Making art

Often, when I am playing, I make ATC sized backgrounds of paper or fabric along with whatever I'm doing.
This was one of those, made quite a while ago...

...and decorated today.. Playing card, gesso, molding paste thru a piece of plastic from the recyling, coloured markers, stamp. Now that I see it against a white background, I can see it needed an edge.

Also, today was the reveal of our Tangled textiles challenge, balance.  Have a look at the other gorgeous pieces by my friends here.

This is my piece, Light and Shade, based on a photo by Jorg Reuter which is creative commons here.
Free machine thread sketching, Acrylic paint, watercolour pencils and handstitching (The handstitching is not finished yet, couple of million stitches to go, lol)
Of all my Tangled textiles pieces, this is my favourite so far, even if it's not finished

a love-ly quote and some sketching

The quote on this ATC is,
"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul."
St Augustine

Painted fabric, raffia, felt hearts, coffee beans, sharpie marker.  Remind me next time to do the writing BEFORE attaching the fabric to the batting and backing, lol.

Also, here are a few sketches I have been working on for my Tangled textiles "Balance" challenge (don't worry no decisions made yet, so I'm not giving anything away)

Some ruins in Syria, which I have simplified a bit.

A gymnast on a balance beam.  I like this except for the fact that my faces are awful.

Some rocks and a shell balancing.

all of these are just ideas at present and I am still fleshing out the how of making each one, as each will entail wery different techniques, but I still have a lot of other ideas that haven't even got this far.  I find this the hardest part of challenges - choosing what to do

Remember to do something creative every day - it keeps the stress away!