Having done my white pencil outline drawing a few days ago: Today I got out my Pebeo fluid acrylics and proceeded to paint the ginkgo branch. I set up my table with the two pages lined up and taped down in place. I used the white non-stick craft mat on the right of…
A bit of a mish-mash, hotch-potch post today. I wasn't going to start a new project until I'd finished the Organic Journal but couldn't resist! I've only got one page left to complete in the Organic Journal and already have plans for that, but I wanted to do something creative from the comfort…
It was my plan some time ago to do another page in my Organic Journal on the theme of the Voynich Manuscript, and as this is the penultimate page in the Journal, I thought I'd better get on with it in case I forgot! For background on this extraordinary book, please see my…
Another studio session this afternoon, which I wasn't expecting to have. We had a phone call a couple of weeks ago postponing our dental appointment to 31st August (today). We have to travel about an hour to get to our dentist - we have always been with him and decided to stay with…
Another session in the studio this afternoon began somewhat unpromisingly, but it redeemed itself in the form of "practice makes perfect," and another page in my Organic Journal. Ink dipping I'm not sure what this technique is really called, because I couldn't find the video I saw several months ago. Froyle was doing…
It's been several days since I've been able to get in my studio and actually create something. We went out for the day on Friday (I will be blogging about that as soon as I've sorted the photos) and yesterday I was too exhausted and headachy to do anything at all. Apart from…
Paper mesh I did some more work on the packing paper mesh pieces I was working on recently. I didn't like the sheet from the scrunched up paper mesh stamping: so I added some coffee staining - which I also added to one of the baby wipes that needed a bit more attention…
Is it reasonable for one person to have soooo much fun? I am finding gel printing and collage, and freeing up my style, the most creative stuff I have ever done, and it's so liberating. I can't get enough of it! Pierced paper I began today's session in the studio by following an…
This is what I have done with the final page where the paint through the pierced ovals bled through. Here is the page in its original state. I really didn't want another page with ovals as the main theme, so I decided to do another intuitive collage, using the ovals as the background.…
Before beginning this page, I completed the preparation of the rest of the pages in the book. I watched one of Robyn McClendon's videos, the start of her series on an altered book, and I wished I'd seen this before I started with this journal! She gave some excellent instructions about how to…
