Colouring pages from Alisa Burke

Alisa Burke has some free printable colouring pages on her blog.

I have found it fun to do some  colouring with my

Sharpie pens. Alisa produces such intricate designs, which

are a challenge to fill in. She also has colouring pages for sale.

Autumn/Fall Colouring Pages by Alisa Burke

Colouring books for adults are becoming increasingly popular.

There are some artists who sell bundles of colouring pages on

their websites. I liked the ones by Alisa Burke, an American 

artist in Portland, Oregon. Here is a link to the page on her 

website.

I have started to colour in one of her free downloadable

colouring sheets to try it out, and I thought it was fun,

and I love her drawings. It is also fun to use my new Sharpies!

It is for the times when I get into the studio and want to do

something creative to kick-start my ideas.

Tag Tuesday-Blues and Feathers

This week the theme on Tag Tuesday is Blues.

Last week's was Feathers.

I am a bit behind with my tags, so am posting two in one

go. Whoever started that idea was quite brilliant!

I had a busy week, as it was my birthday, and had lots

of lovely celebrations  with friends and

family, so it was a bit like Christmas again!

I decided to look through my printed papers for my Blues

tag, and to see what looked good together.

I found some papers that I had stamped with a sunflower

theme, and liked the look of them . Also blue sunflowers seemed 

rather an unlikely subject, which appealed to me.

Blue Sunflowers

Close up of Blue Sunflowers

Here is last week's Feathers Tag.

I followed some ideas for Feathers

from Alisa Burke. I really like her blog, and

her vibrant style. I had been saving the ideas for

creating with feathers for the right time!

The background was created by rolling feathers

around in acrylic. I added a line drawing of a feather

from my feather duster, and gave it some corners.

I found the feather braid in  my ribbon stash, and thought

it would be a suitable addition.

Feathers

Christmas Books

Christmas is always a good time to get new books, and I always enjoy the feeling of having something special to look at for the rest of the year and beyond.

I had two new textiles books as presents for Christmas, both of which were on my wish list!

Approaches to Stitch edited by Maggie Grey is a compilation of work by six well known textiles artists, Ro Bruhn, Elizabeth Brimelow, Ruth Lee, Sian Martin, Olga Norris and Beryl Taylor. It is available from D4daisy books. 

Sew Wild by Alisa Burke also includes a  DVD, and is full of ideas for ways to produce your own original fabric by dyeing and printing.