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Summer Children’s Colouring Competition

Ruth Weal — Fri, 16 May 2014 05:19:23 +0000

Throughout May/June I am inviting children up to the age of 13 to submit their colourful examples of the Caterinas for the chance to win a children’s Art party with four of their friends in either Ink Art or Embossing Art – See the Workshops and Parties page for details.

The Caterinas

All you have to do is download the entry form, print it off and colour in the design. Once it’s coloured in fill in the form and email a picture of it to info@wealie.co.uk by 31 June 2014. All entries will be displayed on the Wealie Arts section of the website and the winner will be announced by 12 July 2014.

Good luck and I look forward to seeing all the wonderful and colourful designs!

Wealie x

Artist in residence at Bristol Hobbycraft on Saturday 28 Sept 2013

Ruth Weal — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 23:19:54 +0000

Hypnotica - Abstract fine liner doodle art zentangle

I’m looking forward to tomorrow as I get to have fun demonstrating my art at Hobbycraft Bristol, Cribbs Causeway as their Artist in residence. I’m going to be doing some dylusion ink art, mono printing on my Gelli Arts Gel plate, see some examples of the different types of art I’ll be doing throughout this article.

Wealie Arts Halloween Colouring Book Cover

Dylusions Ink Art Design

I’m also going to be doing some abstract doodle art, or zentangles as they are sometimes called and I’ll be launching my very first abstract doodle art colouring book, a snap at just £3.50 Don’t despair if you won’t be able to make it to pick up your copy, keep a watchful eye on this space as I’m hoping to upload it as a downloadable pdf at some point in the not too distant future.

I’ll also be launching a halloween colouring competition for kids up to the age of 13 to submit a coloured version of one of the designs (the witches’ hat) from the colouring book, with a prize of their very own zentangle doodle art design of whatever subject they would like me to create.

Firery Waves - Mono Print

The deadline is 31 October so there’s plenty of time for the kids to get colouring and you can download a copy of the competition form and rules here. I’ll post the entries I receive on a special blog post on 05 November together with the announcement of the winner and will post a pic of the winner’s doodle choice once I’ve completed it.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

R
x

It’s National Doodle Day!

Ruth Weal — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:29:49 +0000

Today, 02 March 2012 is National Doodle day in aid of Epilepsy Action, did you do a doodle today? As a committed doodler I felt it only right that I provide a doodle for such a worthy cause and of course I enjoy the wonderful pass time. Below is the doodle I created especially for the day and underneath are some of my most recent abstract doodle art creations.

I hope you enjoy looking at the doodles as much as I enjoyed creating them. Why not pick up a pen and do some doodling yourselves, I promise you won’t regret it and if you read up on the meaning of doodles you might even find something out about yourself.

Happy doodling!

Wealie x

National Doodle Day Doodle - Copyright R.Weal 2012

Protect my heart - Copyright R.Weal 2012

Protean - Copyright R.Weal 2012

Doodle Design for Gemma - Copyright R.Weal 2012

When hearts collide - Copyright R.Weal 2012

Hodgepodge - Copyright R.Weal 2012

Swimming in Swirls - Copyright R.Weal 2012

Dearest Ben - Copyright R.Weal 2012

Higgledipiggledi - Copyright R.Weal 2012

Radiating Stars - Copyright R.Weal 2012

Wealie Art Designs on Clothing & iPhone Cases Available to Buy

Ruth Weal — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:13:19 +0000

I’m pleased to be able to let you know that you can now buy some of my Wealie Art
designs on clothing and iPhone cases at redbubble.

You can purchase t-shirts, long sleeved tees and hoodies for both kids and adults and there are also baby t-shirts and one piece outfits for the little ones. The clothing is available in a variety of designs and background colours to choose from.

The iPhone cases are available for the iPhone 4 and 4S models.

Additionally you can also order greeting cards & postcards, posters, stickers, calendars and photographic, canvas, framed, mounted, matted and laminated prints of my artwork and my best photographs.

Thanks for taking a look at the designs.

