A painting of my mama. She was gifted a Singer sewing machine in 1969, and through that work she fed myself and my brother growing up. We owe our lives to that Singer machine. She still has it. They used to be impossible to break!
All aboard the cottagecore train... I've noticed a lot of new illustrators lately adopting this style. I'm following about 2300 artists on insta and only 7 of them were true cottagecore with the specific style. I think we're near 15 now.
If I had to show what my actual "style" is, this painting is a good example. Boring, daily life illustrations. Nothing extraordinary. My main career as a successful artist was as a collage artist, and #surrealism was the name of the game. 10 years of weird things depicted in each artwork. I had enough of it. With illustrations, I just want the mundane. I want peace.
End of #Spring, and beginning of #Summer here in #Greece. Everything's just turning hot... This is a painting I did in December, but only now I have access to a scanner.
This is a #watercolor painting I did a few months ago but hadn't share, until we bought a scanner here in #Greece. It arrived today, I scanned the painting under #Debian#Linux without any issues (or additional drivers), and I fixed the colors with #Gimp. It's the first time I use The Gimp for my paintings (I've used The Gimp on and off since its inception, but not for my artworks). I've been using #Photoshop instead for my collages and paintings, but I stopped my #Adobe subscription a few months ago. It's all #Foss now.
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Earlier this month, I finished a large blanket for a work friend, but when I was purchasing the yarn for the blanket, I managed to wildly over-estimate how much yarn I actually needed.
So the progress on my aim to use up my stash got pushed back a bit by having another 12 balls of yarn to use up.
My solution? Another blanket!
This one is a bit smaller than the other and will likely be about right for a single bed or as a lap blanket.
2/2 I have plenty of my own already, so I'll be holding a giveaway/raffle type thing for it to go to someone who wants it so if you want it you should keep an eye on my socials!
A new painting after a long time... Not sure I have it in me anymore...
I had to paint some swallows because they're trying to make a nest in our house. Unfortunately, that part of the house is going to be sealed off within 2-3 months (it currently is wide open because our house is not finished, and because if we don't seal off that part, we can't get house insurance), so the worst thing that could happen to them is not being able to return to their babies. So we keep destroying their barely-started nest, daily (because they keep coming back). It sounds cruel, but it's the right thing to do. We already have another swallow nest on an external part of the house, and that's all good. We love to have them there, swallows are great and very smart birds.
I've been making a few bits for my work desk this week. This is the latest one - a mat to sit under my keyboard!
The keyboard clacks too much when it's just on the desk, so I whipped up this granny rectangle to sit under it, and its great!
I'm now working on a desk tidy basket to put all the little bits and bobs that sit on my desk in, so they're all contained.
Last weekend and this weekend, my crafting work has fallen into a bit of a routine now that I have a few large projects ongoing, which I quite like.
I have a long project I will take to work at the day job and work on before I start and during breaks, then I have another long project at home.which I'll work on in the evenings, and then at the weekend I'll do smaller things with the aim of finishing them before I go to bed on Sunday.
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This weekend, I've made these coasters with some of my leftover yarn. These are coming with me to work, as I try to make my desk space a bit more "me". I also have a peace lily, which is currently just one leaf, and I'll see how she fairs, and then I have some lego daffodils, which I will put together on a lunchtime.
It’s sculptural, you can make literally whatever you want, what’s not to love? And once you get past the stabbing yourself stage the possibilities are endless 😆
I’m going to be trying to do more this year, I feel like I’ve been neglecting it a bit. But I have some big, new, needle felting plans for cosplay that I hope go well 🤞
Two paintings I did over the Christmas period while in France, to gift to family there. Their style was inspired by artists like Essoldo and Mirdinara.
A gouache painting a did for my husband's aunt recently.
We made it to Greece! We currently live in an empty house, bar a bed and a kitchen table (we expect our things from the US to arrive by boat in a few weeks). We're running from government service to another to get set up with our papers and legalities. We can't wait to be able to relax soon... The view is great from our new home. We can see both the Ionian sea and the Amvrakikos national park.