Blog Candy, Workshops, Clever Tots and Bargain Buy

Another workshop all done and dusted and they have booked me again for a double session next time for a Christmas Project, so much more can be accomplished in two hours! I love to see what people come up with when they are given a free hand to do what they like, more than that I love to hear those words 'Gosh I didn't realise I was Artistic'

Everyone has an artistic side - look how young children love to paint and draw without really caring what it looks like as long as they like it and mum and dad are sure to praise that's all that matters, sadly sometimes along the way the creative side is squeezed out of us and it needs to be rediscovered.

Talking of young people, have a look here at a selection of peoples finished projects and tell me which was done by a four year old who came along with her dad.!

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Oh and I would like you to meet Billie....

First Issue of a new mag called 'How Your Body Works' you know the sort , you have to buy every issue to build your complete skeleton, which @ £4.99 an issue will end costing you hundreds of pounds, but issue 1 and Billies skull is only 99p... ripe for altering!!

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and the answer to which project was completed by 4 year old Charlotte is...
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When asked if it was for her mummy, she said..... 'No it's for me!'

and lastly.... just to check whether or not you are still awake....

If anyone would like one of the sample projects that I did for the workshop (apart from the bird one, that's going to the Art Raffle) then leave a comment and next saturday I'll pick 3 names using random.org)

A couple of bits!

It seems an age since I have posted, well to be honest I haven't had anything to post, been busy doing this and that and the other, but my arty mojo seemed to have done a runner for a while. Well two things have forced me to find it again. It seems in a moment of madness in the last school term I promised our head teacher that I would do a workshop with some of the staff. What to do with them?? well i have come up with this 'notebook'. Bit of stamping, alcohol ink, acrylic paints, all the stuff I love! I'll let you know how it goes!

I was also encouraged to get going again after some lovely comments on my blog from
Sarah who was blog hopping and came to visit. She runs UK Art Raffle and I'm hoping she will let me join in. Here is my effort for this months challenge. The Crow (yes it is a crow and don't you dare say it isn't) is my first attempt at lino printing. well not actually my first attempt because i did it at school a few (well OK a lot!) of years ago. I loved it then, so when I saw some lino and some tools in Tindalls - Your Creative Journey sponsors, I had to have some. Unfortunately that was just as I had an op done on my wrist, so I haven't been able to play until now. I quite like him, but it's not really suitable for lino I have decided, and looking at the photo on here, I think the crown needs moving up a bit!
But I just love Crows -in fact I have been called a Crow on more than one occasion, but I take that as a compliment LOL

Workshop Project...

I held a very small (but perfectly formed!) workshop yesterday, the project was a tag book involving a few different techniques. Here is my example that the ladies worked from, but I am always very keen that people should put their own slant on whatever they do and not just do a carbon copy (unless of course they want to!) It is so interesting to see what everybody produces given the same materials!

It's been an exciting week for 'Your Creative Journey' our website is now up and running

check out......
http://www.yourcreativejourney.co.uk/