What I did for the Diamond Jubilee!

I have had quite a few requests for what I did for the Diamond Jubilee so hear goes! I went to a street party on the Monday of the long bank holiday, this is the picture that I said I would be submitting for the exhibition! Also I did take full part in the celebrations watching the Thames pageant, the Diamond Jubilee Concert and some of the service at St Paul's Cathedral! Feel free to let me know what you did below, by commenting on my posts!

Harlow Jubilee Art Exhibition

I have some good news! That I will be exhibiting alongside my Dad at the Harlow Art Exhibition on the 4th June 2012 at Churchgate Street Church, if you can make it along you would be more than welcome.

The Art Exhibition runs alongside lots of Jubilee events and activities. Wristbands are £2.50 or £5 on the day per person. The wristbands allow entry back without having to pay again. The event runs from 2pm-11pm, an ideal chance to bring a picnic! There is also raffle tickets at £1 each. For more information email clairesart123@live.co.uk I will uplioad the picture I am doing onto my blog in due course.

Saffron Walden Art Show

Today we went to the Saffron Walden Art show in the town hall. There was a selection of pictures from various people in the Saffron Walden Arts Trust availible to look around. The pictures ranged from seaside boats done with a pen and wash to an acrylic tiger. However my favourite picture which I voted for as my picture of the show was a donkey with its head poking over the wall in watercolour. This has given me inspiration for a watercolour picture myself which of course I will upload to my blog very soon!! Another idea I had was from many of the canvases which where textured, possibly done with papier mache would create a good effect for seas if I was to look into Acrylics. Also the textured effect would be good for front covers of books. Seeing pictures of different medias side by side I thought that if I was to take my arts award to another direction I could combine different medias for different effects and textures. One example of this I particuarly liked was a gold based one where she had used tiles,wool  and wood. We also entered into a couple of raffles raising money for the trust, one to win a boat painting (we chose mumber 22 as our lucky number) and a raffle to win a christmas hamper with about 4 availible, (Our strip of 5 was 461-465)