First Painting for Lifebook 2016

I've finally completed my first painting for the Lifebook 2016 class I've recently joined

I've always wanted to learn how to paint faces

and thanks to Tams great lesson

I've been able to make a satisfying start

This one is titled The Happy Traveller - a lesson from

 Tamara Laporte at Willowing Arts 

The painting has a personal meaning for me with representations of things I want to take with me on my journey throughout 2016

This one is going to sit in my art room
to inspire and mark the beginning
of my art journey
Here's to new beginnings!

Online Art Class

Had to tell you about this great giveaway for a fab online artclass with a fairytale theme.
You can read all about it here
Cre8tive Cre8tions

I am, at present enjoying the Life Book Class, run by Willowing Arts .
It's a fantastic art class that runs for the whole year, and you can just work at your own pace, with such a variety of art teachers and projects to pick and choose from.

Robynartdesigns: Paint and Collage

Robynartdesigns: Paint and Collage

Paint and Collage

Just popping back after such a long absence 

To share my latest creative adventures

Lots have happened since my last post

Including a long period of creators block

Where I tried many different crafts and made a 

couple of quilts and even some clothes for

myself .

While sorting through my craft room one day

I came across my many boxes of paint & art supplies

just lying around unused.

I then remembered the satisfying feeling of creating 

your own art and how relaxing the process.

So I've been playing around with a new type of art,

for me, known as paint over collage, or something like that

which I find really enjoyable

I've just completed these two decorative boxes

I'm really finding this type of art so
relaxing and enjoyable
It's a type of art where there are few rules
or rights and wrongs
you just put things where you want them
to go in the colours that please you
etc. etc.

So thanks for visiting and
I hope you like these.
I'm considering listing these in 
my Etsy shop for sale.
If you're interested in buying one
before I do this please contact me
via my email button.
I'm linking this post to
Shabbilicious Friday
so pop on over and take a peek
at all the other shabbilicious fun projects

Hope you're having a great day xx
  

A NEW TOTE BAG

Hello there fellow bloggers

Has it been that long since I last posted?

Time has really slipped away on me this time

Why does life seem to get busier

as we get older?

Is it because we go slower at things

than we used to?

Or is it just rubbing off from the 

way others live their lives

cramming things in to fill every waking moment,

making us feel we have to keep up, or

risk being labelled as uninteresting

and having no life

Well without becoming too philosophical

and trying to analyse it all

I really think it doesn't matter

just how busy or unbusy you are

The main point is whether you're happy

with your lot in life and making the

best of it as you can for the time

you have left on this wonderful planet

What I'm really here for is to share my

productive day with you

Which started with me emptying out all

my fabrics onto the kitchen table

This I haven't done for quite some time

So I was very excited to find

lots of fabric pieces I'd forgotten I had

and would be ideal for making

a bag or pouch

which I'm currently favouring doing

at present in my little craft room

But today I wanted to make a 

new bag for my card making class

I go to on a Friday

I bought a pattern from here

I love Michelle's patterns

they come with great instructions

and tips and the end result

is always pleasing

This particular bag is called

a grocery bag, but I think it

has many uses, being a very

roomy and practical design

So here is the end result!

Perfect for holding all my

craft supplies in

Didn't take too long to whip up

So I'm happy I now have a lovely

bag to take along to my craft group

I decided to add a few pockets

Which is a little different from the pattern.

Hope all is well with you and yours

in your part of the world

and thank you for stopping by

my blog.