Drawing Challenge :: Burlesque

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Well the weekend is almost over and its late Sunday afternoon here in frosty grey Melbourne. I nearly didnt make this challenge I ummed and arrred and changed my mind a bizillion times before finding the right path that finally led to a concept I was happy with.

There was a lot of burlesque or should I say burlesk on the internet when I was doing my research none of it quite fit the brief....until Liza appeared.

Cabaret

I loved this movie I saw it the first time when I was 10!
My parents were  parents of the 70s where kids were involved in adult conversations and deemed able to appreciate art, literature film and politics.

This film funnily enough epitomises the wonderful childhood I had and the eye opening things that I was allowed to see and do and form opinions on and share my thoughts. This helped shape my creativity. Now I think of those german expressionist posters with their bold use of black and solid blocks of colour being an influence on my style.

I remember after the movie eating dinner and discussing the film with my family and our friends family whose children saw the film too around the kitchen table. We were encouraged to participate in the conversation and even though there were a lot of the adult themes in it that I didnt understand at the time there was also a lot that I could relate to.

It awoke my passion for singing I still think Liza is one of the best female singers Ive ever heard.

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Here are some links to get you in the cabaret/burlesque mood. Also links to the fonts I used.

My favourite scenes from Cabaret

mein herr
money

Fonts

Liza Minnelli :: ITC bottleneck
Burlesque :: Adam Gorry Lights
Cabaret :: Adam Gorry Inline
Life is a :: Broadway

This challenge has been brought to us by the wonderful Tania please visit her blog to find more bone shakin burlesque inspired artwork


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Drawing Challenge :: Dance

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Hello!!

Im back woohoo! so excited was very restless approaching this challenge but Ive managed to find my way through.
So to the challenge I couldnt go past my all time favourite Audrey Hepburn crazy dance in the film "funnyface" with Fred Astaire. This is my all time favourite dance film.

Ive included the film poster above and link to her dance on youtube also a link to a series of clips from the film I found on my cruise around youtube.
I then grabbed brush and ink and pushed out 3 audreys in dance mode. These I took into photoshop grabbed a background and wallah! I hope you like them.

Our host is the lovely Miss Patrice. Please take the time to pop over to her blog and enjoy the links to all the fabulous artworks you will find inspired by this weeks theme.

Thanks Patrice for the fun you provided.

Helen x


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links

funnyface clip (series)

Its time for a quick break

Source: bloomize.com via objectsofwhimsy on Pinterest

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Hello!

as you may of noticed its been a few days between posts and I wanted to let you all know that I need to take a break from blogging.
I have to get some projects that I have to get finished, my website completed and live to the web, some online courses to complete and I would dearly love a new look for the blog if I have any time left over.

I have been finding it hard to find any leisure time of late so Ive decided rather than become sporadic and spread myself thin I will take a planned holiday/break from social media with a beginning and an end.

It wont be a long one just 4 little weeks and I will be back on the 8th April with news and things to show you.

I will of course pop in to visit and comment on your blogs when I get the chance but wont be participating in the drawing challenges or posting.

Behave while Im away and look after yourselves!

Helen x

PS: a holiday in a lovely teardrop caravan would be nice. I particularly love the one above with its retro colours and kitchen sink. My kind of holiday comfy bed but camping style.


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Thankyou!!

My Photo twitter.com/objectsofwhims…
— Helenbeee (@objectsofwhimsy) February 26, 2013

My Photo twitter.com/objectsofwhims…
— Helenbeee (@objectsofwhimsy) February 26, 2013

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Arent they wonderful?

I received these last week one arriving the day after the other. It was a happy end to my day.

The stamps on Normas envelope are really beautiful one of them is embossed and sending it in a cellophane bag kept it nice and safe. Inside was a letter written by Norma I havent had a handwritten letter in years!

I was lucky to receive a postcard from Mano just beautiful I feel very lucky to have it.

A big thankyou to the lovely Norma and Mano for sending them.

Links

Mano's postage post
Normas postage post


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Drawing Challenge :: Glass

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What an interesting week it has been working from our new community office space @ Inspire9 it has been truly inspirational to work alongside such a talented bunch of people. The idea is to provide office space with all the facilities and services that are required in an office but the costs are pooled.

It really is a fantastic idea and lends itself to a lean startup for business. Our interest is the ability to work with like minded people who may have skills that we dont otherwise have and the opportunity to work collaboratively on projects. Nice!

Drawing Challenge :: Glass

This weeks drawing challenge is brought to you by our lovely host Sus you can find more links to lovely glass artworks on her blog.
When I think of glass I think of sea glass its colours and shapes really appeal to me. I wasnt sure where this challenge would take me but Im pretty happy with the results. It was really enjoyable to do. Thanks Sus!

Big thanks to Mano and Norma who sent me their letter from the postage stamp DC. It was really exciting to receive them. Ill post them here soon!

Links

North American Sea Glass Association



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Drawing Challenge :: Lighthouse

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Drawing Challenge :: Lighthouse

The Wolf Rock Lighthouse, Lands End has always held some fascination for me. Its not only because of the fact that it is a lighthouse built on a rock out to sea but the fact that it is in Cornwall where my Grandmother was born (her maiden name was Corney cant get more Cornish than that!).

I found this old badge in an opshop in Melbourne. It looks roughly from the 50s or 60s and I like to think that someone went all the way to England for a holiday and brought it back as a souvenir or perhaps someone from Cornwall was emigrating and brought it with them to remind them of home. It is always exciting when you find something a random object that you immediately connect with for me this badge is one of them.

The badge featured in my sketchbook for the 2012 arthousecoop sketchbook project. Just perfect for this challenge.

This weeks drawing challenge is brought to us by the wonderful and talented Miss Renilde. If you are finished with this post I suggest that you pop over to her blog and take a look at the other lighthouse artworks.

Enjoy the weekend!

Helen x

Link

Wolf Rock Lighthouse History
sketchbook project 2012

All artwork is copyright to Helen Bordeaux 2013

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Drawing Challenge :: Postage Stamp

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Drawing Challenge :: Postage Stamp

When I was young I collected stamps I had my Stanley Gibbons stamp album, a pair of tweezers and a packet of fiddly attaching tabs to adhere the stamps into the album. I felt very scientific going about my business of transferring stamps to album saving pocket money to buy packets of stamps from the newsagent to fill the pages of countries I knew little about.
Setting up at the kitchen table, I would carefully carry the saucer of water somehow always spilling some water on the way, I would use the water to soak the stamps off of used envelopes that I had collected from family.

My Grans were the best ones as she had friends in other countries and wrote lots of letters so therefore received lots of letters.
Competition was fierce what with four rival siblings and various cousins who also collected stamps.
Getting an envelope from my Gran was gold.
At family dos we would show off our wares and sometimes swaps and deals went down everyone vying for the prized set they were collecting.

What used to really bother me was the empty Tasmania page in my album I had stamps from every state except Tasmania. I had stamps from faraway places such as Russia and the Cayman Islands but somehow the elusive Tasmanian stamp never graced my album pages. I grew up thinking Tasmania was a mysterious and exotic place with tigers and devils. No wonder I ended up living there as an adult!

For the challenge I thought I would create my own larger than life Tassie stamp to compensate. I chose a very early Tasmanian stamp that features the Tasmanian Tiger another mysterious and elusive Tasmanian icon.

If you would like to see other postage stamp posts for the challenge just follow the links listed below:


Patrice
Renilde
Barbara
Mano
Emily
Carole
Sus
Norma
Kristen
Sabine
Ariane
Tania



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