DrawAwesome Album Part 9 – Completion of the Project

DRAW AWESOME ALBUM PART 9 - COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT The final stage in constructing the book was to glue the end-papers inside the cover boards, sandwiching the reinforcing roofing felt and covering the insertion of the ribbon ties. The completed book With all its embellishments, the spine embellishment and the ribbon closure,…

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DrawAwesome Album Part 8 – Completing the Cover and Making the Spine Embellishment

DRAW AWESOME ALBUM PART 8 - COMPLETING THE COVER AND MAKING THE SPINE EMBELLISHMENT I was a bit concerned about glueing the end-papers onto the cover and expecting the fairly thin paper to bear the weight of the whole binding. I therefore decided to add some hidden reinforcement between the end-paper and the…

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Draw Awesome Album Part 5 – More Binding

DRAW AWESOME ALBUM PART 5 - MORE BINDING Assembling the end papers and title page Before beginning the binding of the cover, the first step was to assemble the end papers and title page for the front of the book. Both had tabs to be inserted into the slot between pages 1 and…

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New Kuretake Pens

NEW KURETAKE PENS I have my friend Caroline on the ArtKula forum to thank for these - she is the great temptress on the forum, introducing us to all sorts of art materials that we've just got to have!! These water-based brush pens are a six-pack of gorgeous smoky grungey colours. Right up…

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Village Fete

VILLAGE FETE On Saturday we attended the annual fete in the village where we used to live. It's always a fun day out, and I usually find plenty of bargains on Annie's white elephant stall. This year she celebrated 40 years of manning this stall, selling all kinds of things people don't want…

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