Wealie x

Here’s a few examples of what’s available:

iPhone Cases	T-shirts & Hoodies
Kids Clothing	Stickers
Calendars	Greeting & Post Cards
Posters	Framed Prints

Swirling Doodles Make Great Patterns

Ruth Weal — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:15:06 +0000

I’ve been busy doodling again and my current doodling obsession has been back with curves and swirls. I haven’t stopped at just the doodling though, I’ve been making use of my new Adobe Illustrator CS5 skills to make my original doodles into some funky patterns that make saleable artwork. However, the process from a wandering doodle to a vector pattern is not an easy one.

I always work best with pen and paper and rarely doodle in any other way, but transferring those designs to a computer and retaining their detail and textures always has some drawbacks. I scan all my doodles in as bitmap files using my scanner, but this creates a lot of noise and a large file size. I also often use unusual inks, especially bright vibrant gel inks like metallics, glitter gel inks and Zebra Super-Marble Gel Rollerball pens, which give you three different colour inks in each pen. The ink looks great on paper, but some of the detail gets lost in the scanning process. You can buy a pack of 6 Zebra Super-Marble Gel Rollerball pens from Amazon for only £4.69, which I used to create many of the original doodles shown below.

In Photoshop CS5 I do my best to clean up the noise and bring up the contrast so the design is more visible, but to make a pattern that can be blown up and/or reduced in size without losing quality and retaining smooth edges requires converting the image into vectors. To do this I use Illustrator CS5 where I have to painstakingly draw round each of the individuals curves and swirls of a doodle and then colour the shapes. Then I’m able to play around and make my patterns. It probably sounds like a painstaking and time consuming affair and you’d be right, but it is also a labour of love.

For your viewing pleasure below are my original doodles scanned and tidied up in Photoshop together with the vector patterns that I created in Illustrator.

Happy doodle trails!

Wealie x

Swirlycules - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Swirlycule Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Curlicues - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Firery Curlicues Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Green Curlicues Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Swirl Dance - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Swirly Frame Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Coloured Swirl Dance Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Swirly Emblem - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Swirly Emblem Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Octoswirl - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Firery Swirls Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Swirlpool - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Swirlpool Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Primeval Swirls - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Primeval Swirls Pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

More Doodles

Ruth Weal — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:56:29 +0000

I’ve been at the doodling again and here are my latest doodles for you to have a look at.

Enjoy

Wealie x

It's all in the pattern - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Purple and Gold Emblem - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Target Practice - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Marble Emblem - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Golden Emblem - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Circuitous Route - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Valentine’s Day

Ruth Weal — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:11:11 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day my friends, love it or loathe it, Valentine’s Day has become an intrinsic part of the British
culture and in my experience people usually fall into one of four camps:

Ben's Heart - Copyright R.Weal 2011

The Total Buy Ins – This group of people get swept up in the hallmark ideals of Valentine’s day and feel the need to out do themselves every year with bigger and better presents. They don’t worry about the inflated price of roses, big and gaudy cards and cuddly toys are a minimum. Scarily I’m also seeing adverts for things like IPads as Valentine’s Day gifts, which to me is just way over the top. I mean surely a “token” of your love should not cost £350 +? Truth be told this group is normally either the fairly young or those in relationships (often fairly new) who haven’t quite left the rose tinted glasses behind them.
The Total Buy Outs - This group are the bah humbugs of Valentine’s special day. They don’t believe in it, won’t support it in any way and generally poke fun out of anyone that celebrates the day in any shape or form. They are often disillusioned with every other holiday such as Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and of course Christmas, having lost any innocence or childlike wonder some time ago. A fair few of them are likely to be single, survivors of past relationships or in one that isn’t making them happy and fulfilled.
The Wannabes – This group is for those that would normally be in the Total Buy ins, but due to a lack of current love interest find themselves unable to enter into the holiday they love with the same spirit. In fact quite the opposite the holiday can make them more depressed at their seeming failure because they haven’t attained a spiritual oneness with another person. They desperately yearn for a secret admirer and are crest fallen when no card or flowers land on their door come 14 Feb. Sadly this group can also be those that become the Buy outs, there expectations never having been met, they give up on the idea of Valentine’s altogether.
The Share A Tokens -This group neither loves, nor loathes the holiday and they treat it as an opportunity to just remind a loved one (not necessarily your significant other) that they are loved and cared for. No grand gestures required, but no bah humbugs either. A nice personal little card, maybe a back rub or some personal vouchers, e.g. for breakfast in bed. Basically something that shows you care without going over the top. There may be a meal and some flowers involved, but on the whole they don’t go into debt up to their eyeballs to fund it!

