Friday, July 8, 2011

Sunset in Iglesias

Sunset in Iglesias by helencarter1001
Sunset in Iglesias, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

I am finally here in Sardinia....at least for the summer. It's hot hot hot and I don't know if I'll be able to lift a pencil without breaking into a sweat but at least I can take some lovely(hopefully) photos. I took this as I arrived into Iglesias after driving solid for three days with a child, a pug and a guinea pig for company!!! And just to make it that much more interesting, the pug came into season for the first time on the journey here!!! Anyway lovely sunset!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

If Only this night could last forever!

Just a little sketch I did in a moleskine sketchpad I found whilst I was doing a big clearout before I shake off the mud of Ireland from my shoes and get sand between my toes in Sardinia!!!!!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

SoAkEd

SoAkEd by helencarter1001
SoAkEd, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

My first picture done for Illustration Friday. This weeks topic is 'Soaked'. I hope to try and carry this on with the same character each week and incorporate her into an idea I have which I will be writing about shortly.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Neat little boxes

neat little boxes by helencarter1001
neat little boxes, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

Cardboard and acrylic paint...... well at least I'm using up all my old cardboard boxes if nothing else..... and saving money on canvas' and paper!!!!

Saturday, May 14, 2011

SLEEPING

Sleeping by helencarter1001
Sleeping, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

Acrylic on cardbard....... another try at using cardboard... next on I want big.... really big!..Just have to find the right pice of cardboard.

Ladybird

Ladybird by helencarter1001
Ladybird, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

I had a brainwave this morning. I was clearing out some rubbish and noticed that I had kept loads of cardboard boxes. Then I thought about using them to draw on....then I remembered that they had different layers so I grabbed my scalpel and started cutting away. This picture was done just to see what it would look like... You can see that I haven't positioned it very well so that there wasn't enough room for the bottom right hand corner but I was still quite happy with how it turned out... I like the texture and the different shades of each layer. So now I'm going to do a real picture with all four corners....and it just occurred to me that I'm also being very environmentally friendly at the same time!!!!!!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Marmite with Artrage

Marmite by helencarter1001
Marmite, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

done on my iPad during the flight to Sardinia. It was a bit of a bumpy flight bud this kept me busy..... I love my iPad!!!!!!

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Iglesias

Iglesias by helencarter1001
Iglesias, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

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, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

Iglesias Sardegna

Iglesias Sardegna by helencarter1001
Iglesias Sardegna, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

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, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

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, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

  by helencarter1001
, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

Iglesias

  by helencarter1001
, a photo by helencarter1001 on Flickr.

I'm in Sardinia at the moment and so taking a few photos here and there. Iglesias is a town hit badly by the economic crisis and there are shops closed everywhere. Having said that I quite like it but can you believe I can't find anywhere here to buy a 4B pencil and other art supplies.... Next time I'll have to bring my own.