Thank you to everyone that entered the competition I had a difficult, but fun time judging, so much so that I couldn’t decide on just one winner, but more on that in a minute.  As the standard of the entries was so high I will be emailing a pdf copy of the halloween colouring book to everyone who entered.

There are three winners in three different age brackets, Millie Claridge in the 5 to 6 bracket, Sean O’Sullivan in the 7 to 8 bracket and Ashley Knight in the 9 to 10 bracket.  The winners prize is to request for me to draw their very own zentangle doodle art design on whatever subject they would like.  Once I’ve completed the drawing requests I will post the pictures on the website and then post the originals out to the winners

The Winners

I really loved how Millie incorporated some mixed media elements into her design and at 5 years old I think she has done an excellent job of colouring it in so brightly.  Any witch would be tickled pink to wear a hat like this.

Millie Clardige - Winner 5-6 age group

What I liked best about Sean’s entry was his great use of colour and how he really gave the hat a face with his bold and bright use of colour.  I also liked how Sean used vibrant wax crayons.

Sean O'Sullivan - Winner 7-8 age

Ashley really went to town on her design using sequins and glitter mixed media elements, but also colouring in the background, which I thought was really wonderful and she even sent me the original picture in the post when she must have really loved it.

Ashley Knight - Winner 9-10 age group

The Runner Ups

Tia’s entry was lovely and bright and again made some great use of mixed media.  I really liked how Ruby Elena went with a colour scheme and made good use of white space. Ned used cooking oil to give the paper a translucent effect when put up to a window or the light and I really liked his witchy green colour.

Tia Claridge

Ruby Elena Williams

Ned Roberts

Joelle used pencils and created a beautiful colour scheme.  Isobel had a great use of colour blocking that really made elements of the hat stand out.  Charlotte went for a bright and vibrant colour scheme and I liked how she incorporated her own patterning into the mix.

Joelle Chow

Isobel Stevens

Charlotte

Anya Daburn

Amy Moore

Olivia Daburn

Eleanor

Lauren Welsh

Thanks again to everyone for entering the competition

Wealie x

As I add to my shops I’ll update this post, but you can also access all my online shops via the ‘Shop Wealie’ links section to the right of the website.

Happy browsing!

Wealie x

Etsy

Etsy is for those of you that want to buy an original piece of artwork from the Wealie repetoire.

All items listed on Etsy are the orignal artworks and include: Abstract ink art, abstract paintings, abstract doodle illustrations, mixed media paintings.

All artwork is signed and dated by myself (Wealie).

Be sure to check back every now and then at my Etsy Shop as I will be adding new pieces on a regular basis.

Society6

Autumn Doodle - iPad Skin

Society6 has my art designs, scans of abstract paintings and illustrations and some of my best photography that is available to buy on the following products:

Art prints, framed art prints, stretched canvases, stationery cards, iPhone cases, iPhone & iPod skins, Laptop & iPad skins, Tote bags, Throw cushions, Hoodies and T-shirts.

It’s easy to use, simply browse for the design you like and select the product, submit your order, make a payment and then sit back and wait (hopefully not too long) for your Wealie goodies to arrive.

Make sure you check back with my Society6 Shop every now and then as new designs will be added regularly.

Instacanvas

Passionflower on Instacanvas

If you are a fan of my instagram feed under my Rufuswealie nickname, you might like the services that my Instacanvas store can supply.

Basically the majority of my instagram pics are available to purchase as one of the following products:

Canvases, Framed prints, Prism, iPhone cases and Greeting cards, all of course in the trademark square format of instagram.

I take a few instagram pics at least once a fortnight, so check back regularly at the my instacanvas shop to see what’s new.

Redbubble

Wealie abstract design T-shirt

Like Society6, my Redbubble shop has my art designs, scans of abstract paintings and illustrations and some of my best photography that is available to buy on the following products:

Matted prints, Mounted prints, Calendars, Canvas prints, Framed prints, Photographic prints, Kids clothes, T-shirts & hoodies, iPhone & iPod cases, iPad cases, Stickers, Posters and Cards.

