Lucy Maree Murdoch - Aren't Loose Creative Designs

Drawings and compositions featuring dogs Dixie - images ready to use for drawing - practiced using iPad Adobe Photoshop apps. The Best of British - Bull Terrier - pastel pencil, ink liner on watercolor paper   Donated commission piece for a memorial card - the Staffordshire Bull Terrier - RIP Clint, a well known dog breeder, exhibitor and judge who sadly passed away during lockdown from a cycling accident.  This card was made and given from a dog club I belong to for his family.  Clint and his family  was from South Africa so the colors reflect the flag and the dog for the breed he was best known for. Pencil, copic markers, pastel on card stock  Dixie - in autumn or fall colors - an exercise in color and different approach to a dog portrait - combining of synthesizing of elements and ideas.  pencil, copic marker and Pitt markers. Tulip the Samoyed - thank you card commissioned for a club member who donated tulip b...

Collage exercises - June 19 2020 Collage 'Now'- Ït's later than you think" This collage is made up of magazine clippings, hessian, cardboard backing, corrugated cardboard strips to join over the hessian squares - pressed leaves from the park, feathers and a chalkboard tag with acrylic Moulton Metal translucent paints - coated with Mod Podge and gloss sealant.  "Future"collage - "Return to the Garden of Eden". made up of cardboard back, magazine pages, magazine clippings, feathers, vintage buttons, yarn and cotton wool/bandage - elements and a chalkboard tag. The two pieces hopefully complement each other - the Future work creates more of a picture whereas the Now work is a series of elements.    The biggest issues with the two collages were the cardboard stretching and in reflection I should have used a canvas board for backing. Covid-19 Collage exploration  Collage and multimedia work during lockdown 2020.  Not part of my c...

Exercise 09 - Why soap? 12 June 2020   1. a - How do we use soap? For general bathing hard or liquid soaps are applied directly to the hands or skin or on a wash cloth, loofah or scrubber. You can use a scrubbing brush to assist in hand and feet cleaning. Soaps are used in cleaning laundry both in the home and commercially. Liquid or powder form is the most common - dishwashers use powder or tabs. Soaps for personal hygiene can be applied directly to the skin or wash cloth/scrubber/brush. Then rinsed with water.   b. Substitutes for soaps I found a few: 1. gram flour to which you could add any of the following or a combination - sugar, lemon, honey, curd, milk or water and mix with water. 2. Multani mitti 3. sandalwood powder 4. coffee powder or used coffee grinds 5. oats 6. lemon 7. Alum powder - kills bacteria 8. salt 9. banana 10. oils 11. plain water and a scrubber Soapweed Yukka - plant based - crushed roots of plant foams ...