Well, I have been busy. I can't remember the last time I did two posts in one day! Pressed into service Thinking about my larger teabag mini-albums, I thought it would be fun to add some pressed flowers and leaves. Several years ago I bought a second-hand flower press on Ebay, not with…
Dyeing paper with fruit "tea" I hesitate to call this stuff tea because it isn't. I have never liked it - far too fragrant and sweet for my taste. I also really dislike herb "teas," most of which taste like dead grass. I prefer a cup of real tea, my favourite being Lapsang…
Teabag Mini-Albums Yesterday I continued working on the teabag mini-albums, beginning with one of the small ones - I've decided to make two rather than one with the backgrounds that I have made. I was in a bit of a quandry what to do with these very small pages, because once I'd done…
Teabags, doodles and inky backgrounds It's so lovely to be back doing teabag art again - it's been years, literally. I've decided to make some teabag mini-albums. I made the first lot of page backgrounds yesterday but forgot to photograph them - photo a bit further down this post. When I had made…
I've been busy this week! Highlighting magic As I mentioned in my previous post, I discovered a brilliant new tip for highlighting drawings and paintings recently. In common with many others, I have struggled for years with this because most white pens don't live up to expectations - they are either too watery…
New drawings Recently I found some YouTube videos with lots of inspiration, so I played them, stopping often and copying down various motifs and ideas for use in my own projects. One video was of a riot of different flowers connected by different border strips and background fills - plenty of material here…
Chemistry is a wonderful thing A chemical experiment... ...gone wrong. Oops, indeed. Kitties Nothing wrong with the chemistry here, I am glad to say.
I mentioned yesterday that the title page drawing in my new book was showing through slightly on the following page. However, looking at it today, it didn't seem so bad after all, and perhaps it was due to the fact that the ink was still slightly damp - not wet enough to smudge…
My new drawing book A couple of days ago, my new drawing book arrived. It is a Rhodia Webnotebook, A5 landscape. It has a hard cover with a gorgeous soft smooth surface, in stylish black, with the Rhodia logo discreetly embossed on the front. The corners are rounded, and it is kept closed…
Watching Peter Draws again on YouTube, I decided to try his idea for "Blodle Art." This is blob doodling! You start by drawing a blob, and then adding concentric lines around it, a bit like contour lines on a map. You can add as many blobs as you want, and integrate them into…
