Wednesday 16 April 2014

MIXING IT UP A BIT

Doodle-Town Map - Jez
'Welcome to Doodle-Town' is my entry for the Mix it Monthly challenge to create a map and use pinks and browns.  Wherever you go in Doodle-Town there is a great deal of variety - in fact it can get a bit too much variety if you are driving around looking for a particular address because there are no signposts.  The best thing about Doodle-Town is that all roads lead out of town and away to something more like civilisation.

And now three digital paintings, which I created for the 'Away from Home' theme at Paper, Paint, Pencils & Pens .  I wanted to illustrate some of the holidays I would love to have taken but never got around to, and here are my imaginary holiday destinations.  All three were painted with the 'Brushes' App on my I-Pad.
Painted on I-Pad with 'Brushes' app - Jez
I love Japanese Gardens, and this little corner of the large garden of the old house we'd spend a month or so in would be where I would come to sit and enjoy the silence and serene atmosphere.

Painted on I-Pad with 'Brushes' app - Jez
Then there was the holiday we fancied in a lighthouse on a cliff, but that was in the days when we would have enjoyed climbing half a dozen or more flights of steps to see the view.  Good job it's got a television aerial and broadband.

Painted on I-Pad with 'Brushes' app - Jez
And a real castle on its own little island, with a gentle slope on the other side behind the castle with a helicopter pad and beautiful gardens leading down to the beach.  At the moment we are out for a ride in the power-boat that is included in the deal.

If you want to come and spend a little time with us in one of those lovely imaginary places, I'm sure we'd find room for you.

Linking with Mix It Monthly,

22 comments:

  1. smashing digital paintings Jez and really love your Doodle town map for MIM. Annette x

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  2. Lovely digi paintings. Yes, I would like to spend some time at the castle, please!

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  3. Wonderful work, as always, and I love that doodle map! Valerie

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  4. Is that you at the top of the lighthouse? Love these faraway snapshots and would quite happily take my own holidays there :) especially the remote castle on an island - I might just forget to come back!

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  5. Your art I-Pad is amazing with cute drawings, especially the lighthouse. I Love your Doodle-Town map, great design and combination colours.

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  6. I love your map! That's such a great idea, and your doodles look just like some architectural maps I've seen in the past. Blessings!

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  7. Oh I do so love the map!, the digi pieces are lovely.

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  8. I love doodle town-perhaps that is where my doodimals live?! I do like your fantasy holiday choices especially the castle on its own Island!

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  9. Your doodle town is so interesting!

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  10. Wonderful fantasy art! Love the Map Jez it's very unique and wonderful with all that detail! Happy Easter!

    Hugs Giggles

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  11. These are all really wonderful. Well done
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  12. Your doodle town work is simply amazing, Jez. I love maps so it is intriguing to me. Don't know diddly-squat about iPad drawing but it looks good to me.

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  13. great digital paintings Jez and I really love your fabulous Doodle Town! Very cool!

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  14. Lovely map and destinations too. I've been fussing a bit with doodling, but nothing like yours.

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  15. Love your Doodle Town, I can imagine some very 'funky' people living there. Your holiday destinations, I'd love to spend some time in your Japanese garden :)

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  16. Ohhh so sweet your lil doodle-town! I have take a walk through the streets and it was a pleasure :) Love also the background, what fun! have enjoyed looking all your sweet castles and sceneries too :) happy you paint with us on Mix It Monthly ♥ Conny

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  17. Oh Jez, your doodletown is adorable. What a great idea for the challenge. And your dreamt holidaydestinations are looking great. I especially like the idea of the lighthouse ....

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  18. I enjoyed all of your art, but the one that really made me feel all zen was your Japanese garden. Its monochromatic colours and simplicity of strokes created an ultimate place to relax and think! Thanks for sharing!

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  19. wonderful map! I love it and all your other art too!
    Happy Easter!

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  20. Love your doodle town. The lighthouse is awesome too.

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  21. I like doodle town -- I may have to move there. Very nice work here. Thanks for sharing!

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  22. A great take on the theme!

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