Wearing my Artists Hat

Back to the future

Before I started making jewellery, I painted......I shall go back to it again...in the future!

Each month I will post a few of my paintings.
I live near the River Barrow in Ireland and most of this series of  paintings are on the Barrow or the Nore.

TIME and TIDE

An old working barge

Lock Gates

Salmon Cots

River Rushes

High and Dry

Boats under bridge

These were all acrylic on canvas

Make your own cards

Christmas Cards

I always make my own cards, this year I choose something simple.
Here are the details.

 I cut fir tree shapes to make a stencil, there are so many ideas to choose from.

I used white emulsion paint and a stencil brush

I used recycled paper shopping bags for the background

and made rows of white trees

Then when they were dry I added the green trees using Acrylic paint.

Ready now to be cut to size

I used white A4 card cut in half lengthwise for the back of the card and folded a piece of it back so that the card would stand up.

Then I stuck the stenciled paper to the card

  Don't forget that both emulsion and acrylic paint dries fast..good on the paper... but not on your brush!

Enjoy!




 

Summer Jewellery

Get Ready for the Summer with these Acid Stripes Bracelet and Earrings
in my Etsy Shop

Acid Stripes Bracelet

 Great summery colours, turquoise, lime and sunny yellow stripes.

Fresh colours, bold stripes. I teamed these yellow turquoise and lime acrylic beads with small wood beads in similar colours. I put sets of three beads onto silver plated wire and joined each set with a silver ring. I fastened the bracelet with a silver plated toggle and attached a chain ending in three wood beads to add an element of fun.

Length 22.5 cms. 9 inches

Acid Stripes Earrings

 I used three striped acrylic beads and threaded each one onto a silver plated wire. I top and tailed each one with a wood bead picking out the colours of the stripes. I joined the three dangles together with silver rings and finished the earrings with silver plated ear wires.

Length from hook 4cms 1.50 inches