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…
2024 GENERAL REVIEW As stated in the previous two posts, I have had to separate my annual end-of-year review into separate posts or the whole thing would be impossibly long! As it is, both the Art Course review and the general art review are pretty long. I'm hoping this post won't be so…
NEGATIVE WATERCOLOUR - KOI CARP, OUR FIRST PLUM CROP, AND A HEALTH UPDATE Negative Koi Carp This is a negative watercolour I have been wanting to do for some time. I used several unrelated images of koi carp from the internet as inspiration, and made my own composition and colouring. Every picture goes…
CAT FEEDING UPDATE Ruby being sick Since my blog post just after we bought a puzzle bowl for Ruby, to slow her down as she eats, she has not been sick once. This bowl is really working, so we are very pleased. They are now eating at the same speed and finishing together,…
QUIRKY HOUSES AND A GREEDY CAT UPDATE Quirky houses Rhodia designs and patterns book I have an A4-sized Rhodia notebook with squared paper, 80 gsm. Although it is thin, the quality is better than your average printer paper; it has quite a smooth surface and it is very good for drawing. I use…
ONLINE ART COURSE - BOAT ON A BEACH, AND A GREEDY CAT Boat on a Beach in pen and pastel pencil For the second project in the landscapes module, we were given a mixed media piece to do. It was the first time that Phil, our teacher, had combined pastel pencil with ink…
ONLINE ART COURSE - BEGINNING A NEW MODULE - PASTEL PENCILS, AND MORE WONKY VEG Colour at last! It seems really strange to be embarking on colour, after the first three modules which were all monochrome - graphite, charcoal and ink pens with black watercolour. I really love working in monochrome and shall…
CHARITY SHOP HAUL OK, I know I said I was going to use up my stash before buying any more... Hmmm. Guilty as charged. I bought some more. Last Thursday we had an appointment in Newton Abbot in the early afternoon and decided to make a day of it, combining the appointment with…
SCRAP BUSTING - COFFEE-DYE STAMPED CARD STRIPS, AND A CONJOINED TWIN STRAWBERRY While I decide how to embellish the centrefold of the current folio of my recycled paper-glassine bag album, I thought I'd do a mini-project with a dual aim - to reduce my scrap stash and to create some useful elements. The…
NEW STASH, UPCYCLING A FLOWER BOX, AND CONJOINED TWIN VEGGIES New stash I decided to take advantage of the opening sale from Temu. I got a whole lot of stuff with huge amounts of discount. I stocked up on new beads and various other bits and pieces for the studio. A few closer…
