☆ Life Book [Week 22]

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Week 22's 'mini' lesson was a hodge podge from Mystele.

I love this style of painting. I love the freedom of slapping paper and paint and ephemera onto a piece of paper and just letting go.

And I learnt a few things.

* I learnt that bleed proof paper, (the type I use for copic markers) isn't a great mix with acrylics.

* I learnt that said bleed proof paper isn't bleed proof when water is added

* I leant that I love letting go and slapping paint on left and right, but I am really uncomfortable with doing that with the finer details, but I managed to be looser than normal.

*I learnt I can only be what I can be, and the inner critic can bugger off until next time.

Super fun lesson. Thanks Mystele and Tam. 

P.S Don't forget to enter this months GIVEAWAY. Click here to enter 

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☆ Forward [illustration friday]

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Face Forward
©2012 Kirstin McCulloch

I finally had the chance to use a new journal, that I was lucky enough to receive from Maggie (or Magpie) during an inspiration avenue give away.

Its a beautiful journal, and I couldn't decide what I wanted to put in it, but today I decided to use it to paint my big eyed girls, to paint paintings that are not done by route, and pushing my boundaries.

So my first painting is for the illustration friday prompt forward.

And I am looking forward to creating more pieces like this, to experimenting, to free falling. 

I am not looking forward to sorting out the mess that has become my printers I ordered wrong ink cartridge for one and dealing with ink from Australia in a UK printer (which apparently doesn't work thank you very much Mr HP! Fifty bucks to learn this lesson! Sorry rant over)

So I would love to know what you are looking forward to this week, this month or this year. It will cheer me up...

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