Look! There's a Turner in my Home....

....almost. Nearly?? What i made this arvo:-

Warm-up painting (modern abstract mumbo-jumbo-whatever)

 

Acrylic on old book board,

from one of the thrifted books i use for Scribble Shop (free painting surface!! -

except i didn't bother to gesso prime this one, hence the black streaks in the sky part)

Le originale - Venice: Looking across the Lagoon at Sunset

Watercolour on paper, 1840
by Joseph Turner

Just for fun! =D

Well..

..it looks like Scribble Shop will be ending 2009 with 39 sales, unless something comes through in the last few hours. It's been quite a learning curve, frustrating at times but worth it. =) I'm glad i started Scribble Shop.

I've learnt a lot about photography, editing images, shop exposure, marketing/promoting, materials, techniques of working with paper and what-not, sources and suppliers, going thorough uninspired periods, going through busier periods...

 

A big BIG thanks to friends and family for the moral support, suggestions & advice, and all your RECYCLING LEFTOVERS aka Papers and Magazines, Junk Mail, etc. =D And my flatmate aka Brother, who put up with a messy dining table for the better part of the year. And coffee table, in the 2nd half of 2009. Sorry and Thanks Joe! Will try to be more organised and tidy for 2010.

So, what's in store (pun unintended) for 2010? A new art store. That is the plan anyway. I hope it will work out well. We shall see...

Bring it on! And oh yeah, Happy New Year, folks.

Have a Blast

Banner: Updated

I decided to modify the shop's current banner. Better i think:-

:D

On a side note, i had a fabulous Friday. The morning started off well with my physician, after which i treated myself to lunch in the form of a large all-day breakfast (eggs benedict with shaved lean ham and toast mmmmm); spent some time in the spanking new local library (read some art and crafts books), and then went on a date with Edward, Jacob and Bella at the cinemas. It was not bad a movie; if you liked the first one, then you will this. 3.5 ***.

I'm glad i took the day off. The weather was perfect and i got to spend some quality time with my own self. You can't beat that.

Have a great weekend!

Banner Review

Before bed last night, i whipped up a new banner for Scribble Shop. Am quite pleased with it, considering that it only took me about half an hour. A bit of fiddling around with the then-banner in MS PowerPoint and saved as a JPEG file and wa-la..

I think i've improved my banner-making skills. Let's examine shall we?

March-April

May - August, Sept  

++I believe Aug and Sept shared this same last banner.

Oct-Dec

Hmm....I can't tell. I spent a lot of time looking at my shop banners while making them, so i can't be objective enough. Though I can tell you the latest one is my favourite; but even then now that i look at it again, i still can see improvements to make (lighter grey background, more texture).

I have thought about buying one for about $5. Some of the designs I've seen on Etsy are not bad, for that price. But my miserly side is shaking her head. Maybe sometime next year, if i see a great deal. In the meantime, i shall keep playing around with graphics until i make the ULTIMATE banner, the banner to BEAT them all muahahaha!

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*Cough* Ahem. Pardon me.

Goodnight folks.

17 days Till Christmas...

You've probably noticed that it's already Dec 2009. Where does the time go? Soon it will be the start of a new decade. The newspapers here have made up competitions for a new term for the 2010s. No more "Noughties". Good riddance i say. It's a silly term i feel.

ANYWAY....now that i've gotten the boring rant over with, can i just go on and show you what i would love for Christmas? Yup, the wishlist is long and growing but my pocket is small and not growing that much. So maybe it's a wishful-thinking list (shrug). On with it!

From zorya

from MadArt

from paleolochic

from shopelegante

Sigh...black is so timeless...

Wanna win some Stuff?

Just a quick line. Since the holiday shopping season has kinda officially started, how about winning a few Christmas presents instead of buying them? Save yourself a bit of moolah. Check out this giveaway blog:
Etsy Giveaways

where you can win things like this ring and upcycled leather cuff. Yum.

Better get there before i do!