fiberrainbow

Here's the finished little painting

(only 9 x 14 cm ,   3.5 x 5.5")

The new fine brushes I bought lately

are just fine for this

(I had some older ones with hairs sticking out : grrrrrrrrr)

Because it is such fun

I started on the next one immediately.

(in progress)

October 26 

is a special day in this house

hmmmmm

forty-seven years ago

.....

and still going strong !

;-)

Today there's a lovely creature in my mandala :

hasty, swift, careful

and with a LOT of fine reddish hair ...

yes, I love 

squirrels

The Pink Ribbon mandala for day number twenty-six 

"gatherer"

Karisma colour pencils on heavy weight drawing paper  (A4)

the mandala itself is  14 cm  (5.5")  in diameter

If you want to hang this lovely agile fellow (girl) on your wall,

or you want it as a present for someone who loves the woods

then please send me an email at fiberrainbow@gmail.com

This original artwork costs  € 26, -  (+ postage

€ 1,92 in Holland and  € 3,15 elsewhere)

Some people might ask why I don't have the artworks framed ?

That would be rather difficult and expensive in the mail.

And you might have a different taste for a frame than I have.

IKEA (HEMA in Holland) or any Art supplies store

have simple and good quality frames

for anyone's taste.

(it's not difficult at all to put a drawing in a frame !)

(see you tomorrow)

Drawing my mandala,

and then a quick tour to Rotterdam

for some shopping.

First of all 

the most important thing this month :

Pink Ribbon mandala number thirteen

you can send an email to fiberrainbow@gmail.com
It costs  € 13, -  (+ postage)
And all the money goes to Pink Ribbon

*

So ... I made my trip to Rotterdam by boat,
as usual, and bike.

Holland has a lot of water
so a lot of bridges too !


and at the end of my trip in the center of the city

where the former office building (now a hotel) of the old
Holland - America - Line
is dwarfed by the new Port of Rotterdam building
and the Montevideo appartment building

I also visited the new Market Hal
a spectacular design
(and far from finished)
It is an arch-like building
with appartments on the outside
and a huge hall with little shops inside.

People in Rotterdam have already come up with a nickname for it :
the "Rotterdam Sistine Chapel"


whereof only the tower and the outside walls
were about the only bits that were still standing downtown,
after the big bombing of Rotterdam in May 1940

and to the right, more fruits and flowers.
Perhaps you can understand the nickname now ?

Working for the Christmas Fair 

gives me the opportunity (or urge)

to try some new things.

This time my inspiration is what lives in the sea.

Not very Christmassy you might think,

but that isn't specifically required.

I love seahorses !!!

(though  NOT  the dried ones cast in plastic !!!)

Last Saturday 

daughter and I went to the Alpaca farm.

There they have a knitting group

that meets every first Saturday of the month

but, this day was additional.

Though the weather turned rather cold

inside it was warm and cosy :

with nine ladies,

coffee, tea and cookies

a LOT of talking and laughter

and some knitting.

We had a lovely morning.

One of the ladies (Linda) made these fun crochet animals,

lóve that mole with his pin prick eyes !

(no ladies in sight here, because I didn't ask their permission, so ... )

Because I still had some felt cuts 

I started with the embellisher again.

The little piece made me think of the "God's eye" image

(a lovely picture that I found on the web)

Well .... not really of course

but when I look at my felt cut outs

the name is appropriate

fabric, felt and tulle sewed together.