A Delightful Weekend of Art!

This is my interpretation of Jenelle's theme: "Innocence - 40 and counting"

The weather was crisp and clear in Biloela over last weekend, however there was also much warmth being generated by an enthusiastic group of artists working with tea bag art and gelatine printing! Nanette and I very much enjoyed being a part of the warmth, learning and enthusiasm. We are looking forward to seeing some of the gelatine printing in round three of the postcard collab. and maybe some teabag art as well?!

Today I received another completed round one postcard from Tracey, it's gorgeous...thank you Tracey...the two little rabbits and the story are beautiful....I also love the muted colours and your 'tag' on the address side!

I have also received a few new round two postcards; one from Tracey - "Longing...Longing...Longing", one from Kristin - "Music", one from Lindesay - "Surprise?!", from Kym - "Dragonflies" and also from Rochelle - "Control or Lack of...?" and my own which is "Nightmares".

How are other collaborators going? I hope everyone will be able to complete their round one postcards and have them sent back to their respective originating artists in the next couple of weeks. I know some artists have been swamped over the last month or so...but hopefully everyone is now able to put the time they want into working on and completing round one of the postcards. Help!!! August is almost upon us, the 31st of August is the date for the completion and posting back round two postcards.....please talk to your group facilitator, (that's a big title for Olley, Donna and myself!!), if you are experiencing difficulties with getting postcards out within the timelines or if you have any questions or concerns about the collaboration.

I had the pleasure of seeing some completed postcards from Olley's group on the weekend, I am amazed with the imagination that artists are showing and the wide variety of techniques being used are very interesting to see.... I'm itching to get into the studio and do some work on the round two postcards that I have......

Take care and enjoy making art!

Peta

Peta & Nanette In Biloela for Gelatine Printing & Tea Bag Art Workshop.

Tea Bag Art & Printed Muslin & Papers By Kym :)

Learnt from the workshop this weekend in Biloela.

Had a great weekend.

My Weekend Shrine/Keepsake to Gelatine Printing & Tea Bag Art.This was really enjoyable way to finish off the weekend. A mixture of different techniques learnt over the weekend.

Olley did some beautiful work over the weekend, I'll ask her to post her amazing works also. Look out fellow collaborators in Round 3, Olley is ready with her postcards - very creative:)

A successful weekend was had @ Biloela with Peta & Nanette showcasing their talents with Gelatine Printing & Tea Bag Art.

Meeting with workshop participants & fellow collaborators Olga Bath & Kym Simms from the Art Group~ BAVA. Participants thoroughly enjoyed the weekend & found the new techniques very additive.

Pictured are some of the creations from the 2 day workshop @ Biloela. Biloela Area Visual Artists ~ http://biloelaareavisualartists.blogspot.com/

Peta's creation ~ a personal keepsake/shrine card made @ the workshop over the weekend to share with workshop participants.

Peta & Nanette's Artworks ~ Sample of their works with Gelatine Printing & Tea Bag Art.

Round 1 Complete - Almost!!!

Melanies round 1 "What Makes Your Heart Dance?
Olleys front side "What Makes Your Heart Dance.
And the back.
Here are all 7, round 2 cards that Olley sent out - "Rust & Autumn Leaves".

Hello everyone, I have finally finished Melanies round 1 card. Round 1 complete - almost - I still have mine to do but it can wait a little longer. Hope everyone is as excited about round 2 as I am. Hopefully will recieve some this week. I sent mine out 2 weeks ago "Rust & Autumn Leaves". Nanette & Peta are coming to Biloela this weekend (fingers crossed) for the much awaited Gelatin Printing & Teabag Art workshop that I have organised through BAVA. Very Exciting!!!I hope you're all well, Happy Creating, Olley.

It's very special.....

Below is Lindesay's finished round one postcard, the theme is "Art Lovers Flock to Show"

.......to receive postcards in the mailbox from round one! I don't look at them until I have time to sit and explore every little wonderous and important detail! I've also received some new round two postcards! It seems that almost everyone has had a busy couple of months and are therefore still completing their round one postcards as well as getting their round two set ready. It's to be expected that there will be times when other things in life take over from arty pursuits! Just go with the flow and keep enjoying what you are doing, from the finished postcards I have seen you are all a very talented lot with creativity in abundance! Each and every postcard is a little unique piece of art!

Shelly from England expressed some concerns about whether any of her first set of postcards have gone astray in the mail between GB and Oz. To keep each other up to date, I strongly suggest that we keep in email contact with each of the members in our group to let people know when we send or receive postcards. It could also be a good idea to put your return address on any postcard you send out, even if it is written quite small.

I've included a couple of pics of the postcards that I did for round one, hope all the receiving artists liked them as much as I enjoyed doing them!

Happy creating, Peta Here is the front of Lindesay's postcard, I just loved the movement in this picture of a woman running. I placed an OHT of some grafitti on a train I photographed in Rocky last year, underneath the running woman and tucked a peacock feather under her coat. If youlook closely you can see the reflection of my camera in the shiny surface of the OHT!

