Negative Watercolours – Holey Moley

NEGATIVE WATERCOLOURS - HOLEY MOLEY This was how my earlier negative watercolour "Filaments" was supposed to look (but with different colours) but it had a life of its own and went in its own direction before I could stop it!! Here's my attempt to put it right. The initial drawing With this one,…

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Negative Watercolours – Filaments and Maple Leaves

NEGATIVE WATERCOLOURS - FILAMENTS AND MAPLE LEAVES I've been busy with my negative painting again, with two very different paintings. Filaments This one was inspired by a drawing exercise I found online, to develop skills with values. I decided to adapt the idea for watercolours as it seemed to lend itself well to…

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Negative Watercolour – Colourful Fish

NEGATIVE WATERCOLOUR - COLOURFUL FISH This negative painting was inspired by a YouTube video. She did something I hadn't done before, which was to put the smallest elements as the top layer, and increase the size with each subsequent layer. This meant that more of the colours of the layers showed through, and…

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Stencils from AliExpress

STENCILS FROM ALI EXPRESS Recently I was searching for some suitable lids for the new cat food tins we are getting, and the only place I could find where they had them of the correct small size and not in multi-sized sets was AliExpress. I duly ordered two packs of eight, and they…

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Health Update – the Ball is Rolling Again

HEALTH UPDATE - THE BALL IS ROLLING AGAIN Warning - medical details. If you are squeamish, please don't read. After everything that has happened (or rather, not happened) over the past 5 1/2 years, it really does now look as if I am going to get my operation sooner rather than later. It's…

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