Freebie kit Gordon's kitchen

Hello " yawn" ,
I have come off nightshift earlier and only had a short nap, so bear with me in case I have typos n this post. My brain doesn't quite work at full capacity.

And I had barely any time for painting this past week either But ...on the bright side... the temperatures have gone down and it actually feels like autumn. Here at the coast we're getting he winds to go with it. Time to get out those hoodies and coats.

Today is the last day I can sit at my old desk. My creative room is getting a make-over with new shelves and desk, the walls and ceiling need to be painted and I will have a feature wall with wallpaper. A lot of work again, but will be worth it.
The reason is that this old desk is too small ! I need space not only for my laptop and painting, but also want a place to put up my sewing machine, which has been stored away and not used since we disposed of the large dining table. I just don't have a large enough surface to use it. But that will now change with this large L-shaped desk I ordered. One side for painting and laptop, the other side for sewing and other textile crafts.

Needless to say I won't get much painting done without desk and lots of DIY .
I did one for #thingswithflowers , but didn't even finish my leaf yet.

But hey...I started designing , not just one but 2 new kits.

Fancy a quick look at what I have so far?

This one will be called "Golden Autumn"

And this will be more colourful and playful .I have something like "Autumn Joy"in mind.

I need to start packing up my art supplies , so let's get to the new freebie kit.
It's called Gordon's kitchen and is a HUGE kit. It has everything from backgrounds in different color schemes, tube elements of appliances, food items ,cutlery, recipe cards etc. And there is our Chef Gordon.

Here come the first 2 links
http://www.mediafire.com/file/6c0836ws2g8b96o/sr_gordon%2527s_kitchen1.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/w282d4p3kivjpzh/sr_gordonskitchen_elements_1.zip/file

Let's have fun cooking :)
And I will be back next weekend with more parts ….until then, stay crafty !  :)
Hugs Snowy

More Love Letters kit

Good morning :)
It's one of my rare weekends off work and I have been busy !
For a start I caught up with knitting squares for my blanket. I think I have roughly 60 done ….only about 80 more to go ..oufff ;)

A lot of work , sweat and cursing going into this , but it will be well worth it in the end :)

Then I managed to get 2 more paintings for #thingswithflowers done.

The guitar . Love how this turned out !

And the swing in a loose style with lavender .

And my "homework" for this week , the letter B leaves -Birch.

For next week it's the Chestnut leaf , Horse chestnut to be specific
http://clipground.com/images/chestnut-leaf-clipart-5.jpg

They are almost ripe here and will fall down soon , and the leaves will start going yellow and brown then.
A Japanese Cherry leaf would be another option for letter C .

I love Autumn and can't wait for all those lovely colors :)
So here is an autumn leaves paint tutorial



OK... time for the kit and links again...

I made another quickpage from this kit

And here the links
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wywqy0m58onk95k/sr_loveletters2.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/r8cda2c7392171c/sr_loveletters4.zip/file

Question : Would you be interested in more quickpages? I have a lot saved and been thinking about uploading them as freebies as well.
If I sort them in themes and group them into packs of 4 or 5 at the time , they would make nice freebie downloads as well.

Let me know and that's it for today again. Until next week
Hugs Snowy

New Freebie kit again

Good morning :)
I was too tired last night after work to post . It was nearly midnight and all I wanted was to have a cuppa and then crawl into my bed .
But after a good nights sleep I am ready to do my blog post this morning now.

Last week I wrote about drawing and painting leaves, and said I'll show you my finished painting this week.

Here it is.

This week we move on to letter B and the birch tree leaves.
I looked up a link for you again as reference.
http://www.supercoloring.com/sites/default/files/styles/coloring_full/public/cif/2013/05/birch-tree-branch-coloring-page.gif

Give it a go :)

I've also been working on the challenge.

Paintbox for #thingswithflowers

...and the Lighthouse
Here it is also without flowers

But I promised a new kit for today ….

...it's a kit called Love Letters. It contains lace , glitter ,folded paper and a couple of tubes.

Here a quickpage I made with the kit.

And the first links
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7clpw1awzickf26/sr_loveletters1.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dj98k3d3xv8cbx2/sr_loveletters3.zip/file

Apart from that there isn't any interesting to tell.... you can't go on any adventures when stuck at work :)
And that what I have to get ready for soon again … so until next post.
Stay creative
Hugs Snowy

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

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

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...