Kym's Butterflies

Hi Everyone,
Round 1 has come to an end and I have got some photo's to share with my theme ~ "Butterflies"

I haven't yet created my postcard, so I will post it later in the month in the same post.

I received Jenelle's, Peta's & Rochelle's, all very different I'm pleased they have all come in one at a time so you can enjoy the excitement of getting mail from the group. Thank you ladies, I have already shared these with my family & friends and they're all eager to see the rest come in, especially me.

Rochelle's Butterfly.

This is lovely, Rochelle. Really takes you in, gives you a feeling of fairies & fantasy also :)

(Above & Below)

Jenelle's Butterfly.

I've posted this one earlier, the way Jenelle has the butterfly being painted from the pouring bottle. Very effective :) (Above)

Peta's Butterfly.

The photo doesn't do it justice because of the techniques Peta put into this piece. The butterfly is made up of pieces of leather/vinyl to make the shape of the butterfly. Then the other side is created to show butterfly stamps with the net.

Peta has since let me know that the butterfly is made up of pieces of canvas from a pre-loved painting & has been painted over by shellac. Great piece of work :) (Above & Below)

Very creative Peta :)

Kristin's Butterfly.

Received Kristin postcard, it's great to have them all together. Thank you Kristin.

The watercolour looks lovely with the 3 smaller butterflies at the bottom have been cut from creative paper and collaged on the postcard. Well Done :)

Tracey's Butterfly.

Thanks Tracey, I love the purple and the pinks. They all look great together.

Kym's Postcards :)

Hi Everyone,

I have worked on my postcards over the past couple of days. My apologies with the Round 1 postcards running late.

I have been celebrating my 40th Birthday for the last week with Family & Friends, coming and going from home. I got very spoilt :)

School holidays are on with kids having late nights & sleep in's with the cool mornings.

Good times~ sleeping in and no lunch boxes.

The longer you have the postcards on the table, the theme seems to grow more & more to be created. This postcard's theme sent by Rochelle ~"The faces we show (or don't) the world." Where do you start, I'm really pleased with the outcome and Peta finishing earlier on the blog, inspired me to go with the face of the past & present with future goals in my life.

Round 2 Postcards have been sent out also with Dragonflies as my next theme. My Butterflies are flying home from the collaborators in my group & are so beautifully created. I'll post them as they fly in. I have Jenelle's, Peta's & Rochelle's. Well Done Ladies. Look out for the Dragonflies collaborators, Australia Post is on their way to you soon.

Through A Childs Eyes - Imagination

The image I used on the front of my own postcard for round one, is actually a photo I printed of my grandchildren playing 'dress ups', it was printed on the wrong side of photo printing paper, it took a few days to dry! However I liked the effect so thought I would use it here.

This is the address side of the postcard,the little boy looking up at the shapes that clouds become was just perfect!

Back to the Studio!!

Rochelle has written a lovely story about a mermaid for my "Imagination" postcard - Thank you so much Rochelle, it's a lovely story which explains why we only 'see' mermaids in the water!

hello fellow collaborators! Well what a week! Wrapt in Rocky was FANTASTIC!!! The Keith Lo Bue workshop was so much fun, Keith was amazing! as were the other artists who attended his workshop, I learnt so much and now just want to try it all out! I caught up with some other postcard collaborators at wrapt in Rocky: Tracey, Jane, Tamara, Amanda and of course Nanette....by the way, WELL DONE NANETTE !!!!!! you did an extraordinary job with organsing the whole show!!!! Next stop Biloela for the Gelatine Printing and Tea Bag Collage...

Thank you to Rochelle for your lovely work on my postcard, I love the mermaid story...also thanks to Lindesay for your next theme: "Surprise", I hope you liked your postcard for round one. How is everyone travelling along at this point? Hopefully you have all posted back the first round of postcards to the originating artists (I'm looking forward to seeing some more posted up on the blog). Have you got your next theme organised? Is anyone having trouble in meeting the timelines? Are the postcards reaching their destinations without any hiccups?

Happy creating till next time we meet on the 'blog'!!

Peta

Better late than never!!!

A sample of Olley's round 2 cards - "Rust and Autumn Leaves".

And another "Rust and Autumn Leaves".

"Water Under the Bridge" sent to Olley by Jude Roberts.

Olley's interpretation of "Water Under the Bridge".

Hi Everyone, I have just completed Jude Roberts "Water Under the Bridge". Five down, two to go! I have Melanie's & mine left to do for the first round. I'll be out in my room again tomorrow night to finish Melanie's & then on Monday I will post away round 2's cards (Rust & Autumn Leaves) as I got them ready last weekend. To all those ladies who went to Wrapt in Rocky - I want to see pictures on the blog real quick please! I'm jealous that I couldn't go - my husband banned me from attending any forum/workshop that co-incides with the end of financial year - the shop just has to go!!! Hope you had fun. Happy Creating, Olley.