It’s easy to use, simply browse for the design you like and select the product, submit your order, make a payment and then sit back and wait (hopefully not too long) for your Wealie goodies to arrive.

Be sure to check back every now and then at my Redbubble shop as I will be adding new designs and photography regularly.

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

For She Is The Storm - Copyright R.Weal 2011

One of my family’s favourite stories about me (of which there
are many), is how I was born under a raging summer storm.
In fact, that August in the year of my birth was a very stormy one and apparently even as a babe, I was never frightened of the storms – mainly I slept peacefully through them.

As I grew I became increasingly fascinated by storms and I’ve always been able to tell when a storm is coming, even before the clouds roll in and the ozone coats the air about us.  Every so often in my life there has been a special storm, one that feels familiar and right.  A deep gravitational pull exists between us, pulling us into each other’s sphere of being, speaking deeply of home and belonging.  She is the elemental force from which an unknowable part of me was sprung the night I was born, my mother storm.

As I sense mother storm I feel the need to go out and meet her; (for I cannot think of her as an ‘it’), to commune with her essence.  I can only describe it as a perfect feeling of being welcomed home.  She always comes when I need guidance or support, when my reserves are low and my spirit ebbing.  She infuses my being, filling me up with her rejuvenating power, firing my creativity with her lightning, warming my heart with her raucous thunder.  And as for her blessed rain?  Oh, to be kissed by her tears – for a moment to be washed clean of all my earthly bonds and pains is a truly indescribable experience.  For when her essence whips about me I am not of this earth – I am the wind, I am the rain and I dance to the thunder beneath the lancing lightning that binds my spirit to her.

Storm Swept - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Whilst I commune with her time stands still and yet moves faster than anything I have ever known.  The exceptional bond between us defies all reason.  When she leaves me I am bereft, for a moment so heartbroken I wonder how I will even find my next breath.  But then the world reasserts itself, my heart beats and I find that I am once again whole, infused with a new lustre and will to go on.  Her gift to me is the elemental sorcery that always resides within me, keeping me safe in the light until she can find me again.

She visited me earlier this month and brought forth a torrent of poetry and art (which you can see here in this post), stoking the fire into life from the dying embers of my creativity.  Below you will find the video I captured of my mother storm and the piece of poetic prose I wrote for her.  I hope maybe some of her power leaps out from them into you.

Thank you mother storm, ‘till we commune again I will ever be your earthbound daughter.

Tread safely in the light.

Wealie x

Reunited

She felt the presence long before she consciously understood. Something called up from deep within her – dormant electricity brought forth into being with only a thought, brightening the very blood within her veins to sing in anticipation.

Alive with power, glowing with effervescence and a pure spark of life, she stepped out into the world no longer entirely a part of it. The wind’s whispers grew into a loving caress, promising the birth of magic to come. Brooding clouds crowded about her, transforming her into an ethereal form. The very weather itself courted her like an attentive lover – framing her like an ancient goddess among men.

And then she knew; knew her storm was calling her home. So long since last they communed, too long since she was filled with the ancient power in her veins and blessed with the mighty kiss of the storm’s tears. So long since she had been absolved of all earthly bounds and shame.

Original Sketch of Storm Goddess - Copyright R.Weal 2011

“Come,” she plaintively called
“Come to me,” she breathlessly heaved
“Breathe new life into my tired soul.
Imbue these wizened veins with the elixir of your simple truth.
Release my true self and I will be your earthly emissary.”

And so her storm came, rushing over, under, around and through her – flooding her system with cleansing power, covering her with tears of joy as it sung her thunderous praises, ecstatically lighting up the sky with the excitement of their reunion. Woman and storm converged in sorcerous communion, her earth bound spirit set free, birthed anew in the tender love of her mighty Mother Storm.

With regretful motion the two were parted, neither knowing when next they would converge as one. But always within they carry a vital element of the other, so that they might always find each other across the long oceans of time and the lost, lonely valleys of each day and night. For in truth they can never truly be parted.

