learn some new techniques. My drawing looked very similar to the artist's, but I'm not keen on it LOL  I'm looking forward to next week's class- turtles!

Cards

The last 5 cards I made on the weekend :)

Cards

The next 4 cards I made on the weekend.