Designer Benches in Port Elizabeth

How wonderful are these benches painted by art students? We attended a graduate exhibition at the Bird Street Campus of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

I love the colourful designs.

 I have more arty finds to share after I organise all my holiday pictures. Of course I also have some pictures of the exhibition to follow soon.

 This one really makes me want to paint something, anything!

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Dear Skirt

Dear Skirt,

You are dull. I will embellish you until I am satisfied.  All who gaze upon you will say: "Oh, that is very Reeva!"
This will make us both happy Skirt, just you wait and see.

Luv Reeva

Creative Journal

The Couple

Port Elizabeth, South Africa art scene

It rocks to see a thriving art community in Port Elizabeth! Makes me proud. 

http://blog.nmbt.co.za/blog/entry/nelson-mandela-bays-art-scene-is-growing

Everyone has a website, except you.

Really? Everyone except me? Well that is still not reason enough for me to have one, after all I have a Facebook Page and I feel that really meets my needs for now as I build up my working portfolio. I am just not yet ready to sell.

Well I guess learning how BEFORE I really need to know holds a huge amount of appeal for me and so I have created my first website. It can only get better but if you are curious or bored enough then here is the link:

http://oliveberri.wix.com/reevarubin

Artist resources

This link is for free ebooks especially for artists:
http://www.artistdaily.com/content/Free-eBooks.aspx#business


This link is for How To:

http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-Basic-Human-Figures


http://drawingfullerton.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2013-04-13T14:00:00-07:00&max-results=7

Try new things

Something I have been wanting to try for a very time but never get around to is rubber stamping. 
Today I found a very inspiring blog called: http://blogdelanine.blogspot.com.es/2008/04/eraser-stamps.html?m=1

Watch this space!!

Current work

Current work

I am looking forward to having our second room cleared of all its storage and creating a beautiful,  comfortable creative space to work in. I have been looking at some ideas on Pinterest and I don't know if that is a good or bad thing because some people have really 'WOW' space to work in. I realise they are a tiny minority though.  I will share some here. Would you be interested to see the before and after? Let me know and I will take pictures. 

New work

I enjoyed drawing this. Can you tell?

Carrot Cake

Reeva's Favourite Carrot Cake

I thought I had lost my favourite recipe so now that I have recovered it I am pretty much putting it here where I can find it again but you are welcome to try it and enjoy!! 

Beat 3 Eggs &
375ml Sugar

Then 250ml Oil (or 200ml Oil & 50ml Water)

Sift the following:

1 cup White Flour

1 Cup Nutty Wheat Flour

5ml Bicarbonate of Soda

10ml Baking Powder

7ml Cinnamon

5ml Nutmeg

Pinch of Cloves

Mix Well

Add 4 grated carrots

1/2 up to 1 cup of Walnuts/ Pecan or mixed Nuts

Pour in greased lasagna style dish and bake at 160 Deg Celsius for 1 hour 15 minutes or until cooked.

Icing:

Mix 750ml Sifted Icing Sugar + 50ml soft Butter + 2ml Vanilla + 1/3 Tub Smooth Cottage Cheese/Cream Cheese

Casserole

New work - The Colour Collecton

I am so thrilled to finally be posting some work from a new series I have been working on. I am enjoying so much exploring pattern and textures as well as the bright colours warming up these Southern Hemisphere winter days. Hope they brighten your day too! Feel free to share on Pinterest, just hover your cursor over the picture you want to share. 

Please do not print them out. They will soon be available for sale! 

Elephant Sculpture

When I was a sculpture student our lecturer took us to the Port Elizabeth Museum to meet their taxidermist. He gave me a rat skull which resembled an elephant head and trunk (perhaps more so if you are far sighted). Anyway, this is what became of it.

Plaster, wax, found object. 

Vintage Reeva ceramics

Although this is vintage Reeva pottery, I did have great fun photographing it. It was made pre-digital age and I could never do it justice. More postings tomorrow!

Vintage Clay Work II

although i am thoroughly enjoying my 'compensation arts' of painting and photography, i am gradually developing a longing to squeeze, pinch, roll, smooth, mold and shape cool, wet clay in my hands.  

Vintage Clay Work

Under the Sea

Sand between my toes, crashing waves, rock climbing, sea snails and hermit crabs, coco butter sun block, searching through rock pools, the warmth of tidal pools....oh I do like to be beside the seaside!

Fair fowl

I repainted this chicken in blue to match my wedding deco and placed her on the dessert buffet table.