COMPUTER, COLORECTAL AND CATARACTS, AND ONLINE ART COURSE What an extremely busy time it's been recently. So much so that I've fallen behind a bit on the online art course, but it doesn't really matter, as the course is designed for us to work at our own pace. Obviously it's good to keep…
ONLINE ART COURSE - TWO MORE INK SKETCHES, SOME INTERESTING OBJECTS AND TEXTURES, AND MY NEW LAPTOP It's been an interesting and busy few days. Online art course - small ink drawings Hammer My hubby joined me again in this lesson. Of all the small sketches to be drawn with the ink pens,…
ONLINE ART COURSE - SELF-DIRECTED CHALLENGE, MY FIRST CATARACT OPERATION, AND NEW LAPTOP NEWS Online art course - another still-life graphite drawing The final project in the first module, graphite, is a self-directed challenge, i.e. making a drawing without any help from the teacher. The video gives some hints, and several choices. You…
ONLINE ART COURSE - FIGURE STUDIES - FIGURE 3, A NEW LAPTOP, CATARACT NEWS, AND A BOX FOR RUBY Figure 3 - accordionist This afternoon I finally had time to sit down and complete the third project in the first module of the course (graphite drawing). Some interesting foreshortening to cope with in…
MY NEW LAYOUT Blogging woes... again... A few weeks ago I had a message from BlueHost informing me that as their rules were changing, I would no longer be able to upload unlimited media unless I went Pro. I signed up for this, and immediately my whole site was inaccessible and showed an…
BLOGGING WOES, AND FIBRE BROADBAND Blogging woes My blog has been down for a few days while I have attempted to rebuild it. I recently had an email from Bluehost, the Wordpress web host, informing me of a change in their rules. It seems that one can no longer have unlimited storage space…
RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAG ALBUM - DIGITAL ELEMENTS AND SPECIMEN SLIDES An update on the third folio Looking at the front page, I noticed that the pointing finger at the top of the page wasn't really standing out, so I added some shading around it, and this has improved things. Also, the tag with…
IRIS SHUTTERS AND VOLVELLES I love 3-D paper projects, pop-ups and mechanicals. I finally got around to cutting some pieces to make iris shutters for my Oriental-style album, and making a cutting file for a volvelle. Iris Shutters Some time ago I came across a cutting die to make iris shutters but it…
EXPERIMENTING WITH MY NEW LASER PRINTER, FOILING, STENCILLING AND A NEW PUNCH TOOL Discovering new features on my laser printer I've been having some fun and games with my new laser printer. The first prints I made came out beautifully, but when I attempted to print on 160 gsm card, the toner was…
Warning: This is a very long post! Click on the links to take you to the relevant posts for more details. Quite an eventful year, one way and another. On the artistic front I have embarked on some new ventures, I've acquired quite a bit of new stash, some lovely books... Several gorgeous…
