ONLINE ART COURSE - EYE 3 Today I drew the third of four eyes in the Graphite module of the online art course. This was the first one where the teacher left us to our own devices, assuming that by now we would have enough knowledge and experience to do the drawing without…
CROCHET ELBOW PATCHES I am gradually working through my hubby's winter woollies, ready for him to wear as the weather gets colder. Each year in the spring, I wash all our jumpers and put them away ready for the following winter, but I don't always get around to attending to any repairs at…
ONLINE ART COURSE - DRAWING THE SECOND EYE The second project in Module A (graphite) is "Eye Studies." This afternoon I worked on the second eye. As before, we began by mapping out the essentials, following along with the teacher's drawing, and referring constantly to the reference photograph. This eye was a bit…
ONLINE ART COURSE - WORKING ON THE SECOND PROJECT Eye studies I've begun the second projct in the course, which is on drawing eyes. When I saw what we were expected to do, I thought it looked much too hard and I'd never be able to do that! However, he is such a…
BEGINNING A SECOND LINEN APRON, AND SOME HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY From the outset, I intended to make two vintage-style linen aprons, and last week I began working on the second one. This one will have floral embroidery on it, in a more traditional style. I have already cut the various pieces to make the…
ONLINE ART COURSE - COMPLETING MY FIRST PROJECT This afternoon I followed along with the teaching videos and completed my first project - the still life of onions and garlic, using graphite pencils. Here is a montage of the completed drawing with the first drawing minus the shading. It is amazing what…
ONLINE ART COURSE I am not normally someone who takes any notice of ads on YouTube, apart from getting profoundly irritated by them, but occasionally something comes up which stands out from the rest and sparks my interest. This time it was an online art course called Draw Awesome. Phil, the teacher, has…
ROARING CATARACTS! Well, not quite... and this post isn't about waterfalls, but about my eyes - and my bladder. Eye test Last year I had my regular two-yearly eye test and check-up, and much to my disappointment, they told me that my cataracts were not ready to be dealt with. I was already…
PRAYER BIBLE - COMPLETING THE TABS AND EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT MEDIA FOR EMBELLISHMENT The tabs All the theme tabs on my Prayer Bible are now complete, and glued in place, with the verses highlighted and the respective theme written in the top margin. The Bible is now ready for use as a Prayer…
SASHIKO I recently rediscovered Sashiko online. Some time ago I looked at this form of Japanese embroidery and thought how effective it was, and put it on the back burner as someting to explore further. What is Sashiko? "Sashiko" means "little stabs" in Japanese, and it refers to the small stabbing stitches of…
