Huh?

I'm moving

....but apparently it takes time.

Here's the new link to my blog, etc.:

http://blog.jillyvaniperen.com/

 

An angel

I did this painting this morning. 

He measures 16" x 12" x 1.5" on canvas.

Very different for me but good experience.

Some detail

Thinking I want to try oil painting next year but sounds very expensive to start up!

Sorry about the look of my blog too - I'm in the process of moving so I'll give you the new blog details when its up and running.

Hope everyone's Christmas planning is going ahead well!  Not long now!

Stuff

I haven't picked up my camera for ages, so thought I'd snap a few things from my morning - just for memories sake.

These beauties were greeting me this morning.

Then there's life's little necessities (even though I do admit to totally ignoring my phone) most of the time.

and some books of the many books I'm enjoying at the moment.  C.S. Lewis is one of my favourite writers.  What a gift he was!

Hopefully will try and get something creative done too.

 

Water colour pencils.....jury is still out on them

I actually had my first try of water colour pencils the other day.

Here's my first effort.

...a bit of a fail, but you've gotta start somewhere eh?

Here's one I did this morning

Hmmm....they're very quick to use, but I'm not so sure they're for me.

A bit different too coz I tried drawing babies....definitely not my cup of tea.

All good fun though .... I think ... might be better when I actually know what to do with the pencils.

We really need a little Christmas

After a tough year, I had originally made the decision not to bother with our Christmas tree this year. 

As with alot of families, our's usually goes up on 1st December (which was also my Grandad's birthday - so always special to me), but up until that morning, I decided it wasn't going up.

Then a certain 10yo boy who has always been at my side while putting up the tree for as long as he's been with us reminded me that the 1st of December is the day the tree HAS to go up. It just HAS to.

And you what, who the heck am I to take that joy away from him? 

So we dug out the tree, found the decorations and we started the putting up of the Christmas tree for 2012.

And I'm so grateful to this little 10yo boy.

So...I'm going to show you are tree for 2012 which has brought our little family so much joy already.

At the top is always our Angel - and ours is a REAL angel - her name is Billie and I miss her every day.

We have an arrangement of home made and store bought ornaments and I love them all.

My favourites are the pears and the stars.

But what's important is that its up.

So now it actually does feel a like Christmas...even if its only a tiny bit.

Goodnight you Princes of Maine - Aussie Scrap Source

I loved the Aussie Scrap Source brief using Tim Holtz Products.

A perfect opportunity to create a little representation of some of the challenges that life can throw at us.

I've used a quote from one of my favourite movies "The Cider House Rules".

You can see the whole thing at the Aussie Scrap Source blog along with other fabulous creations from the Creative Team.

 

Mixed Media Portrait - Enough!

This is a little different than my usual colours but I like her anyway.

She has had enough! 

She is 10" x 20" x 1.5" on canvas

Hope you like her!

An open heart

Here's last night's effort

She's 10" x 20" x 1.5" and a little different for me.

Experimenting is good yes?

I think she's finished but am not quite sure yet.

Another portrait

Hmmm.....funny how, as artists, we are our own worst critics.

This one I started the other day and decided I didn't like her.

Have fiddled with her a bit more and am still not so sure.

She's 16" x 16" x 1.5" on canvas.

The jury's is STILL out on this one.

Could well end up a paint over and start again job.

 

Mixed Media Portrait - a bit odd

Different day.

Different palette.

Different girl.

A bit odd.

But I've always had a soft spot for odd.

8" x 16" x 1.5" on canvas