More frosty Winter Nights

Hello :)
Yup ,I'm one day late posting...sorry. I came off nightshift yesterday morning , had a bout 3 hours sleep, caught up with housework and some other things, cooked dinner and sat down on the sofa in front of the TV. Big mistake ! I got sleepy and instead of posting ,I forgot and went straight to bed. This morning I had the "oops" moment when I remembered. Ah well, I'm human , and not a machine.

Okay, let's start with art news. Did you ever want to learn about colors? About mixing ?
Over at https://learn.blackchalkco.com/p/palettiquette you can do a free month long class (weekly tasks) in your own time. It started beginning of January, but better late than never. I just did week 1. All you need is the 3 primary colors (yellow, red ,blue ) and from these you will learn how to mix lots and lots of different colors and shades.
I just did my first color wheel and i's so much fun creating your own watercolor palette.

All these and more from just 3 colors.

Inkstruckstudio's 2018 Watercolor challenge continues with Food items for week 5 -theme Donut.
I get hungry looking at them :)

Week 4 theme was Squares.
I used metallic fluorescent paints and filled them with gold floral doodles.

 And the grey weather made me buy some daffodils. I wanted some color inside for a little spring feeling. I will take some close ups and try to paint them.

It's my weekend and I have lots of plans. How much of them I will actually get done remains to be seen.
I'll let you know next post ;)

For now it's Frosty Winter Nights time....

More backgrounds and elements
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7a5f7h0yhnjybx9/sr_frostynights2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/7tnewxsd1nb1onn/sr_frostynights3.zip

You have one more part coming next week and then ....well, I don't know about you, but I have the desire for some more colorful designs now. We have Valentines Day coming up and it's not long until Spring. So enough of winter and let's start a new season.

For those interested in knitting that patchwork blanket, I will also try to do some updates on that page soon.
Stay creative
Hugs Snowy

Frosty Winter Nights

Yeah...we really have those here in the moment. But I don't mind the cold as long as it stays dry and sunny..... Hello :)
It's rather late already , so I try to make this another quick post. But I have pics to show this time. I finished another Skillshare class over the weekend and also a challenge.
Week 3 of the Watercolor Challenge was Shapes- Diamonds

I decided to create a star shape and fill them with galaxy style and add a kind of web to the white space.

The Skillshare class was 5 projects/lessons. I'm showing 3 of them here. The task was Autum/Winter illustrations in leaf form.

The final project and definitely my favorite ;)




And now to Frosty Winter Nights....

Here come the previews...

Here the links for this week, one with backgrounds and one with elements
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bd55hdqfh2rjsug/sr_frosty_nights1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/m119w6av30g5b2r/sr_frostynights4.zip

More next Sunday .I'm off to bed now to get my beauty sleep because I have to be up really early for work . So sweet dreams and stay crafty :)
Hugs Snowy

The next parts of Frosty Mornings

Hello,
hope you all had a lovely weekend . I, myself , just came home from work , at 11.20 pm . So  will make this a quick post and then get my beauty sleep :)
And I really don't have anything to show this week.
It's not that I have been lazy, but I concentrated my energy onto other areas the past week.
I did my "New Year's de-clutter" . So far I have managed 2 rooms. The kitchen and my bedroom ,including all clothing, have been done. I got rid of at least 1/4 of my wardrobe contents. I'm down another clothing size , so these too large tops and jeans had to go. Same as a few old sheets which just didn't look nice anymore and the elastic was practically gone.
Sorting through the kitchen I got rid of old baking trays and forms, and replaced them with some new ones I found in the sale.
It's not a quick job to get everything out of the cupboards , but it's satisfying in the end when everything is sorted and in order.
So no pictures of artwork this week, but straight to the freebie parts.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/gdpsipxm356rx95/sr_frostymornings2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/8kxnuc9t463md49/sr_frostymornings4.zip

These are the last parts of this smaller kit....but here comes the preview of the next kit. We go from Frosty Mornings to Frosty Nights :)

Detailed previews in my next post .

Until then
Hugs Snowy

I'm back with new freebie

Hello everybody and happy new year :)
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas as well.
For us it was an early one on the 21st , the Pagan way on Winter Solstice day , because I had to work Christmas and New Years eve as well.
And I turned 50. Fifty years old...can you bloody believe it,lol ? I'm never going to be a dignified old Lady. I like my metal concerts too much.
Creativity wise I have been busy again. Not busy enough enough.There never seem to be enough hours in a day for all the things I want to do.
But I'm taking part in a watercolor challenge which will run all year by Inkstruck Studios.
https://www.inkstruck.com/
January theme is shapes, and week 1 circles. The perfect opportunity for some planets .

I love painting galaxies !

Week 2 is already done as well. Theme is triangles and I had that "aha" moment when it came to my mind that cut gems are made out of a lot of triangles.

And then I finished another new kit. It's a planner/journal kit and will have add-ons throughout the year.

But now to the freebie. It's still Winter ....

...and there will still be a few "Frosty Mornings"
This kit has a selection of snowmen, the Ice Queen and lots of wintery backgrounds and elements.

Here is a simple layout I made with it, showing my son and the snow angel he made.

As always 2 parts today.


Backgrounds
http://www.mediafire.com/file/1k6349ki52k3ld3/sr_frostymornings1.zip

and elements
http://www.mediafire.com/file/q92981qfm4eqhr9/sr_frostymornings3.zip

The next parts next Sunday. Stay warm and keep creative :)

Hugs Snowy

Last of Funky Christmas

Good morning
hope you're all keeping toasty warm ! If your weather is as cold as it is here this morning ,it's really time to wrap up in layers to stay warm. We had a nice frost over night , and even without snow everything looked white when I first got up earlier.
It was the perfect weather to also wrap up and finish this new kit I have been working on the past few weeks now. I even manged to get the main preview ready.
Wanna see ?

