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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Online Art Course – Eagle in Charcoal

ONLINE ART COURSE - EAGLE IN CHARCOAL Several months ago I completed the charcoal module, and was heartily glad to do so, and I put my charcoal away in the dark recesses of my Spare Art Materials box, assuming they would not see the light of day again. However... we are now in…

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Negative Painting – Cells

NEGATIVE PAINTING - CELLS The second of two negative paintings I completed recently. This one was slightly more successful than the lava flow one, but I'm still not entirely satisfied with it. It did stick to the brief of negative painting a bit more, though. It ended up being a mixed media piece…

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