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Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by NastyNickers » Fri May 18, 2018 10:17 am

MG2 wrote:
NastyNickers wrote:You inspired me to try the marbling, arty guesty. I LOVE it!
Shall upload a better photo tomorrow. But I’m impressed!


That's stunning, NN!


Thank you beaut :wubbers:

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by NastyNickers » Fri May 18, 2018 10:17 am

arty farty guest wrote:
NastyNickers wrote:You inspired me to try the marbling, arty guesty. I LOVE it!
Shall upload a better photo tomorrow. But I’m impressed!


Wow that looks fantastic!!! which technique did you go for in the end? :artist:

Thank you! I did the suminagashi(?) technique. I used proper marbling inks. Alcohol inks just disperse into the water, and don’t get the same kind of look, it’s more blended kind of like a water colour look.

I love it though! Just not sure what to do with it.

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by arty farty guest » Thu May 17, 2018 10:58 pm

NastyNickers wrote:You inspired me to try the marbling, arty guesty. I LOVE it!
Shall upload a better photo tomorrow. But I’m impressed!


Wow that looks fantastic!!! which technique did you go for in the end? :artist:

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by MG2 » Thu May 17, 2018 10:45 pm

NastyNickers wrote:You inspired me to try the marbling, arty guesty. I LOVE it!
Shall upload a better photo tomorrow. But I’m impressed!


That's stunning, NN!

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by NastyNickers » Thu May 17, 2018 10:18 pm

You inspired me to try the marbling, arty guesty. I LOVE it!
Shall upload a better photo tomorrow. But I’m impressed!
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Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by Lady Murasaki » Fri May 04, 2018 4:15 pm

Thanks Vick, I do enjoy being able to pick up an instrument and play a tune on it.
Those pics of yours are cute!

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by Vicky » Fri May 04, 2018 5:43 am

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My bee picture which which is only half done and the Birthday Card for my Aunt.

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by Vicky » Fri May 04, 2018 4:51 am

Lady Murasaki wrote:
Vicks wrote:
Lady Murasaki wrote:
Vicks wrote:Image

Despite the fact i've been cross stitching for years, i only found out about these a few months ago.

Thread rippers are brilliant and if you make a mistake, it rips the stitching out without damaging your fabric.

There also great for "normal" sewing.


I need some of those. I’m always having to unpick mistakes I’ve made while sewing outfits.


The Pound Shop sells them Lady M, they work like magic.


Cool. I’ll need them the next time I spend a day sewing a dress only to find it has no arm holes. :brickwall:

I’m back to attending a guitar group/class after a 10 year break. By the end of term I’ll be this good :gigglesnshit:
If only..

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I'm doing a picture of bees at the moment and i did one stitch too many in the hive and then had to go back and rip rows out.

Just one extra stitch can throw your picture off kilter.

:brickwall:

Good luck with the guitar group Lady M.

:seranade:

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by Guest » Thu May 03, 2018 11:48 pm

NastyNickers wrote:
Guest wrote:
NastyNickers wrote:
Guest wrote:I agree with NN, you have to put the work in with creative stuff, sometimes you get inspired other times you have to really drag the work out of yourself, whether it be art/writing/music/ whatever. You have to commit time and effort to it, you have to be willing to fail and get it wrong as you learn the processes and techniques which make manifest that which is in your imagination. No one is going to do your art for you, you have to do it for yourself.


This! You expanded and made my point much better.

I think that pushing yourself is hard sometimes. When I uploaded the dirty pour I didn’t expect the response I got. It’s a new way of using the medium for me and I’m struggling to do what I envision. I liked the pour but I expected everyone else to just see a aplodge.
It was actually a mistake too. I’d been doing something else and had paint left over, so scraped it all into a cup and used a white tile I had in the shed. There wasn’t enough paint to fill the tile, and I didn’t prep the surface at all.

But anyway. I’m feeling a bit deflated because I’m struggling with the new mediums. I get frustrated and lose motivation. But I either do nothing and never get my mojo back, or work on it, even if it does make me feel like shit.