Happy how it turned out , and with 30 backgrounds and 41 elements it's not a small kit ;)
I couldn't even fit all the elements on , it looked far too cluttered.

Here is also a Quickpage I made with the new kit.

Apart from this I did some snow paintings.

 And I'm proud to have been featured on Irina Tzarkos page on Instagram.

Irina is one of the Skillshare teachers and I have learned a lot from taking part in her classes. Those colorful fall leaves in the picture are mine.
I'm looking forward to a lot more classes with Irina.

But now to the last parts of Funky Christmas. I decided to give you all 3 of the remaining parts today.
Many of you will have plans over the Christmas days and I , myself, will be working. We will be having our "Christmas " on Winter Solstice day , the 21st of December, this year.
So I will take a blogging break and will be back again on the first day in 2018. With a new freebie kit of course !
That doesn't mean I will be bone idle during that time. Apart from work in my normal job I will be working on more new designs, painting etc...etc...
I have actually already started with some Valentine watercolors which I have to finish them and then convert everything into png files for elements. And I have ideas for another new kit. But more about that next year....
Here are your last 3 parts of Funky Christmas now.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ccpjtr09drcc1fr/sr_funkyChristmas5.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/51c1oldfp3v523l/sr_funkyChristmas6.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/z7plrnrfyk5kv1d/sr-funkyChristmas7.zip

Have a merry Christmas,blessed Yule and Happy New Year
...and stay crafty :)
Hugs Snowy

More Funky Christmas

Good morning.... it's a cold ,wet and windy day here. I think I might stay in my PJs all day. It's a day off work and in this weather I don't fancy going anywhere outside !
So I will catch up with some chores , as always on my first days off , and then chill out, watch a movie , paint or read a book in the comfort of my home.
I already finished a painting I started a while ago this morning.
Happy how it turned out :)

I love Christmas florals

And I had great fun creating this snowy background yesterday


Apart from that I have been a little busy designing as well. Want a sneak peak of what I've been working on?

Winter is coming ! Or rather it's already there in some parts of the world :)

I just noticed I put the holly branch on twice ...ooops :)

My creative juices are flowing ! I already have ideas for the next kit, even though this isn't even finished yet. I'll tell you more of  "new kit" ideas in one of my next posts, but for now it's Christmas time.
Funky Christmas time !


Here come the new parts for you.

Detailed previews were in the previous post.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/i55cdf1i22z2ykb/sr_funky_Christmas2.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/rk6x57kgv7q7d3t/sr_funky_Christmas4.zip

Here is a quickpage I put together from this kit.

That's it for now again. Stay warm , healthy and crafty.
Until next weekend
Hugs Snowy

It's getting Christmas-sy

Hello :)
I'm back as promised with the Christmas kit.
And it's getting Christmassy everywhere it seems. We had the first snow falling , but it only stayed half a day before it was gone again. As much as I like the look of fresh fallen snow getting to and from work is easier without ;)
And my tree and decorations are up. I went for a kind of rustic /natural look.

It's looking cozy :)

I also made a watercolor canvas for my wall. The word "comfort" was on my mind 

I could show some more paintings but I have a lot of previews from the new freebie kit to show.

So let's start !

The kit is called Funky Christmas.

This kit has 7 parts and I'm posting the first papers and elements for you today.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dbb16suocrdhdnr/sr-funkyChristmas1.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/avuzgtqtepiwcxr/sr_funkyChristmas3.zip

Enjoy, have some stress free pre Christmas weeks and stay crafty :)

Till next week

Hugs Snowy  

I'm back ....with the last Fall parts :)

Hello,
apologies for the late post but I have been abroad and only returned late last night.
This morning I had lots of cleaning to do after being away. Leave a 25 year old young man home alone and it seems you come back to a sink full of dishes and piles of laundry each time :) Not to mention pizza boxes. I still don't know how long that half eaten pizza in the fridge has been in there either.
I had a great time at the Lord of the Lost concert and as added bonus they filmed a DVD during the show which will be released next year. We were encouraged to sing along , snip our fingers , raise our fists up in the air (which is the name of one of the songs as well) and Chris Harms delivered a fantastic show with some talks as well and had the crowd laughing with his wicked sense of humor.
This is a pic they took at the end of the show from the stage and yes, we're on there as well. (If you know where we were sitting ,lol)

Guess who will pre-order this DVD as soon as it's possible?

We visited a few Christmas markets and had a fab time .

And also explored a castle dating back as far as the 11h century.

I think I was most fascinated with the colorful wall paintings.

If you look at them closely they are telling a story of life in the past.

OK, but now to the download links. I still have tons to do. No rest for the wicked (Witch) yet...
Plus I have a new toy to explore. I got myself the new Kindle Fire HD 10 tablet on Black Friday. With £40.00 off it was too good not to get it after I had my eye on it for a while now.

Here the last 2 links
http://www.mediafire.com/file/kbcalaewkbsxb2j/sr_fall_words.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/file/kwrzscush7h9ssd/srf_addon.zip

And this coming weekend we will start with the Christmas kit . Nope, no preview ... you will just have to wait a few days ,lol ;)

Thanks Edna, for informing me about this so called "Virus" :
Upon downloading, a page comes up warning that it has a vicious virus. Norton says it was a fake warning.

I can assure everybody that I have and pay for a very good anti virus and security program. All my files get scanned regularly, not only for download parts for you but also for my own peace of mind. Believe me, as a designer there is nothing worse than catching a virus and suddenly all your hard work is gone.
Still. things like that can still happen despite extensive security programs. It always pays to be vigilant and careful with any downloads ! 
Hugs and stay creative
Snowy