Oil pastel doodles this evening #creativetourist #doodles #oilpastel

Code has moods too. 🎨
Today, it chose #ee0353

Still exploring how maths turns into movement.
Made with p5.js

#creativity #generativeart #creativetourist #design #spirograph #learningtocode #algorithmicart #p5js

Layers of red and purple paper sit tightly in a picture frame, they are oversized but only just fit, corner tips of the design touching the edges of a birch frame. The square frame sits atop of a green cutting mat.

Today’s miscalculated size design… ah well… ❤️ I learnt, and I enjoyed doing it.

#iteration #mandala #design #art #creativity #creativetourist #trytryagain #creativethinking #arttherapy #mindfulart

On a brown coffee table surface sits a layered wooden cutout of the golden ration with angular line patterns across the spiral

A little tactile doodle #goldenratio #lasercut #creativity #creativetourist

Intense Concentric circles sit on a textured cream page. The circles are graduated from dark purple on the outside through intense magentas and pinks to reds in the middle. Across the middle of the circles - smaller tiny outlines of circles travel across the centre

Anxiety pretty high today. I couldn’t manage much productivity. Doodling with some textures and circles instead. #procreateartist #creativity #anxiety #procreate #purples #creativetourist #art #digitalart

A black and white image of a dragonfly, with detail of the frame and pattern in each four wings, brought together centrally in the centre by a thick black insect body, with two bulbous white eyes and small legs.

A close up of one side of the black and white dragonfly drawing, with notations across the top of the front wing showing Pterostygma at the tip of the wing - a thick black section, cross veins and leading edges making up the net like pattern of the wing, and the Nodus - small indentations on the outside of the wing shape.

Exploration of the day - a little #dragonfly observation. I tried to stick to the anatomical detail of the wings I found during my research. Although, it may be too fragile for paper cutting depending on the final size. #Design is #iteration - #WIP

#creativity #creativetourist #ProcreateArtist #art

6 Small paper squares are masking taped with washi tape to a cutting map, each one has watercolour paint - simple circles on three, and three just a full colour wash. The paper is wrinkling under the wet water a little. Next to the squares is an open water colour tray of paints.

#WIP - paper crafting and watercolours in progress. A bit new to trying to make the paper not wrinkle.

#creativity #creativetourist #MixedMedia #watercolour #doodles #TexturedArt #design #januarty #colours

A hand holds up a thick white square card against a terracotta wall. On the card are cyan, magenta, yellow and black cross stitches in 12 by 12 grids - thin crosses at one end in single threads to thick crosses at the other end full six thread - each colour grid laid over the previous. The grid overlay each other and give the illusion of strange circles floating in the pattern.

a close up of a corner thick white square card against a terracotta wall. On the card are cyan, magenta, yellow and black cross stitches in a grid - each colour grid laid over the previous. Close up you can see the detail of the strands in each cross.

A thick white square card in close up. On the card are cyan, magenta, yellow and black cross stitches - each colour grid laid over the previous. The close up is specifically of the corners of each grid where the colours stand out on their own.

A super close up of a white card with cyan, magenta, yellow and black cross stitches in a 12 by 12 grid - each colour grid laid over the previous. The close up shows the strongest circle pattern that appears from the way the grids have been laid over each other. The close up shows the strands in detail. The light from left casts tiny shadows over the texture of the cross stitches raised on the card.

Well this was fun to do. Playing with more #PaperEmbroidery and DMC thread in CMYK colours and a #halftone pattern.

(Thanks to @mxphrizzle.bsky.social for the suggestion!)

#creativity #creativetourist #CMYK #MixedMedia #halftone #embroiderydesign #ThreadArt #TexturedArt #design #januarty #xtoolS1

Line art in shiny metallic thread weaving through paper. A hand holds up two cards, square - one black, one white with embroidered thread, held against a red wall

A close up look at a black card with a circular design threaded through in metallic thread.

This evening’s creative meanders…

#creativity #creativetourist #curvesofpersuit #JanuArty #embroidery #paperart #paperembroidery #lineart

A top down shot of a desk covered in colour squares of card in blue black and white. Each card has punched holes , one card has embroidery thread through its holes showing a pattern of persuit curves

A close up of the embroidery thread in blue hues laced through the wholes of a piece of white card

A full shot of a hexagonal shape - holes punched in white card with blue embroidered thread weaving through each hole to produce a pattern of persuit curves in blue through the centre of the hexagon

Well this escalated quickly…
#paperart #creativity #januarty #creativetourist #paperembroidery #design #mixedmediaart #blue #art #

A screen grab of lots of tiny circles on a design screen, a design work in progress

Meanwhile… oh my, that’s a lot of dots… watch this space - work in progress
#xtool #creativespace #cmyk #creativity #creativetourist #workinprogress #halftone #paperart #lasercut #embroidery

A white lotus illustration surrounded by blue water colour, on a white paper

The finished piece:

#creativity #creativetourist #mandala #circles #art #watercolour #mixedmedia #paperart

An experiment with my rotring compass and masking fluid

#creativity #creativetourist #mandala #circles #art #watercolour #mixedmedia #paperart

Delighted to be hosting @bradleybooks.bsky.social and Rachel Bower for a Tales from the North evening at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social on the 12th of Feb - tickets www.creativetourist.com/event/sj-bra...

@inpressbooks.bsky.social #creativetourist #booksky💙📚

Two packs of brightly coloured Japanese washi paper, the square sort you’d make origami with, but in unusually bright neon design - not traditional. The sunlight streaks across their surfaces whilst still the packets. All sitting on top of a velvet dark green surface of a chair.

Close up of the paper sets, in neon, with patterns of circles and bulbous flowers.

I bought some superb neon washi paper earlier in the week, and they’ve arrived. Exciting!!

What shall I make?

#washi #art #creativetourist #paperart #design #neon #japanese #papercutting #mixedmedia #creativity #fluoro

Black card with butterfly wings cut out - a work in progress, as the wings can be lifted up. Next to the card are pretty layers of Japanese origami silk paper. All sitting a top of a green cutting map.

Start of the week vibes, attempting to match up Japanese silk papers with all the butterflies 🦋
#art #creativetourist #creativity #design #cutout #paperart #drawing #butterflies #procreateartist #mixedmedia

Anyone care to share opinion on #colouredpencils?

Faber Castell polychromos, Derwent inktense, Windsor & Newton, Caran Dache… something else?

I’d like to invest in a nice set, but just.. cant.. decide..send help! ✏️ 🎨

#coloredpencils #colorpencils #colourpencils #creativity #creativetourist #art