But enough of this..

Here is the only painting of this week 

Summer Window 

But I have managed to make a new kit.

It turned out a bright and sunny Summer kit .
...but now to the new freebie
It's preview time

Here are some background previews. I didn't have time to do the previews for elements yet, so I hope to get the chance to do that for next weekend.

Here the first 2 links
http://www.mediafire.com/file/61o19cywz9a8zz5/sr_tuatha1.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/g0km7llvl1lpdcc/sr_tuatha2.zip/file

And that's all for today. Next weekend there will be a draw and painting tutorial again. And hopefully some paintings to show :)
Until then
Hugs Snowy

The last 2 parts for you

Hi again.....I am pooped !
My hallway is stacked full of boxes , it looks as if I'm moving, but it's only the kitchen stuff.
Tomorrow morning at 8 am I will have guys standing on my door mat to take out the old kitchen units, the flooring and wall tiles.
After 20 years I'm finally having a brand new kitchen  :)
But the packing is one hell of a job in this heat ! Why don't English flats have A/C ? The fan can't keep up and only pushes hot air around. We are in our 4th week without rain and I am really looking forward to cooler weather now. On top of that I will have to stay in pretty much most of the next 5 days while I have the work crew here . At least outside we have a nice sea breeze... so there that's my moan while I'm having a break from packing boxes ;)

Needless to say I didn't get much done with packing and work taking priority over art the past week. But I still have a few I have not shown yet .

I painted another seashell...

...and a picnic basket .

Well, with having to stay in I should find plenty of time to paint the coming week , or some other art activities .
Maybe I even get a new kit done.

Today I show you an easy landscape Watercolor tutorial. This uses the wet on wet technique and is suitable for beginners. Kirsty shows step by step how to do them .




And of course I need to give you the last 2 links.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/57r3n926dm8arll/sr_whimelegance3.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/f1hjya35za3w7z5/sr_whimelegance4.zip/file

And that's this one finished ...time for a new freebie kit again
How about some myth and legend stuff next?
Tuatha Dé Danann

The Tuatha Dé Danann ("People of the Goddess Danu") were one of the mythical races who settled in Ireland before the arrival of the Milesians, the ancestors of modern Gaels. The Dananns were descendants of the goddess Danu. Her son Dagda was their most powerful leader of the Dananns.

The Tuatha Dé Dananns were a race of deities as well as race of heroes. They were skilled in art and science, poetry and magic.

You can read more about them here https://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/danann.html

So until next weekend
Hugs Snowy

The next freebie parts

Hello,
hope you're all having a lovely Sunday.
We are in our 3rd week without any rain here at the east coast of England and it's starting to show. The grass and even the weeds are drying out and are brown instead of green along the roads. We could really do with a couple of showers.
Watering my little garden is essential and the work is paying off. Where other plants are letting their heads hang down my babies are blooming.
I just spent the morning removing weeds , watering and planting some more.

Hydrangeas, sunflowers, lilies and lavender are loving the weather.

My tomatoes , beans , herbs and squashes are also coming along nicely.

Although with work and having to water regularly I didn't find much time painting this past week.
I'm still working on that knitted blanket and so far I have 44 squares done. Did I say it would be a year long project? Make that 2 years :)
The whole blanket will have 144 squares. Only 100 to go :)
But it will be worth it.

I did find time for another 2 Skillshare classes though.

 Seashell from Irina's class …

...and watercolor silhouette , also Irina's class.


It's really easy to do a silhouette painting. Just find the shape you like ( dog, cat, flowers , face ...whatever you like ) and transfer it onto watercolor paper. Color in the shape (use different shades of the same color) and when it's dry add some details. I used Dr ph Martin's white ink.

And here a video to teach about masking fluid. Another fun effect :)
These cute little paintings make great bookmarks to give as little gifts .




But now to the next  2 parts of the freebie kit.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/vad4drvm0187cu1/sr_whimelegance2.zip/file

http://www.mediafire.com/file/vlvdve77ms16tdt/sr_whimelegance6.zip/file

The last 2 parts will be next weekend again. And if any of you know how to do a rain dance , a shower or two would be appreciated :)
Until then
Hugs Snowy