Scrawlrbox July and August

 

So here are July and Augusts Boxes

I think Julys box was quite interesting as it was liquid graphite! something I've never heard of before, its werid to use too and I am not sure the 'colours' work. but anyway the prompt was Mother nature, i think? so I was stumped with that again.

So I drew a skull! who's suprised anymore?! lol

And this is Augusts box which I am excited about as I've been on a bit of an acrylic binge at the moment and I can't wait to use these!

Scrawlrbox June 2020

OOOO I love this box! although I feel we've just had a watersoluble box (april) so I didnt think we would get one again so soon. But I dont care as I love watercolours!!!!!!

Excited by the colours and prompt for this box and I already have an idea for it (and its not a skull hehe)

Oh and I must get on and do something with Mays charcoal box, I got a bit distracted with my idea for that and never went back to it. Charcoal is messy....

Artful box 2

So during this lockdown I've been looking for new things to try without leaving the house. I thought about getting another Artsnacks box but it seemed that everyone else had that idea too and they were all sold out and I think there was a waiting list. I remembered a box that my friend had recommended to me some months back but I was put off as it was only a quarterly box, however it was close to the deadline for box 2. So thats what I went for, it is rather expensive for a box £30 including shipping, but they had a code that gives you £10 off so I only spent £20 on this box. I thought that given the price and the fact that the box is only one every 3 months that there would be a lot of supplies in it to keep us busy. I was disapointed.

It looks like the majority of the money goes towards printing the hefty magazine that comes with it, as I do not feel the supplies make up the price. 

Faber Castell Polychromos: Hobbycraft price £1.90, Amazon £3.49

Faber Castell Pencils: Hobbycraft £1.60, Amazon £2.16

Faber Castell Mechanical Pencil: Amazon £4.52

Faber Castell Sketch Pad A5: Craftstash £5.49

Faber Castell Rubber: Amazon a box of 40! £2.18 so 5p each?

Sharpener: Amazon a box of 50 £1.99 so 3p each

So a total of £20.29 if you shop around. 

I don't understand why we've been given a white pencil when there is no coloured paper to use it on, we have a white sketch pad and white cards so making that pencil useless. 

My overall impression of the box is its not worth the money nor the wait, yes I will use the supplies (and I have been) as they are good quality and the pencils/sharpeners and rubbers will always be useful, but I like subscription boxes to challenge me and make me think outside my comfort zone. 

Shop reopened

Just a little post to say that I have reopened my shop on Etsy with some changes as to how and when I post orders. As it usually takes about an hour to get into my local post office (queuing) I only want to go to the post office with a decent amount of orders and not one order as and when they come in, so I will be taking all orders received over a week to post on Monday. I have updated my announcements and shipping profiles to reflect this time frame. 

May 2020 ScrawlrBox

A Pastel/Charcoal themed box with the prompt 'Carbon Heroes' and I'm pretty sure I'm going to draw another skull....

Dungeons and Dragons Homebrew World

I've been a Dungeon master for my friends for about a year now, and a few of my previous posts may have included some d&d stuff relating to this (I also have a blog featuring minis that I've been painting), but a month ago I decided to create my own Homebrew world as I felt it would be easier as a storyteller to create my own tale instead of using Faerun and the Sword coast (which was fine but I felt a bit restricted with what I could do with the players and the locations of people and places) 

So here is their 'starting' island, Gladras:

Currently Gladras features 1 city, 2 towns, docks, forests, a marsh and some mountains. The players have started at level 1 and I wanted to create a small island with low level threats to not kill them.... yet.

Adventures with EVA foam.

Now I am not a cosplayer nor do I make props but for some reason when Kamui Cosplay posted a PDF of how to make skulls with EVA foam I just HAD to do it. 

But I dont have any EVA foam or experience with the stuff....

So after a little bit of research I found where I could get some foam in the UK, along with the foam clay that I wanted to use on the skull: Poly props. I also got some contact adhesive from amazon.

