Artwork created on iPad and computer
DIGITISING MY MIXED MEDIA PAPERS To get more use out of my recently created papers, I decided to scan them and digitise them. I really liked the detail shots I took of the papers, and decided to digitise these too. For a different and somewhat cleaner look, I made the rather rash decision…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 24 Starting the final embellishments Now that the book is bound, all that remains is to add some final embellishments. I began with the fold-out envelopey thing in the second signature. I originally intended filling the two triangular pockets with smaller tags and ephemera, but…
INVASION OF THE KILLER COURGETTES! Recently, our lovely next-door-neighbour gave us one of her weird courgettes. She grows a lot of vegetables and is always giving us lovely fresh produce, amongst which are various varieties of courgette. Her grandchildren always fall about laughing when they see them, and think a lot of them…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 6 Working on pages and folios Quite a productive session in the studio this afternoon. I continued to work on some pages I'd already started, and began some more. Envelope paper This is envelope paper with the pattern on the inside to prevent the contents…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - FINDING MANDALAS EVERYWHERE! Our next exercise at the beginning of this new course was to find mandalas in nature and in everyday life. Mandalas from things found in nature Veg prep One of the early exercises in this course is to look for mandalas…
TIMES TABLE ART I have recently been watching some very interesting YouTube videos from Mathologer. I don't claim to understand a lot of what he says because maths is not my subject. I am keen to learn more, though, because there is something deeply fascinating about how numbers are the foundation of all…
FISH IN MY DESIGNS AND PATTERN BOOK, AND A SERENDIPITOUS ABSTRACT WATERCOLOUR Fish In preparation for my next negative watercolour painting, I have been collecting images of fish to draw. Some are more realistic, and some more stylised. I have drawn them first with pencil and then with a permanent fineliner in my…
TWO ART PIECES FRAMED Some time ago I visited an online picture framing site and added a couple of pictures to my gallery there. You can upload a photo of your picture and then customise the frame and mount. In the preview window, your picture will show up with the frame of your…
ZENTANGLE IGUANA When we began the Iguana project in the online drawing course, Phil, our teacher, encouraged us not to feel intimidated by the amount of detail in the drawing, saying that it was rather like Zentangle, a method of drawing consisting of repetitive small marks. I have done Zentangle drawing for many…
FUN WITH DIGITAL IMAGE MANIPULATION, AND ANOTHER UTI Seeing design everywhere! Over the past few years my eyes have become much more attuned to design and pattern everywhere, even in the most unlikely places. I often take photos of curious things, so that I can store them away for future use in projects…