Ruth Weal

For Mother Storm, until we meet again I am ever your earthbound daughter
x

Written during a beautiful Summer Storm

Copyright R.Weal © 7 May 2011 1.10 am

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

It's All A State Of Mind, Gel ink on card A4 - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Kapow! Gel ink on card A6 - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Concentric, Gel ink on card A6 - Copyright R.Weal 2011

A matter of heart, Gel ink on card A6 - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Swirling, Gel ink on card A6 - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Its not trigonometry, Gel ink on card A6 - Copyright R.Weal 2011

Swirly gig, Gel ink on card half A6 - Copyright R.Weal 2011

I also used to keep a compact camera in my bag for those moments when you see an image you just have to capture, but now I’ve got the iphone I can at least leave that out of my bag.  I must admit though that the quality of the iphone pictures and video isn’t as good as my trusty compact -Pentax Optio S6 and I’m currently investigating a new Compact that I can go snorkelling with, not to mention the Pentax K 7 that I’m coveting! So watch the blog for more details of my forthcoming gadgetry purchases!

But, I digress – today I want to talk about some of the hidden gems I’ve found just in my Elfin Diaries Notebooks of 2004 – 2010. I had obviously just forgotten about them and I feel a little bit guilty now that I see they aren’t all that bad.

First up are the doodles, which I often have a lot of in notebooks at work, scraps of paper, backs of receipts, etc.  These were all quick snaps taken with the iphone of small doodles in the moment, so the quality’s not great, but I was too lazy to get the SLR out tonight .

Elfin Diaries Doodle - Copyright R.Weal 2010

Elfin Diaries Doodle No 2 - Copyright R.Weal 2010

Elfin Diaries Doodle No 3 - Copyright R.Weal 2010

Elfin Diaries Doodle No 4 - Copyright R.Weal 2010

Elfin Notebook Full Page Doodle - Copyright R.Weal 2004

Webbed Berries - Copyright R.Weal 2009

It’s official, Autumn is back in the UK, with last Tuesday, 21 September being the official first day of Autumn.  To celebrate the changing of the natural colours from a green Britain to one of reds and golds I decided to finally edit some pictures I took last year at around this time.

The set is called Autumn 2009 and there are a couple of my favourite shots from the set in this post.  I’ve also put a poem in that I wrote in response to one of the great pictures of my flickr contact Brentjp99, the poem is called “Stolen Summer Sun” and it was inspired by the photo Senescence.  If you get a chance, take a moment to check out Brent’s photostream, you will not be disappointed.

Yellow Buds - Copyright R.Weal 2009

I hope you enjoy the pictures and my poem.  Make sure you take a moment to get out into nature this autumn.  It doesn’t last long and as the winter months draw in, the colours in the landscape will be few and far between until the spring arrives.

If you do get out and about, don’t forget to take your camera and capture nature changing right before your eyes.  And if you get a chance publish your pics to flickr and I’ll drop by and have a look see!

Enjoy the autumn!

Wealie

STOLEN SUMMER SUN

Autumn’s come and someone has stolen the summer sun
Who are then, these canny thieves?
None other than the conniving deciduous tree leaves
Fat and green from the boon of the spring rain
These crafty leaves plot and whisper their latest criminal campaign
Softly caressing, swishing and pressing, a perfectly crafted tease
A plaintive calling as the sun was falling, so effortlessly pleased
Throughout long summer months
Devouring the sun’s rays in little bite sized chunks
Like lovers lips locked stealing the other’s breath
Calling on the Autumn’s birth and the Summer’s death
Green leaves no more, but crisp gilded golden tones
They laud their treasure over the Evergreens’ disgruntled groans
Basking in their stolen sunlit glow
They think not of tomorrow, just go with the flow
But as they frolic, sing and dance
They do not understand how much they’ve really chanced
For in the end crime cannot pay
Especially when lady Winter, is on her way…..

Ruth Weal – 10 July 2007 6.30 pm
Inspired by the picture “Senescence” by Brentjp99

Copyright R.Weal 2007 ©

The idea of this piece is to represent the power we hold in our hands and the sight we don’t necessarily use with our eyes.

Apparently it’s still freaky, though not as freaky as Sight Bound.

Medium is acrylic on canvas covered hard board, size is A4.

This is a typically Wealie work.

Medium is acrylic on canvas covered hard board 12 x 9 ins.