Now I dont have a printer so I thought I could trace the pdf pattern from my monitor if the image was scaled to 100%, it wasn't until I had completed one side of the skull that I realised it was too big. So I popped the pdf on a usb stick and found a photocopier to print the pieces the right size lol.

After working my first attempt, (which wasnt really a failure as I got to practice with the glue on the foam) I started with the face plate part of the skull to be sure it was scaled correctly this time. A few hours later and I had completed the whole top of the skull, the jaw i'm still confused about how it attaches.

Anyway here is its current state:

Next I need to test primers and paints on the scrap bits of foam and also play around with the foam clay as I have never used the stuff before.

I'm using 5mm white foam as I plan on painting this skull as realistic as possible so I thought that a white base would be eaiser to paint instead of black and trying to get it white. Watch this space.....

2020 Scrawlrboxes so far

 Februarys box

March's Box

I loved April's box so much that I did multiples, including a self portait.

Then I aslo bought an old box from the shop which I think was Jan 2017, and I LOVE how my drawing came out!

Scrawlrboxes

Novemebers Scrawlrbox, Gouache and "Face of Emotion"

Decembers Scrawlrbox, Metallics and "Squared Away"

Januarys Scrawlrbox, Pastels and "Reflective Skies"

Robin Christmas cards

Scrawlrbox October 2019

I like the look of this box, but the prompt 'Dressed to the nines' is giving me problems as always.

Scrawlrbox September

Excited by this box, as its watercolours but different?! never seen or heard of these before but its a novel idea, good for traveling. Also excited about the winsor and newton fineliner pen, I've been wanting to try these out since they first mentioned them. 

Scrawlrbox August

I do love me a rainbow selection, and I'm super happy that we got the chameleon fineliners! the prompt is Rainbow Renaissance so god knows what I'll do for that, maybe I will do a skull again or maybe keep practising my dragons.

Another dragon

A little blue and silver dragon, this time with dice in its treasure hoard. Unsure what to do with the background, should I paint it gold, or stick with the galaxy background like the red one? hmmmm

Also somehow the paper got scratched before I started painting but I wasnt about to let that put me off. 

A little dragon art

I've been wanting to get back to drawing and painting dragons for while now, and I have a few projects in the pipeline that require some dragon art. So here are a few practice pieces.

And here is a more recent artwork that I really love even though I can spot about 3 things wrong with it. Really pleased with how the coins came out, as last time I painted coins it did not go well. 

ScrawlBox June and July

Heres what I did with Junes Scrawlrbox, not following the prompt but painting something that I've been meaning to for a while, a Blue fronted Amazon. Really loved this tiny pallette but I did miss my range of colours from my regular Winsor and Newton paints. 

This is Julys box, its water mixable oils and the prompt is Abstract floral, so I think this one might sit in the to do pile for a while lol. Its not that I dont like it, its just that oils are messy and there's only one canvas with this so I feel I need some practice first.

Glow in the dark Keychains

In a few weeks I will be going camping, and as I have been playing with resin and glow in the dark pigment I thought about making some keychains that can attach to the zips so I can find them in the dark with out the aid of a torch.

In daylight

Charging with a UV light

and glowing. I've had these in my room at night and they give off quite a nice glow all through the night without having to be recharged. The pigment I used is Stuart Semples LIT.

Dice update

So here is a wip of my own dice that I have been working on. Still got a long way to go before they are perfect, but I am learning a lot along the way.

June's ScrawlrBox

Love this box, although I have already got the Polychromos colouring pencils, but I don't own the Daler Rowney Aquafine watercolours. It's a cute travel set that I've been carrying around in my bag since it arrived but have yet to use them lol. The prompt is Summer flourish and I am really stuck on it. 

Luminous Dice

Some dice I didn't make:

TDSO Luminous Ruby

TDSO Luminous Ro Chrome

and TDSO Luminous Shade