/waffle
:gigglesnshit:


I love it when something happens by fluke or accident (although the fluke or accident only has the opportunity to occur when you have put all the work in!!).

Don't be deflated!! Remember when we start with a new medium or expand out of out comfort zones it's like starting from scratch all over again. If you are used to drawing/painting with a particular medium when you try with something new you go back to square one again. You are in effect a novice with that tool (although of course you have other transferable skills which make the learning process quicker). I think we forget that. It doesn't matter if it's changing from watercolour to oils, a picking up a new instrument to the one you have always played or getting a new lens on a camera, you have to learn that equipment. It can be a bit weird feeling like a beginner all over again, but i think that the process of learning the new technique or tool often informs the skills you already have.

you are just in the phase where it feels like getting blood out of a stone trying to make the medium do what you want. Have faith! In time you will learn its mysterious ways!

Do check out the marbled end papers. I think their technique (as far as i remember ) was to have a tray of water and to float oil on top swirling them to get the pattern they required then laying the paper on the surface of the paint coloured water. There's bound to be more accurate instructions onlne somewhere!! Some of them are fabulous, but i think they will inspire you to play....which is sometimes a way in when we are a bit lost. I've been really inspired recently but the work of the artists like Talwyn Morris and the designs of book jackets he did over a hundred years ago, they are exquisite and timelessly elegant.

Hope you have fun playing!! Don't get downhearted this too will pass!

Thanks Guester! It’s a bloody slog. You forget how much hard work goes into learning. I mean, I always learn and improve and see room for improvement, I never finish anything and think “yes, perfect”.
But you get used to a being able to manipulate and predict and solve. Losing that is like having your safety net whipped out from under you. I find it difficult not knowing what went wrong.

I will have a look at the marbling. I wonder if alcohol inks would get the same kind of result. I sense some playing in my future!

I should probably post in here more. I’m feeling more inspired than I have in ages.


I hate that feeling of being a beginner again so i understand where you are but i also know it passes....and then you get addicted to learning new mediums :mrgreen:

I'm not sure about alcohol inks i know they used oils because oil floats on water but i'm sure a bit of googling would give you some information. It's called marbling ...........i just a quick google and there are techniques using watercolour inks that using shaving foam instead of water to hold the colour on the surface! So your alcohol inks may have a chance! Another one used cornflour. Have a google!! Don't forget to let me know how it goes!! Good Luck have fun!!

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by Text » Thu May 03, 2018 11:46 pm

NastyNickers wrote:Thank you Canary. Teal is my fave colour, though from there I go more green than blue. I quite like sage too, nice and earthy greens.
.........

You're welcome, NN. I'm a sucker for teal, sage and mint hues too.
I reckon your artwork represents shape shifting sea nymphs intermingling with malevolent demons. :dunno:

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by Guest » Thu May 03, 2018 11:43 pm

NastyNickers wrote:
Guest wrote:
NastyNickers wrote:
i'm glad that cat farted in your face now wrote:
my glacial abyss not good enough for you? :again?:


I missed it. Sorry guesty. Love you. :wubbers:


i'll tell you where to find him, if you like. :wubbers:

The fatty cat or the glacier? :gigglesnshit:


the ghostly figure, i'm not sodding about with vam's obese pussy, she can hunt for that herself. :snooty:

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by NastyNickers » Thu May 03, 2018 11:40 pm

Guest wrote:
NastyNickers wrote:
i'm glad that cat farted in your face now wrote:
NastyNickers wrote:Thank you Canary. Teal is my fave colour, though from there I go more green than blue. I quite like sage too, nice and earthy greens.

:mrgreen: Vam. It’s like spotting shapes in clouds!

Guest: I had no idea those were pages in Victorian books! Now I’m curious. I’m going to have to look into this and have a play about.


my glacial abyss not good enough for you? :again?:


I missed it. Sorry guesty. Love you. :wubbers:


i'll tell you where to find him, if you like. :wubbers:

The fatty cat or the glacier? :gigglesnshit:

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by NastyNickers » Thu May 03, 2018 11:33 pm

Guest wrote:
NastyNickers wrote:
Guest wrote:I agree with NN, you have to put the work in with creative stuff, sometimes you get inspired other times you have to really drag the work out of yourself, whether it be art/writing/music/ whatever. You have to commit time and effort to it, you have to be willing to fail and get it wrong as you learn the processes and techniques which make manifest that which is in your imagination. No one is going to do your art for you, you have to do it for yourself.


