Final Scavenger Hunt

Hi everyone,

        2013 Summertime Photography  Scavenger Hunt

I have really enjoyed participating in this year’s hunt. It has been great to get my camera out, click away and look for new ways to display the photographs. Here's my complete list.

1.   Open air market

2.   Theatre for performing arts (not a movie theatre)

3.   City Hall, Capitol or other similar civic building

4.   Airplane

5.   A sunset

6.   Someone or something taking a nap

7.   A sign that is intentionally or unintentionally funny

8.   A tower

9.   A photo with someone or something that is clearly out of place or doesn't belong

10.  A bench that is outside

11.  An animal in a zoo, aquarium, nature preserve, etc.

12.  A cloud in the shape of something (please specify what you see)

13.  A fence

14.  A stained glass object or a mosaic

15.  A fire truck or police car

16.  A windmill 

17.  Candle(s)

18.  Your local pub/bar, coffee house or tea shop

19.  A fisherman

20. A dinosaur

21.  A photograph of you with an artistic tool or craft supply

I can't wait to see what my fellow hunters latest finds are. Looking forward to checking all your links. Thank you, Rinda. I have really enjoyed participating this year. I am already looking forward to next year's hunt.

Have a great weekend

Andy  

Scavenger Hunt C

Hi everyone

It has been a busy week with lots of toing and froing. I am glad of a few days at home and have been working on another post for Rinda's 2013 Scavenger Hunt. I have tried something new with layouts. What do you think? I found the layout on pixelscrapper.com designed by Brooke Gazarek. It's a great site to visit.

Today's theme: Out and About

As you know, if you are a regular reader of this blog, we visited family in West Sussex over the summer holiday. While we were there, we had a few outings, including one to Russell's Garden Centre, which is a favourite of ours.

And GunWharf Quays in Portsmouth where we saw a ship shaped bench that has a wonderful history. 

These candles were spotted in John Lewis, which is new homeware store in Chichester and where we love to window shop. Wish there was a store near us in Kent (John Lewis take note!). 

While travelling through Chichester, we saw something rather unexpected on the top of Beaver Tool Hire. They always do something unusual, like a Darth Vader for the Starwars 25th Anniversary, or Santa stuck in a chimney for Christmas. I tried my best to get a photograph through the car window, but what you don't see is the baby jumping up and down in the pram. You can just see it's tiny hand in the top right picture. I love the wheel-barrow display too. 

We have also spent some days exploring our local area, visiting several beaches and other wildlife attractions that are to be found around the Thanet and Dover district in Kent. 

As we don't have a pet and the wildlife around us always seems to be awake, 

I was wondering what I could photograph for my napping subject.  This father and son were captured fast asleep while we were taking a walk along Deal's coastline. 

The next set of photographs were taken at Wingham Wildlife Park, which is not far from where we live. We are lucky to have a few animal parks around us, which I love to visit, that have animals of all sizes. This love stems from childhood visits and watching and observing nature. I hope to go back again but remember my sketchbook next time!

And lastly, the photographs below are of the Fire Engines' Warehouse, which is connected to Manston Airport, which is not far from where we live. I added on the children's ride as I couldn't resist the temptation to have a go on it myself. My wife says that I am a big kid at heart, which she loves about me at times and makes her laugh!

Hope you have enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed scavenging and hunting over the last month. I can't wait to post again soon. I have some towers and castles to show you spotted at a recent wedding reception. 

Until the next time, have a good week. 

Andy

Scavenger Hunt B

Hi Everyone

Welcome to the next installment of my Scavenger Hunt. Thank you for your comments about the last post, I really appreciate them.

I have decided today's theme is : A Historic Sandwich.

Sandwich is a historical town very close to where we live. It's history stretches back to when it was a port for Henry VIII and there is plenty of material for a Scavenger Hunt. Sandwich also has the best fish and chips in the area!

Number 16 - a Windmill. 

This is the White Windmill Heritage Center. Sandwich has two windmills and is very close to two off-shore wind farms, so I was spoilt for choice!

Number 3 - Civic Building. 

This lovely building is the Sandwich Guildhall (complete with bunting to commemorate the birth of Prince George).

In Sandwich there are some great place names; Buttermilk Lane; Knightrider Street; Short Street; the Butts, and there is also a sign post that points to both the village of Ham and the town of Sandwich. 

