A touch of Colour

Hi everyone...


Sorry I haven't been on lately... it's a mad house around here.. flatout with clients wanting there nails done before Christmas.... next week is going to be crazy..

I would love to wish everyone a merry Christmas and I hope you all get spoilt by your love ones and that the day is special with your family members..  I'm having a house full this year  so crazy but I love it..


the design I'm sharing today is one I did earlier this year.... A touch of colour

this design is black and with and I decided to add a colour RED

I really enjoyed doing this design. at this stage I decided to add some colour



 

Using RED just makes it pop

 

I was a challenge to come up with some really good patterns

let your imagination have some fun

 

 

 Sorry this last Photo isn't very clear







 

I hope you all enjoy this design and challenge yourself to try something different

 

 

New World

Hi everyone.....

How is everyone this day... I'm still feel crappy with this cough... not good

Anyway today I'm sharing a Design I did that had a theme to it, I had joined art group online and we had to do a drawing representing God's New World... it was a verse taken out of the bible..

So I hope you like it and I will share my interpretation of this theme at the end of this blog..

As usual I start my work of with a circle.. and everything in this drawing has a meaning.

 



 

 

The Mandala in this drawing is the New World

 

 

I remember sitting for awhile thinking about what to do and how to make it to look interesting

 

 

And the finished piece came up really well and I was very pleases with it... being I hadn't been doing this type of work for very long..

 

The New World

 

The verse in the bible talked about the New world for God's chosen people..

 

So this is my repetition of that verse..

 

Starting with the Mandala which is the New World and happy place full of life

the streams of small circles represent his chosen people joining the New World

And the Lighting  represent the sickness, hurt, war, famine and destruction

that will no long be apart of this New World

The Rain Drops represents the tears of his people... they will be also left behind..

 

So this New World will be full of love, laughter, rejoicing and acceptance no body will be better than anyone else and we will all be equals

 

 

 

 

 

So that is my version of the New World

 

I hope you like it

 

Please leave a comment..

  

Klidescope

Hi everyone....    

As you know i'm fairly new at this blogging... so I would love it if you could all share this blog with your friends.... I would love to get some followers


So tonight I've decided to share a design I did awhile ago early Sept 2013 and I call it Kaleidoscope.. I remember having one as a child and looking at all the beautiful patterns

I have just a few photos of this one

 

 

I first did a pencil design then went over it with a no.8 pen



 

then its time to do some detailing... this is my favourite bit.. I could do this for hours

working out what to do is just looking at some patterns or just make them up as you go...

I don't very often look for them I do what I like

 

 

this next photo is very clear but it shows you how much work there is in it...

I love complicated work and I just challenge my self all the time

 

 

 

A closeup so you can see the details

 

 

when I filling in my work sometimes everything seems to  be just too much the best way is to get up walkaway and then look at it from a distance to see if the balance is bring it alive

 

 

 

Final photo of the complete work.. as I look at it, it feels like its moving

 

 

 

 

 

hope you are enjoy.. what I have to show..

 

please a comment

 

Mandala Fest

Hi everyone..


This is the last post for a couple days...


So as you have already worked out I love doing Circles.. any kind actually

this latest one was inspired by a tattoo artist.. I love his work so I'm inspired by his layouts have used a few of his layouts but do my own style of work....

this design I enjoy heaps but then I enjoy them all...

 

 

These photos are taken in steps

 

1. Doing your outline and guide lines

 

2. I pencilled in my patterns first then used no.5 unipin pigma ink pen

time to fill in the design

 

3. As you can see I repeated the design so it didn't matter which way it went

 

4. A close-up of the details

 

5. Nearly finished

 

6. another close up

 

 this design would look great in a larger frame..

I'm thinking of having it printed larger for my home

love this one..

 

 

You too can do this... just pick up a pen and give it a try..

 

 

My next piece of work is going to be with squares and maybe a circle or two

Mystical Mandala

Hi everyone,

When I decided to do this piece it was inspired my another artist... I have loaded up the original at the bottom of this page..

I don't believe there is anything wrong with using other artist work as an inspiration as long as you acknowledge them .

My design is fairly similar but defiantly not a full copy..
 I welcome anyone to use my designs to inspire your own work... that is how I got started..

 

 

I hope you like what I have done... I love working on Mandalas.

they look beautiful and so mystical.. I have kept it very simple.

 



 

By the time you add the detail in the Mandala it comes to life

love it.. as you can see with the close up photo

 

 

Now for the rest.. I only use a few different patterns and repeated them..

 

I love the finished design... one of my favourite..

 my daughter decided to claim this one for herself...



 I hope you all enjoy my Blog page and that it inspires you all to

try something different...

 

 

so I have loaded up the original design so you could see the difference..

 This design is by Danielle J. Scott

 

http://www.redbubble.com/people/djsmith70/works/4648141-87-growth?ref=work_main_nav 

Pick up Sticks

Hi everyone...


Yes I'm catching up on some post...

The next one was fun to do.. it reminded me of a game I use to play as a child.. Pick up Sticks..

 

 

 

As you can see in the first photo it looks like a bunch of sticks..

 

I bet you wondering how to draw this.. well

1. first draw a line in any direction using a ruler.

