Creative Tuesdays - One Flower

Something a little different this time over at Creative Tuesdays, a two parter.  The first one is to do a single flower with a whole bouquet following in two weeks time.

Fancied doing some collage as I only had an hour, so dragged out some old papers and just played with them.  I'd forgotten how absorbing this is as I tend to go with the flow when collaging and never worry about the outcome.  So I found this very refreshing. 

Michael has a new blog which is a delight to read, as amongst his talent for all things arty, he has a wonderful way with words, so he can eloquently express himself both in words as well as pictures, a gift indeed. Go and have a read, you won't be disappointed.

Collage girl

Having fun trying something different.  I am doing Cathy Bluteau's workshop called Draw, collage and paint held by Creative Workshops.

The face is pencil with one layer of marker pen to add a little colour, although it does not show up on the picture below.  Markers are not very compatible with pencil as they do pick up the graphite.  It should have been watercolour for the face, but I am a bit pants with this medium, so replaced with marker pen. The hair is then collaged with strips of paper.  Very pleased with my first attempt. Am I getting in training for the 29 faces challenge next month, I wonder?

All done during a very violent storm with a lightening bolt hitting a petrol station about a quarter of a mile away and also knocking out all my electrics at the same time.  Luckily it tripped out my earth switch, so no damage done.