Someday Somewhere: PASC

Saturday, May 19, 2018

The Making Of A #Vlog for #PASCATC0518 #chaiwithsuzy

Vlog02: Today's vlog is about the making of the pick a stick ATC (artist trading card) challenge for May 2018.

The challenge is hosted monthly by Shel C and Peg Robinson. See youtube for details.

So grab a cuppa and join me in the making of #PASCATC0518

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQByAcsWl9Q

Some notes on my creation:

Done entirely in watercolour.

Crush - the clouds were made by crushing a soft tissue and wiping off the paint

Layer - the hills were created by layering - I had about 4 layers with the darkest on the horizon

Mix - I mixed orange and white to create a coral colour for the lupins and then mixed in a bit of red.

But I should've used a better quality watercolour paper!

There were some comments from my last vlog on how I made the video and uploaded it so here are some quick notes on that.

I filmed my video using my iphone7plus on a tripod stand (see tripod picture on my instagram)

Then I used Windows Movie Maker on my laptop to edit the video and stitch bits together

I don't know about other blogging sites, but blogger has an insert video facility that I used to upload the video. I could also upload to my youtube channel and then embed here but I'm not yet ready for youtube exposure. (update 03 june: uploaded on youtube)

Maybe in the future I will make a video on how I create my vlogs but I hope for now these short notes will do.

I enjoyed painting and making this video and I hope you enjoyed it too. Join me again next week for another #vlog and #chaiwithsuzy.

Have an awesome week.

Linking to:
#FridayReflections hosted by Everyday Gyaan and Kohl Eyed Me

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Monday, January 22, 2018

Like A Cat ... #PASC0118 #MicroblogMondays #MondayMusings #FridayReflections

2017 went by so fast. I had to face many challenges and my creative interests took a back seat.

This year I hope I will not be missing out on these. I am also hoping to take part in some arts and crafts challenges and to start off here is the first one:

This is the pick a stick ATC challenge for January 2018 hosted by Shel C. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3Mk4CqFkBg for details. This is the first time I'm taking part in an art / crafts challenge.

Steps to create the ATC (artist trading card)
1. grimy
2. cat
3. pad
wildcard: curl
colour: white

So here goes:

Step 0 - prepared the background using gelatos and glad (plastic) wrap.

This is a technique I enjoy doing.

Step 1: added some paint to make it look a little grimy

Step 2: drew the cat - a challenge but it didn't turn out too bad

Step 3a: added the frond as curls. didn't turn out as I wanted but ..

Step 3b: inked the borders with a blue ink pad

Final step: add some text

colour white - frond and the labels

"Tread softly like a cat" is something I tell myself each day when I am walking around at work. Some people walk around so noisily It also reminds me of my karate days when my instructor would say to us - land softly like a cat.

Hope you enjoyed this.

Have an awesome week.

Linking to:
#MondayMusings
#MicroblogMondays
#OpenSlather
#FridayReflections prompt "missing"

Warm Regards