Can never get too many cupcakes

At Creative Tuesday the theme is Candy - well I don't suppose a cupcake is candy ... is it??? Well they're sweet and yummy and I wish that I could draw things that would become real... did anyone ever see that kids TV shop called ZZZAP! - there was a painter on that show who could draw things that he could take off the wall and use, I used to dream of being able to do that! I just looked it up on youtube and found this great clip - that took me right back!

 

Anyway this was an altered envie for somebody - her words - looks good enough to eat - I do hope there aren't nibble marks on the edges!

Altered Envie - Cupcakes

Also linking over to Illustration Friday - check out both of these amazing blogs to see more sweet and yummy things! Drool....

 

Also still on antibiotics but the pain is a whole lot less now. Here is a pic of Georgie who has decided her onesie is a better hat than a real hat, hmm...

 

 

Illustration Friday - Wild

This week's theme over at Illustration Friday is "Wild" which ties in very well with just about all the artwork I've been doing recently. So here's my take on it this week. They've obviously spotted something -- cookies? Foxes like cookies right??

Wily Foxes - Watercolour ATC

Yawn, still no baby - 10 days over due... at least I'm booked in for Wednesday for an induction, being pregnant will NOT last forever!!!

Illustration Friday - Urban

So this week's Illustration Friday's topic is Urban - hmmm, now something I've done a lot lately is painting buildings and I've been painting African animals. Could I combine the two? Why not - I'm the artist! I'm in the process of painting a set of these but thought I'd base one of them around this theme.

So here is a curious giraffe feeling somewhat out of place in this heavily built up area. He has been meandering around wondering where the lush trees are? Maybe he can reach a potted plant or two!



Urban Giraffe ATC - Watercolour

Head on over to Illustration Friday to see an enormous amount of amazing Urban themed work!

My First Illustration Friday

Last Friday I popped on over to Illustration Friday which is a blog that encourages you to do artwork based on the theme of the week. When I was there the theme was "Swim" which was perfect because I had literally just painted a turtle. So I was ready, wrote my blog up and uploaded my pictures, then I refreshed the IF blog.... They had changed the subject, oops. I obviously caught the very end of the last one. Haha, not to worry the new theme is "Egg" which I thought was good. I've only tried out zentangle a few times and I'll admit I've not been too happy with my results. So throughout all the trades I've had recently I studied some of the patterns and why they looked good, certain shading techniques etc.

 

For my entry I covered the ATC in water and dabbed blotches of blue and green which has a nice ripple effect. Card warped horribly so had to press it back into submission! Then I made an egg - in this case it's an Easter Egg. I actually did three at once, but given that I could only send one image to the theme I've chosen my favourite one. The one I did last, perhaps by this point I'd learnt what worked. I am proud to say this is one of my better zentangles. Once my baby is born I'll probably trade these!

 

Tangled Easter Egg ACEO - Watercolour and Pen

 

Go on over to Illustration Friday, they have lots of neat artwork on display, very inspirational :)