Colorful weekend

Greetings,
This weekend was quite colorful, since I was busy painting two more Mabel Lucie Attwell's illustrations. Also making these into bookmarks are even more exciting!

I am now hooked to making these bookmarks. I love this cutie, especially her red frock and her polka dots hat.

This below one is a 'perfect me'. I know the joy of knitting and to snuggle a pussycat. I love this illustration, it is quite dear to me.

My husband gave a fantastic idea, to get these laminated. I tried it, they looked pretty good after getting them laminated. Below are the pictures of these before and after lamination.

These bookmarks are a great to gift someone. Chubby looking, Rosy checked cuties of  Mabel Lucie Attwell's are precious and priceless!
I have downloaded some more Attwell's illustrations and I am excited to work on those.
Until next..
Revs!

Water color bookmark.

Greetings,
I love Mabel Lucie Attwell's illustrations! They are so cute and nostalgic! I am inspired by her work and feeling like painting off late. This is what I painted last weekend.

I still have to learn the techniques of mixing colors. I am really not happy with the skin tone, but it was so much fun painting this. All her illustrations does bring smile on anyone's face. I thought of making this into a bookmark.

I loved this idea of making bookmarks. I am planning to paint a few more. I downloaded a few images and I will be working on them this weekend.
Can't wait to paint!
Until next.....
Revs!

Was in a mood to sketch!

Greetings,

My husband told me about Mark Kistler's 'Secret city', a TV show that he use to watch as a kid. In this show Mark Kistler shows how to draw and sketch in a very simple way. Anyone can draw by seeing these videos. My husband use to draw seeing this show when he was a kid. He draws pretty well. I was excited when I got to know about this through my husband. I tried sketching this 'Fat Rat'. Although it's not so very good, I had fun sketching it.

My husband made a few sketchs as well. He tried making one point perspective, two point perspective some complicated sketchs watching some other people's videos on YouTube. Below are the two sketches made by​  my husband using one point and two point perspectives.

I will try to draw a few more of these. Many animators working for Pixer and Disney learnt how to draw by watching Mark Kistler's videos. I am quite grateful to my husband, who told me about this.
Revs!

Dainty Dolly and the parting gift.

Greetings,
Gifting someone a handmade gift is such a pleasure, especially, if it's a Jeangreen Howe's designs. I knitted this doll for my friend, who was my co-worker as a parting gift.

Parting is always difficult, although I was happy to knit this doll, I made this doll with a heavy heart and a lump in my throat. I am surely going to miss my friend!

Anne of Avonlea

Greetings,

After reading Anne of Green Gables, I fell in love with Anne. I started reading the next book, Anne of Avonlea. Although I have not finished the book, I did like one of the scenes from the book. This is all about Anne selling Mr. Harrison's cow thinking that it's her's and then repenting it at leisure.
Mr, Harrison had warned Anne to make sure that her cow does not go to his farm and ruin his crops. However, Anne's cow does not behave herself and still goes to Mr. Harrison's farm to eat those vegetables and other things growing in his farm. So Anne, locks her cow inside the cow shed to make sure that her cow does not come out.
When Anne sees her cow grazing in her Irate Neighbor's farm, she is surprised that her cow has broken the door of the shed and come out. She also gets annoyed with her cow and decides to sell it. After she sells the cow and gets back home, she realizes that her cow is still in the shed and by mistake she has sold Mr. Harrison's cow. Since, Anne's cow is so identical to Mr. Harrison's cow this misunderstanding happens.
Anyway, Anne decides to bake a cake and give it to Mr. Harrison and tell this terrible news.
Although, he is a terrible outspoken old fellow, he invite's Anne, smiling sheepishly, and accepts the cake and the money that was earned by selling the cow. He puts on a kettle and they both enjoy a warm and nice cup of tea.

I love tea parties! This is a lovely chapter, this chapter can become a short story itself. I made these out of felt. This project was simple, yet enjoyable!
Below is the photo with a letho effect.

I am looking forward to make more scenes like this.
Happy Crafting!

Origami West Corp team.

Greetings,

I made this Origami version of our team. My supervisor quit, inorder to join another company and I thought of making something, that is thoughtful and memorable.

So, I got this idea of making a portrait of our team in an origami version. I learned to make these paper dolls from Origami Maniac. It's a great website to learn origami. There are so many beautiful projects.
I included the names of all the teammates, so that my supervisor can remember our team for ever 😃

Wilfred Toadflax

Greetings,

I finished making Wilfred Toadflax, another character from Brambly Hedge.

Wilfred and his brother and sisters live in the hornbeam tree. Wilfred has a habit of getting into scrapes and his father often has to confiscate his catapult.

Primrose Woodmouse loves to explore with her good friend, Wilfred Toadflax.

I enjoyed sewing him. Hope to sew other characters from Brambly Hedge as well!