This! You expanded and made my point much better.

I think that pushing yourself is hard sometimes. When I uploaded the dirty pour I didn’t expect the response I got. It’s a new way of using the medium for me and I’m struggling to do what I envision. I liked the pour but I expected everyone else to just see a aplodge.
It was actually a mistake too. I’d been doing something else and had paint left over, so scraped it all into a cup and used a white tile I had in the shed. There wasn’t enough paint to fill the tile, and I didn’t prep the surface at all.

But anyway. I’m feeling a bit deflated because I’m struggling with the new mediums. I get frustrated and lose motivation. But I either do nothing and never get my mojo back, or work on it, even if it does make me feel like shit.

/waffle
:gigglesnshit:


I love it when something happens by fluke or accident (although the fluke or accident only has the opportunity to occur when you have put all the work in!!).

Don't be deflated!! Remember when we start with a new medium or expand out of out comfort zones it's like starting from scratch all over again. If you are used to drawing/painting with a particular medium when you try with something new you go back to square one again. You are in effect a novice with that tool (although of course you have other transferable skills which make the learning process quicker). I think we forget that. It doesn't matter if it's changing from watercolour to oils, a picking up a new instrument to the one you have always played or getting a new lens on a camera, you have to learn that equipment. It can be a bit weird feeling like a beginner all over again, but i think that the process of learning the new technique or tool often informs the skills you already have.

you are just in the phase where it feels like getting blood out of a stone trying to make the medium do what you want. Have faith! In time you will learn its mysterious ways!

Do check out the marbled end papers. I think their technique (as far as i remember ) was to have a tray of water and to float oil on top swirling them to get the pattern they required then laying the paper on the surface of the paint coloured water. There's bound to be more accurate instructions onlne somewhere!! Some of them are fabulous, but i think they will inspire you to play....which is sometimes a way in when we are a bit lost. I've been really inspired recently but the work of the artists like Talwyn Morris and the designs of book jackets he did over a hundred years ago, they are exquisite and timelessly elegant.

Hope you have fun playing!! Don't get downhearted this too will pass!

Thanks Guester! It’s a bloody slog. You forget how much hard work goes into learning. I mean, I always learn and improve and see room for improvement, I never finish anything and think “yes, perfect”.
But you get used to a being able to manipulate and predict and solve. Losing that is like having your safety net whipped out from under you. I find it difficult not knowing what went wrong.

I will have a look at the marbling. I wonder if alcohol inks would get the same kind of result. I sense some playing in my future!

I should probably post in here more. I’m feeling more inspired than I have in ages.

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by Guest » Thu May 03, 2018 11:26 pm

NastyNickers wrote:
i'm glad that cat farted in your face now wrote:
NastyNickers wrote:Thank you Canary. Teal is my fave colour, though from there I go more green than blue. I quite like sage too, nice and earthy greens.

:mrgreen: Vam. It’s like spotting shapes in clouds!

Guest: I had no idea those were pages in Victorian books! Now I’m curious. I’m going to have to look into this and have a play about.


my glacial abyss not good enough for you? :again?:


I missed it. Sorry guesty. Love you. :wubbers:


i'll tell you where to find him, if you like. :wubbers:

Re: Dog's Got Talent!

Post by NastyNickers » Thu May 03, 2018 11:23 pm

i'm glad that cat farted in your face now wrote:
NastyNickers wrote:Thank you Canary. Teal is my fave colour, though from there I go more green than blue. I quite like sage too, nice and earthy greens.

:mrgreen: Vam. It’s like spotting shapes in clouds!

Guest: I had no idea those were pages in Victorian books! Now I’m curious. I’m going to have to look into this and have a play about.


my glacial abyss not good enough for you? :again?:


I missed it. Sorry guesty. Love you. :wubbers:

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