By far, my favourite is ...

Number 7 - A sign that is intentionally or unintentionally funny

This leads me nicely onto...

Number 18 - Your local pub/bar, coffee house or tea shop

The No Name Shop is one of our favourite places to pick up a sandwich and a cup of tea. Unfortunately, it was closed for refurbishment when I took this photo but I have heard it has reopened its doors. Yummy!

Will post again soon with more finds. 

Andy

Scavenger Hunt

Hello everyone

Firstly, can I say Happy Anniversary to my wife. We were married Four years ago today and here's to many more years together.

Horray! It is the summer holiday and the paperwork is all complete, apart from one project. A sketchbook journal book. I am happy to now be spending my time drawing and painting. It's a fun project.

For this post, I would like to focus on Rinda's 2013 Scavenger Hunt. I have made a start with the list and I am looking at the items as themes and would like to share the first set with you. (Mind you, as I am writing this and looking through the photographs, I have this song stuck in my head.)

My theme today: The Sky's the limit!

For Number 4 on the Scavenger list, we were lucky enough to have the Manston Airshow very close to our house. We had everything from Lancaster bombers to the Red Arrows fly over but it was very hard to get a good photograph. It was a really cloudy day.

Number 5 is a Sunset; again a local view over farm land. 

And finally, Number 12 on the list - a cloud. I would love to know what you see in this photograph? I find it fascinating to know what other people think,

because what I can see is ...

A tortoise - One of my favourite reptiles.

There you have it. Three items blogged, only 19 more to go!

I hope to post again soon and will include the outcome to my Making Art that Sells course. In the meantime, I am off to catch up around blogland to see what everybody else is up to.

Have a great day. We are going out to dinner this evening. Who knows, there may be an opportunity to cross another photograph off the list.

Andy

Making Art That Sell

Hello everybody

I have been very fortunate to find myself on the e-course 'Make Art that Sells' run by Lilla Rogers, who is an Art Agent Extraordinaire. 

Last week was week two and with the fantastic support of my wife, I have managed to find the time to complete two great assignments.

The course is about helping you to develop your work ready to use in a commercial market.

The first assignment was to develop a vintage kitchen style fabric

I used my own photographs and drawings to help influence the final outcome.

I have not drawn like this for a long time so it was a great exercise.

Assignment Two was to design a set of plates. This was a bit more difficult, but here is the final result.

I would love to know what you think? 

Time for me to start Rinda's 2013 scavenger hunt and the third class assignment commences this week. All I know is that it is book illustration; can't wait!

Busy times ahead at school also as the end of term exams and ofsted (again) are looming.

Take care and I promise to be back soon with a glimpse of this week's assignment about which I am very excited. Can you tell? 

Andy

Creative half term

Hi everyone

Once again, I have not been on my blog for quite some time. Apologies! Exam season has started and this means lots of nervous students and extra paperwork for me, so I was glad of the opportunity to be creative this past half-term week.

First of all, I had a mammoth baking session. The evidence can be seen below and in the delight on my family and friends faces.

Malt loaf and a White Bloomer

Cookies

and then, home made Croissants - A major job to make, but well worth it.

Secondly, I also had the time to play around with the Gelli plate which I won through the Sketchbook challenge.

I loved using it but feel that I would benefit by having it more accessible to be able to learn more about it. I shall have to find some free working space but what with the baking, and two creatives in the house, that is going to be difficult! I used ink sprays and acrylics mainly but I could not resist an insect or two.

The insect is a mono print painting. There is a video on the GelliArt website (June 28 2012) on how to use it that I found very helpful.

This was an experiment to see if I could add drawing to the prints... I love the colour combinations.

And finally, I have to share these photographs with you. The first shows a visitor to our garden yesterday. This little damselfly is one of my favourites. I think the shape and the delicateness is what appeals most.

The second is a Mural spotted in Chichester when we visited family there. Having known the area for a very long time, it was great to see new large scale paintings and sculptures everywhere. This was our favourite.

Lastly, if you have not seen it yet, Rinda has announced details of this year's scavenger hunt on her blog. I missed the hunt last year but read all about it. It sounds like a great amount of fun, so I have a feeling I will be posting a lot more often in the next few weeks as I participate. If you take part, good luck!

Back to work again tomorrow, but hoping to post again soon.

Andy