2. then draw another line directly under it, making sure it is evenly spaced.

that makes your first stick

3. then you do the same thing and place your next stick in another direction

 making sure you go across the other stick you have already done

4.when you draw your line make sue you don't go across the other stick

you want it to look like its laying underneath

5. once you have done as many as you want, it should look like the photo below

 

 

this is were the fun starts always ... you can use any patterns

you can use my pattern to help but its better if you use your own

this is were the imagination works and you get so much pleasure out of it

 

 

so the sticks are finished and time too fill in the spaces

you can leave them blank if you want or fill the in totally black

or like the way I have.. it your choice

 

I hope you have enjoy this and try this simple design

Circles & A Challange

Hi everyone...


As you probably know I have been sick this week... so I'm board out of my brain... stuck home alone because my husband Peter choose this weekend to get away with his mates... that fine but why do I have to feel so crappy, so I can't even do a girly weekend.....

Anyway last week I did some new design. they aren't large.. that are about 19cm x 25cm... actually a really good size to work with.. you can have lots of details but they aren't going to take forever... most of the ones I'm going to show in the next couple of post have taken me about 7hrs......


this one i'm about to show from start to finish is very unique and tribal looking...

I will be adding a Challenge to you at the end of this post... please

 

 

I'm show the finished product first... it looks great framed in this black frame..

 sorry about the reflection in it.

 

 

so the next lot of photo are steps of this design coming together..

 

first I divided the page into four sections, then I used a compass and put in my circles with a verity of spaces between them.. then I rubbed out the pencil line where I put in my cross.. 

 

 

once you happy with the layout the you can pen in the lines you want to keep... with your circles it a great idea to pencil in some guide line using a protractor..

Then the fun begins...

 

 

A you can see I have repeated the design in each circle...

sometimes if I'm not sure what I'm doing I will use a pencil to do the pattern first

 and if I'm happy with that then I will fill it in.

Still making sure I have tones of light, medium and dark 

this will give you the perfect balance in your design..

As you can see I did my outer circles first before I added the guide line for the centre circle.

 

 

 

I was very happy how this turned out....

sometimes I have a picture in my head and

then I wonder how it will turn out..

 

 

 

 

I love the challenge of doing something different..

 

so don't be scared to do that....

 

A Challenge By using CIRCLES

 

Challenge yourself and share with me your design...

email judyrichards64@gmail.com  to me a photo and some details

and I will share the first 10 in a post

Kitchmandala finished

Hi everyone...

so sorry I haven't been on lately... first as you know I have finely finished the kitchen...
and now I have been sick with the dreaded flew.... ahhhh  don't ya hate that..

Anyway I finely got my design finished to hang up in the new dinning room... it looks great..

So the photos I will be showing today are the border close-up and then the final corner patterns and then the design complete and framed

these two photos show the border design the first one how I started it

 and the next its very intricate and detailed.. but looks great

 

 

 

These next two photo are showing the corners.. I love this pattern it's fun to do,

very fiddley filling in the tiny circles and it takes hours...

you need so much patience... yes I know I'm crazy  

 

 

These next tow photos show the other pattern I used in the corner of the square... I love circles

I use them all the time they are another on of my favourite..  the second photo really shows you how much work has been done... and yes it's nearly finished..

 

 

 

I so wanted to enlarge these next two photos but it doesn't want to work... computers ahhhh

I hate them sometimes.... so I hope you can see the finished product... i'm so happy how it turned out

 

 

 

this last photo show my artwork hanging up in my dining room  finely....

 as you can see it fairly large

 

 

 

So I hope you have enjoyed my work and decided to challenge yourself with

something a little bit different

 

Keep on Tangleing

Kitchen Finished

13/11/2013

Hi everyone...

Yaaaaa the kitchen is finely finished... it looks great and I'm so happy with it..

I've had it finished for a couple of weeks now and I feel like its been there forever..

I want to thank the boy who installed it from Custom Kit Kitchens from Mount Gambier..
and also Jamie Day for patching my floor tile and doing my wall tiles..

I hope you all love it like I do...


My cupboards are an Antique White, my tiles are a soft latte colour which is taken out of the bench tops... my accent colour is Teal and turquoise..... The walls are painted Dulux Off White in double strength... 

I've gone with a very natural colour that way I can change my accent colour any time...

 

Since I took these photos I have painted the legs of my dining table and I'm debating

weather to paint my dining chairs 

 

 

I finely have my dream kitchen

Kichmandala update

Hi everyone....


I had a bit of an issue with loading up the photos.. so hopefully its ok this time..

please leave a comment or please ask any questions


continue.... yes this piece is taken a long time many hours already and still many to go... my daughter asked me the other day how many hour had I done and I couldn't say just a lot..

  here are just some more photos..

 

As you can see the circle has got large by adding different borders around it.... this is were you use you imagination and you can do anything and you are designing your own patterns... if you get stuck just browse and look at other designs for ideas 

 

 

 

 




This is my latest photo... I will add some close up photos of the patterns that I have used...

as you can see I still have heaps to go but it will look great framed and hanging in my dining room

don't be afraid of having a challenge and try something different