Busy week....

... so here is one I made earlier:

This was made for my sister and took forever. It's very delicate and like real dandlelion seeds gently sways in the slightest breeze. I love dandelions and dandelion seeds. They are so very pretty....

Flower Power - Dandelions, Peonies, and Pink Hawthorn

Here are some of my latest flower photographs. All are available as prints (framed, matted, laminated and canvas), posters and greeting cards on my Redbubble account. Just click on the Redbubble portfolio in the sidebar on the right or click on the images below (framed, matted, laminated etc).

I love dandelions - there's something so magical about them, especially dandelion clocks. :-)

 Credits

• Retro Actions (Amora) by Apples &Sisters
• 6 Faves Texture Sets 2 by Shadowhouse
• Another Mixed Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Bokeh Set 2 by Shadowhouse

All other images/textures etc my own.

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Don't you just love dandelions? This one is just perfect.

Credits

• Retro Actions (Amora) by Apples & Sisters
• Heavenly Vintage Set by Shadowhouse
• Bokeh Set 2 by Shadowhouse

All other images/textures etc my own.

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Peonies are absolutely wonderful; I love their texture, colours, and scent. One of the most marvellous flowers around, no wonder they're used so often in Chinese art.
This is the first in a series of peonies with different 'moods'.

Credits

• Retro Actions (Amora) by Apples & Sisters
• Oil Painting Textures by Shadowhouse
• Subtle White Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Canvas and Paper Texture Set by Shadowhouse

All other images/textures etc my own.

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This is the second in the Peonies Series. I love the depth of colour and sensual feel in this one.

Credits

• Retro Actions  (Autumn) by Apples & Sisters
• New Square Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Bokeh Set 2 by Shadowhouse

All other images/textures etc my own.

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There's something special about hawthorn - it's soft and sumptuous and even in your face bright when it's pink with those wonderful intensly green feathery leaves and the start branches with the thorns as a contrast. This is one of my favourite shots of the pink hawthorn.

Credits

• Retro Actions (Rio) by Apples & Sisters
• Subtle White Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Assorted Paper Textures by Shadowhouse

All other images/textures etc my own.

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Heart Seeds - Illustration/Photo Manipulation

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I couldn't decide which version I liked best so here are both. :-)

The 'heart seeds' were painted in Corel Painter and I added the sky (2 photographs) for the background.

Both images are available as prints from Redbubble... and they might be available soon as something else soon. Sshhhh, and fingers crossed. :-)

Transient - Poppy and Dandelion Seeds Painting

And here it is ...

Ta Dah... a REAL life painting. Acrylics on canvas:

Closer:

and closer even:

and very close:

Great fun to paint and more to come.

Dandelion Necklace

Finally managed to finish this. I started it the weekend before last but never had the time to work on it, because I was so busy with the illustrations.

Unfortunately it was a bit dark by the time it came out of it's bath in Liver of Sulphur so the pictures aren't as good as I'd hoped.

Dandelion Necklace

It so so pretty in real life and the pictures don't do it justice. :-( I've started with a wire shape that I pierced, filed, sanded, brushed, and polished.

I then added all the tiny beads on their stalks: Japanese seed beads in a lovely olive green with coppery mottling, teeny Japanese seed bead in a sunny yellow, moonstone and sapphire rondelles - the sapphires are not blue but a very pale lime and olive colour - using two different gauges of brass wire. There is no solder to attach them, the design holds them in place.



The pendant was so pretty and delicate that I decided a shop bought chain just wouldn't do it justice, so I made my own.


Here is the chain made from tiny little links with three of the green mottled seed beads each, a handmade clasp and a dangle with a lovely lemony-lime prehnite at the end.




The final step was a long soak in Liver of Sulphur which turned the brass from a brassy gold into a deep green with hints of other colours - there are bits of red and purple. The necklace looks so organic it has the feel of something made with vines and berries.

In the very close close-up you can see the mottling on the green beads and the moonstone and sapphires.


Although I really love this necklace, it will be available to buy in my Etsy shop VERY soon, unless you snap it up before I list it. :-)

I am thinking of making some matching earrings, a bracelet and a ring for it. However, not today. Today I am going to play with my new wool - silk covered steel... :-)