SKETCHING AT DARTINGTON On Saturday we went to Dartington Hall to do some sketching. I did two, with lunch in between. The entrance to the courtyard This has always been a favourite view of mine. Unfortunately I didn't get the proportions right in this one - as usual I squashed it! Also I…
STASH BUSTING - TAGS FROM TRASH I'm on a stash busting binge at the moment because I've got far too much stuff in my studio, and it's time I used some of it. Today I used recycled packaging as the base or initial embellishment for several tags. I have some odd sheets of…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 9 - COMPLETING THE PROJECT - THE CLOSURE, DECORATING THE COVER, AND FINISHING TOUCHES On Saturday night I completed this project, working till 2 a.m. to get it done!! I wanted it complete to show to my friend at our lunch out on Sunday, and it took…
SKETCHING AT COCKINGTON AGAIN Yesterday we had another outing to Cockington, this time to share a meal at The Drum with friends. We set off early enough to get in some sketching time before lunch. After some pretty awful and cold weather from the beginning of June, things began to pick up a…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 8 - DECORATING THE CHECKATRADE FLIER Change of plan My original plan was to introduce some fun interactive elements into this late add-on to the folio. However, over two afternoons, I spent many hours trying to perfect these elements, without success. I found video instructions online showing…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 7 - DECORATING THE SECOND FOLIO I have now completed the decoration of the inside of the second folio of this project. I am continuing the vintage theme, with red as the focal colour, but in this case with the addition of a little bit of green…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 6 - BACKGROUND INFO FOR SECOND FOLIO DECORATION - ANTIQUE BOOK I'm digressing from the main project in this post, because I want to share with you the source of some of the decorations for the second folio. If I included this in that post it would…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 5 - DECORATING THE SECOND FOLIO I have now begun work on decorating the second folio in this project. Again, as you open it, you see the inside of the first panel and the outside of the third. At this stage, I have completed the inside of…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 4 - DECORATING THE FIRST FOLIO I had a very productive long session in the studio today and completed the decoration inside the first folio. I didn't take WIP photos but just ploughed ahead, so the following photos are all of completed panels, which I will describe…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 3 - ADDING A QUADRI-FOLD! In this session, I was planning to steam ahead with the addition of pockets and embellishments, but I got side-tracked with the arrival of more junk mail through the letterbox. A Checkatrade flier! It is 4-fold, and I refolded it so it…
