Ideas – Page 13 – Home Office Charm

Finding funky fringing for updating standard lamp

I wanted to do justice to this standard lamp as its trimming update was long overdue.

It’s one of the pieces that I realise now was over designed. And recently I’d

been wanting to strip down the details always remembering the less is more rule. I continued to be Inspired by smart office dress and my mood board contained images from Pinterest.

Lampshade Before

Selecting matching pink fringing

Trying trimming on for size style and mood

Then the finished piece is is what I’m much happier with. Just need to get a new lamp stand. Thinking dark burnt oak or ebony wood.

After

Angry cake

Art & Illustration

I’m currently on a weight management program and I have lost nearly one stone that’s five kilos or 14 pounds.

During the process I’ve been learning about the psychology of why we eat.

So I’ve been looking at emotional eating habits and how to break them.

So when I painted this image I couldn’t help thinking how angry it looks. Indeed when I created it I was angry because I was thinking of a difficult task I had to do and the circumstances that led to it.

So when deciding which digital image would go I thought the fairy cake was the most apt thing.

Digital Modification Experiment Creates Martian Dream Scene

Art & Illustration

Following on from the last success with multimedia and because I hadn’t much opportunity to do any brush work recently I have modified one of my paintings using my phablet as it is my new…. toy.

The Feverish Fire Flee: Red Gold Yellow Mixed Media

Art & Illustration

It’s so hot! Perhaps that’s why I did this painting.

It reminds me of a Bush fire.

Even here in the UK we heard of terrible grass fires in Wansted Flats and destructive week long fires on the Yorkshire Moors. Both these are places that I have had the pleasure to visit in the past.

So the fire like scene that I generated in this painting might be some deeper expression of my consciousness.

In fact I was very disturbed that I created an image of fire, having been a victim of a building fire in the past.

So in experimentation mode I inserted some digital images of wildlife fleeing to show how the animals are running to safety. Now I’m very pleased about that.

Being proud to show the rough with the smooth with blusher brush: coral and pink abstract

Behind the Scenes

Does it look bashful to you? The fantasy flower in this painting appears to be slightly embarrassed.

I wonder why.

Perhaps it is because I used the big bold blusher brush to get all the emotion out to create those swirls.

There is no shame here. Be bold with your crimson connection. Personally I don’t see anything wrong with combining magentaish pink with understated and sultry coral.