Calendar Challenge : October

hi everyone, welcome to the October calendar challenge. 

A reminder of the rules for this month.. 

1.. Keep a part of the original picture and incorporate that into your design

2, Technique - use water,bleach,rubbing alcohol to remove colour to create a pattern

3. Add – add something or use the style of a famous artist. Tell us which artist and why you like them. 

4. Blog your calendar page and link up from October 1st 2015

Here is how my calendar started... Mona.. 

I decided to keep the background.. as for my famous artist, I chose Banksy. I love his bold graphic images, they always make me smile. They just seem perfect for the age we live in. 

I started to black out all the dark areas and shadows. 

and then I added the white.. 

I did say I would keep the background. and I will.... I just need to cover it up first. 

I added several shades of brown. 

Using a brick wall stencil and some rubbing alcohol I began to rub back the brown paints, this bring the original background back to the surface. 

Once the bricks were in place I added some grungy bits of white at the edges. 

Here is the top part finished. The original background now shows as the bricks. 

On the bottom I used the same browns, stencilled in some bricks and added some little rats in honour of the Banksy rats. 

and the whole of the bottom page.. 

The two pages together.. 

Hope you like her.. 

Here are the rules for November. 

1.. Keep a part of the original picture and incorporate that into your design

2, Technique - make it shiny... anything metallic, paint, sprays, waxes,metal embellishments

3. Add – theme, make your page mythical and magical, anything fantasy

4. Blog your calendar page and link up from November 1st 2015