Tuesday 25 November 2014

134) Some Paintings Of A Painting

Printout of photo of original painting at the top. Original = "Ravaged" by Beckie Reed - acrylic and enamel on canvas. See website here.
Bottom picture = first attempt to copy the painting. Middle picture = second attempt.

133) A Collage Of A Painting

Printout of photograph of original acrylic painting at top. Original "Vessels" by Patricia Brown.
Collage = coloured paper and card.

132) A Painting Of A Painting

Original acrylic on canvas painting "Vessels" by Patricia Brown (printout of photograph at top).

131) Hare And Otter Drawings

Photos of originals at the top - originals by Derek Chambers (see website here) Etching and Woodtype.

130) A Watercolour of Walter Tell

Watercolour paints.

129) An Embossed Shield

Embossing foil and pencil.

128) Calvin And Hobbes Minecraft Skins



127) A Fabric Model Showing The Water Cycle


Variety of scrap material, sewing (some hand, some machine), hot glue, stuffing, bit of cardboard to strengthen and stiffen.

Sunday 23 November 2014

126) A Blue Ball

Hama beads.

125) A Cyber-Bear

Silver and red paper. Sellotape.

124) A Dalek Squirrel

Silver and yellow paper. Sellotape. "Extermin-nut! Extermin-nut!"

123) A Lego Mug

Lego. Designed using the Lego Digital Designer website.

122) A Papercraft Box

Card. Sellotape.

121) A Dalek Costume For A Bear

Silver and black paper. Sellotape.

120) A Lego Car

Lego. Designed using the Lego Digital Designer website.

119) A Jospeh Cornell Style Box (Museum)

Found bones and button, paper and Lego minifigure.

118) Felt Brooches


Felt, Hama beads, beads and thread.
Inspired by these felt brooches on display at the Arts Centre:


117) A Lego Symbol Of Peace

Lego. Inspired by a visit to The Art Of The Brick exhibition - below is a shaky pic of the original by Nathan Sawaya:

Wednesday 29 October 2014

Saturday 11 October 2014

115) A Swirly Picture

Spray shaving foam on a plate. Swirl in some acrylic paint. Put a leaf or other shape on the paint/foam. Place a piece of paper on top, press gently down and leave for two minutes. Lift the paper and use a squeegee to scrape the paint/foam off. Viola. Swirly picture with leaf print.

114) A Picture Of John Holme's 'Axe Victim' Using A Scratch Vector Program


113) A Foil Embossed Shield

Foil, embossing stick.

112) A Comic Creation


Another comic strip created using the Digital Calvin and Hobbes website. 
See previous post for comments about plagiarism fan art.

111) A Calvin And Hobbes Style Comic

Made using the Calvin and Hobbes comic generator at: Digital Calvin and Hobbes
Some plagiarism may have been at work here - I'm not sure how original the above strip is. 
Still, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that.

110) A Model To Explain How The Sea Floor Used To Be Mapped Using Lead Weights

A plastic box, cardboard, egg cartons, acrylic paint and a modelling knife.

109) A Painting Like A Monet Painting

Paper, acrylic paint. 
Monet's is on the left. No, right. No, left. No, right. It's hard to tell, eh?

108) A Bag To Keep A Mirror In


Scrap material, hand sewn.

107) A Monet In Tissue Paper

Tissue paper, glue stick, scissors, a glass to tear paper around.

106) Some Hama Beaded Things

L-R a tomato sauce bottle, a pixel devil and a rabbit. Hama beads and an iron. Apparently some people use their irons for making clothes flat!?!?

105) A Tomato Bag

Scrap material, elastic, and felt. Sewn by hand. A bag for carrying tomatoes in. Essential. What?! you don't have one? Shame on you.

Friday 1 August 2014

104) A Lot Of Index Card Art


103) Day 62 ICAD Challenge

Card, Pencil.

102) Day 61 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, felt.

101) Day 60 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, Sharpie, chalks.

100) Day 59 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, Sharpies, Spirograph.

99) Day 58 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, Sharpies.

98) Day 57 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, Sharpies.

97) Day 56 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, Sharpies, marbling inks.

96) Day 55 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, Sharpies, marbling inks, sticker.

95) Day 54 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, Sharpie, marbling inks.

94) Day 53 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, marbling inks.

93) Day 52 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, tissue paper, glue.

92) Day 51 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, Sharpie, cellophane.

91) Day 50 ICAD Challenge

Pencil, cellophane.