I like to think I fit into the latter group of people. Whilst I think it’s nice to have a day that celebrates love and lovers, I don’t agree with the commercialisation of it that leads to such high expectations. I read somewhere (last year) that a young lad committed suicide because he didn’t know what to get the girl he was seeing for Valentine’s Day and was afraid she’d dump him for it and couldn’t face it. Obviously he had bigger problems going on, but it highlights a growing trend in our society that more is more and if it were a word morer would be best.

I think it’s important to remember that it is just a day and that if you love someone, every day is an opportunity to prove to them how much you love and care for them. Cliché it may be, but then it is a fundamental truth that we all know if we take a moment to look beyond the modern voracious need to consume, covet and own that there is more to love than electronic goods, holidays, champagne, flowers, chocolates and cuddly toys. You don’t need the material things or even the hallmark card, you just need to show it in a way that make sense to you and to the person(s) you want to demonstrate it to. Because when someone withdraws the little touches of affection, fails to say they love you in deeds or words, it is these that you miss, that cut a hole in your chest where your heart belongs. Gifts can be easily forgotten, but memories, the very best of them, are for life.

This year Ben got a home made Wealie original card (not so strange as I tend to make all my cards), but also including a Wealie original piece of art (the heart design above at the beginning of the article) and a few heartfelt words, plus plenty of love and hugs. I’m getting a massage and Beef Stew and dumplings. I can think of no better way to spend my Valentine’s Day, though I could do without the cold, I’ve got!

To all of my friends and loved one though I would also like to share a bit of extra love with you today, to let you know that there is space in my heart for you too. I hope that wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, whomever you are with, that you are loved, valued and special.

Below is my Wealie Valentine’s blessing. Why don’t you take a moment to give someone your Valentine’s blessing and give the gift of a memory that lasts a lifetime for them and you.

Wealie x

A VALENTINE BLESSING

Felicitations and blessings of love and affection I’m sending to you dear friend
For my heart is too large for one meagre card and the smile this will bring worth more than riches and rings

So with honest reflection, ban all thoughts of rejection, embracing this love and affection
Now knowing this true, hold dear the knowledge that loved are you!

Dedicated to all my dear friends, whose love buoys me when life threatens to sink.

Fevered Imaginings

Ruth Weal — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:33:49 +0000

I’ve been pretty busy of late with work and one of the ways in which I am able to decompress is doodling.
Here’s my latest doodles for you to have a look at.

The designs are all a mixture of metallic, pastel and neon gel pens on white card.

Swirls

Ruth Weal — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:11:15 +0000

My latest doodles created using some spiffy new metallic pens on plain white paper. As usual they are very swirly and colourful, with a lot of concentrated detail in a small space! The largest piece is A Matter of Swirls, which is A6, the other two are approximately 50% of A6.

My favourite is Swirly Gig, which reminds me of some kind of primordial starfish like creature, but I’m pretty pleased with all three.

Enjoy.

Wealie x

Popping my Illustrator Cherry!

Ruth Weal — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:58:01 +0000

Sorry for the long absence, but with the less than ideal internet connection in the hotel on the Isle of Man and being really tired when I got back, I’ve just not had the will to turn on the laptop until today. Anyway, I’m back to normal now, so thought I’d better update the blog!

Last week I finally stumped up the cash and indulged myself by buying the Adobe CS5 Master Suite. I spent most of today installing the software and getting rid of old versions of Photoshop and Dreamweaver and a selection of other software that does the same thing as the Master Suite. Then there was the fun of ensuring that all my Photoshop presets were copied over and setting up my preferred workspace view. Well once I’d gotten that out of the way it was about 10 pm and I started at 2 pm!

After all that I felt like I needed to have a little play around, so opened up Adobe Illustrator, which I’ve never used before. It took a little getting used to, but with the help of the lovely Ben who’s a bit of an expert in Illustrator I came up with this:

I’ve called her Irene the Illustration and she was created without a graphics tablet I might add. It was good fun and she does look similar to the face doodles that I occasionally draw in notebooks and on scraps of paper. I can thoroughly recommend having a play with Illustrator if you haven’t done so already.

Happy electronic doodling!

Wealie x