Welcome to my blog

If you enjoy finding a lot of different outlets for your creativity, then we may just be kindred spirits.
This blog is an outlet for my interest in miniatures, crochet, plastic canvas, and many other various arts and crafts.

I also love walking, taking digital photos, and most recently, have rediscovered an old love...bike riding! I purchased an amazing new bike, a comfy Townie by Electra this summer, and have been having a grand time exploring the area as though for the first time. It's like being a kid again!

If you enjoy any of these things too, pour a cup of coffee and tea, sit down, and join me.


Take care!
Kat

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Completion & Review/Tulips & Windmill Diamond Painting

Monday, June 27, 2022

Completion & Review/Elephant Moon/Budget Diamond Painting

Friday, June 24, 2022

Completion & Review /Realistic Squirrel in Tree/ Budget Diamond Painting

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Today's Art: Yellow Tailed Damsel Fish, on Procreate

 

Yellow Tailed Damsels by Kathy Schopp, on Procreate


I've been in a fishy mood, lol.

I found a photo of a pretty yellow tailed damsel fish and did my best to recreate it on my Ipad, with Procreate.  
Here's the image I found online at Bird's Head Seascape blog:


GBFKE Unboxing/Farm Animals/Budget Diamond Painting

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Today's Art: Damself Fish, on Procreate

Damsel Fish, by Kathy Schopp

 Todays Art on Procreate: Damsel Fish

So I drew the damself fish on the upper left, after looking at loads of pictures of real fish.  Then I painted him, experimenting with different brushes, colors, and layers.  I duplicated him twice and played around with the shape, color, and orientation for the other two fish. 

The background was just painted with the soft air brush in several colors of blue from dark at the bottom to lightest at the top, and the plants are just brushes that came with Procreate, in various colors and opacities.  I had fun, and need to try again as I'm not fully happy with the fins.

7D2D Alpha 20.5 Stable/EP 7/Daytime Horde

Completion & Review, Big Eyed Cat Girl DP

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Octo Moon Ipad/Procreate Original Art/cartoon

 

Octo Moon by Kathy Schopp




Octo Moon


I created this cute little Octopus tilting the moon, on Procreate with my Ipad yesterday. No tutorial, just my imagination. I want to try it again without the black outlines and maybe more detail.
I wrote a story to go with it and hope to do more drawings to go with the story.



Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Procreate Art, Summer Sunset Lake Landscape

 

Summer Sunset Lake #James Julier Tutorials

Another Great Tutorial by James Julier

I really enjoyed making this pretty landscape art on my Ipad using Procreate, thanks to the talented Bob Ross of Procreate, James Julier.

It's hard to see here when the image is so small, but I think I improved my clouds technique, especially the ones that are fluffy and highlighted by the setting (almost fully set) sun.  I love the colors.
I need to learn how to do grass better, and reeds, but I think I've finally learned how to do skies, trees, and lake reflections. :-). 

I may go back to this and edit it so there's not so much sky at the top; but this is how the tutorial was done. I think I'd like it more if the horizon line was up higher and there was less sky on top.