With a population of nearly 7.5 million and very little developable land remaining, Hong Kong has become the least affordable housing market, making so-called 'coffin cubicles' common. United Nations have condemned these nightmarish cage-apartments as an insult to human dignity but according to the Society for Community Organisation, for some 200,000 people it's still the only alternative.
Artist: Jason Hardy(See more below) According to artist and founder of The Canary Project Edward Morris, the Green Patriot Posters project was launched to "create stronger, more broadly appealing imagery for the sustainability movement". When he and his partners set up a website and asked designer
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A tiki classic decked out with an umbrella and orchids.Want to see the latest art projects and a sneak peek of what's in progress? Check out the Instagram feed @marcellakriebel This is a reproduction of an original watercolor. Marcella Kriebel Art + Illustration © all rights reserved copyright non-transferable.
I have a 8x8 thank you card to share with you all today. A little bit of inspiration for this months challenge 'A little bit of colour', I have used a limited colour pallet and embraced my white space (a little). There is still time to join in the challenge this month for your chance to win. I cut a piece of card to fit my card blank and stamped one of the wonderful butterflies from the butterflies stamp plate in the upper right corner using a Candied Apple Distress Oxide pad. I then sprayed the ink with water and stood the card up so the ink would drip down the card. After drying the ink, I stamped randomly over the whole card with the same stamp and Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide. After spraying the ink with water and allowing it to drip, I dabbed away some of the ink as I wanted these butterflies to be incomplete and the fade into the background. After drying I deciced to add very small amounts of yellow ink in places. Using bits of scrap card my mask areas off I stamped the plaid background stamp using Vintage Photo Distress Oxide over the top. Once all my ink was dry I added some washi take and stamped the words thank you. I painted the letters with a white paint pen, which I outlined with a black pen. Then it was time to doodle on and around the butterfly with black and white pens. Thanks for stopping by Gemma Products from The Artistic Stamper Butterfly Stamps Grungy Greetings Plaid Punk Background Distress Oxides
Known for their climbing prowess, the amphibious coastal Ralfs are in their element on land, water, or especially on rocky cliffs. No ropes needed for these creepy, yet adorable climbers. New art for your camper? Cabin walls ? Maybe a surprise for your favorite outdoorsy human :) This is an 8.5 in. x 11 in. print made from original Leroy's Place art. This image was originally hand drawn directly onto a vintage painting using pen and paint--Photoshop was NOT used to create or enhance this image. 1/4 in. white border around the edge of the print, and the title is printed in the margin. The paper size is standard, so you will have a lot of quick framing options! The print is not glued to the backing board, so you can easily take it out of the sleeve to frame. "Bouldering" is printed on a high quality non-archival card stock and will be shipped with a recyclable backing board in protective bio-degradable 'plastic' sleeve. *Note* These pieces are originally drawn directly onto vintage paintings--any imperfections on the painting do appear in the print. Also, colors may vary slightly due to photos, light, and differences in computer screens. *All images are copyrighted by Leroy's Place, LLC* *Watermark does not appear on purchased print*
Hello Everyone This months challenge theme on The Blog and Facebook page is Monochromatic. Here is a little more inspiration, there is still plenty of time to join in the fun, we love looking at all your creations. For the card I cut a piece of card stock to measure 37.5cm x 14.5cm I scored this at 7.7cm intervals along the top and burnishes all the score lines. The box is a little bigger with plenty of space for a small gift to be placed underneath the card. The card for the box measured 41cm x 14.5cm. This needs score lines at 3cm, 16cm, 3cm,16cm with 3cm left along the 41cm side, and 3cm score lines along the 14.5 side (fingers crossed that made some kind of sense). I brushed black and white Dylusions paint over both pieces of card, this blended together to give me lots of different shades of grey and white patches. I then randomly stamped both the Grid and Dots background stamps over the top using the black paint. After drying that off with my heat tool I sponged some white paint through the random dots mask, then I stamped one of the Dog Rose stamps designed by Lesley Mathewson over the top with Archival Ink. Once everything was dry I used Posca paint pens to colour the flowers in orange for a hint of colour, I also used the same pens to add dots to the centre of the flowers. I finished off by going around the edges of the flowers with a black pen and adding a quote from Georgia O'Keefe. Thank you for reading Gemma Products Used From The Artistic Stamper Dog Rose By Lesley Matthewson Dots Background Grid Background Random Dots Mask Black Marble Dylusions Paint White Linen Dylusions Paint