Apr 27
Okay, I must admit - this topic really did make me ponder the little promise I made to myself about participating in *every* topic for Inspire Me Thursday. At first I had NO idea what I was going to do for this topic.
After a bit of thinking, I remembered and idea I had a while ago. Matt and I have a great book with photographs ranging from the microscopic level to pictures of outer space. A while ago I thought some of the pictures in the book would be a really good inspiration for abstract painting - many of the images are quite abstract already.
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Apr 20
This week’s theme for Inspire Me Thursday is “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.
We always get lots of junk mail at our place (which Matt loves by the way!). We always recycle but this week I recycled the junk mail in a more interesting way:
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Apr 12
This week’s Inspire Me Thursday topic was to challenge us to make an ordinary envelope into a work of art.
As it happens, tomorrow is Mum’s birthday, so I decided to make a birthday card and matching envelope for her.
Here’s how it turned out… (and let’s hope that Mum doesn’t read this post before tomorrow - although it’s not very likely!):
Apr 04
Yes, it’s that time again already… although I must admit I am submitting my artwork earlier than usual this week.
“This week, our creative prompt is the Peace Symbol. This universal sign of peace turns 50 years old this year (although there is some controversy that it has been around for much longer); whatever its origins, let us be inspired by what this symbol represents — to you personally or to others.”
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Apr 01
This week’s theme for Inspire Me Thursday is “two” (to celebrate the website’s second birthday). Oh, the possibilities!
The first thing I thought of when I read this topic was a reflection. I realised I had a box of watercolour paints I had never even opened, and thought this would be the perfect challenge to use them. I have used watercolour pencils before, but not watercolour paints, and I was quite surprised at how much more difficult I found them compared to acrylics.
Here’s what I came up with:
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