Snowraven's Cave: Tuatha de Danaan

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Sunday, August 05, 2018

Last two Tuatha parts and "Let's doodle"

Good morning everybody ,
...well it's morning where I am , and I have come home from my night shift not too long ago.

In regards to your comment Edna, I think a few hours more time only just scratch the surface. I need more days instead of hours to get everything done I want to do. I need to retire ...but that's still 16 years in the future for me ;)

I finished the bathroom...finally ! I got a new mirror hanging cabinet and new shelves to complete it.

It's floral and feminine, and I needed light colors in this very small room without window.

I'm currently making a batch of sour dough starter, because fresh baked sour dough bread is just the bomb ! It's healthier than other quick rising bread and easy to make.
Think of it as a pet ...you have to feed it to grow. All you need is a pot or jar, flour (I prefer organic wholemeal ) ,water (I use mineral water because the chlorine can hinder the good bacteria to grow) and patience. One cup of flour mixed with one cup of water , cover container with cloth so the mixture can breathe and feed the same daily. Within 7-9 days it's ready to use for bread.

I'm also making Greek yoghurt.
All it takes is a tub of plain full fat yoghurt and milk. From half a tub I get 3 to 4 times the amount , so it not only saves me money , but I know exactly what's in it. Filtering it after the 36 hour progress gives me the thick and creamy consistency. If a feel indulgent I even add fresh cream to the milk yoghurt mix before I switch the yoghurt maker on :)

"THINGS WITH FLOWERS" is back this month and I just love this challenge !

I chose blackberry for my ice cream cone :)

OK....I talked about leaf drawing and painting last week . Let's start with the letter A and the Alder tree .
Here you can find an Alder leaf to copy or trace
http://coloringpages24x7.com/gallery/alder+tree+drawing/1

Notice the little teeth at the edges, not all leaves have smooth edges.
Start with pencil , and once you are happy with it you can start coloring or use a black fineliner pen , or even both .

Now look up Ash or /Aspen leaves on google and do the same.
I will show how I colored mine next week.
But here is a simple watercolor tutorial

Now to digital and Tuatha links.

The last two links :)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/x1eq504oexm52o1/sr_tuatha5.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/58jii5zi6cs02fr/st_tuatha6.zip/file

There will be another new freebie next week , but I have to look through my external drive first to see what I can give you next.
So until then , stay crafty :)
Hugs Snowy

Monday, July 30, 2018

Finally more freebie parts

Hi all,
sorry I'm a day late . My excuse ...I was too damn tired after more DIY . After the kitchen was done I had a lot of paint left over which I didn't want to waste. So I decided the bathroom could do with a little do over as well.

I love how the swirly leaf border turned out.

Yeah, the floral wallpaper is kinda girly , but it really brightens up the small room (which has no window).
Thursday I will have a new hanging mirror cabinet and towel rail delivered, and a shelf still has to go up as well.

So not much time for painting yet again. But do you remember the last painting video I posted?
I started on that series of 3 paintings.
Here is one...

I'm still working on 2 and 3 .so hopefully have them done next post.

I promised element previews for the Tuatha kit though, and took time to create those for you.

Here the next links as well
http://www.mediafire.com/file/v63nwgiyuc3am65/sr_tuatha3.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/d51ls1fb86dein6/sr_tuatha4.zip/file

There will be two more files for this kit next week.

Once I get a little more time again I will carry on with doodle and painting as well. I have a little series planned which starts with drawing different kinds of leaves and then painting them in two versions. The first being a spring/summer look and the second an autumn/winter look. I will take step by step pictures so you can draw and paint along. As we get more towards winter I will include winter/Christmas greenery and plants/flowers. These will make great motifs for hand drawn and painted X-mas cards. So get yourself some pencils, black fineliner pen and some watercolors and paint along. Oh yes, not to forget watercolor paper. Cold pressed texture at 300g/m is best . It's a nice thick card stock which you can either cut out and glue to a regular card , or fold and use as a card as it is .

That's it for now though. Time to start cooking dinner. And I'm planning to bake bread and make a sourdough starter.
Till next post
Hugs Snowy

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Start of new freebie again

Hello....
did I say a week off would give me time to do a lot art and craft ?Think again ! I managed one painting and that was it.
The company doing the kitchens changed the way they do things. Before they would do the whole lot , including painting and wallpapering. But not anymore. Now they supply the chosen painting supplies , but you have to do it yourself.
So after their days work I busy first painting the ceiling, then wallpapering myself. In this heat and no A/C in British flats I was pooped !
Then over the weekend the task of emptying the boxes and sorting everything into the cupboards again. Once that was done the big clean up. The kitchen arts were custom made in my flat, so I had fine sawdust practically everywhere. Ah well, it's over and done now, but I was I would have taken a couple more days off from work to recover from all this :) Back to work tomorrow...