A VISIT TO COLETON FISHACRE At last I have finished editing and sorting all the photos I took at this beautiful National Trust property situated in South Devon, UK, not too far from where we live. Coleton Fishacre Coleton Fishacre is a large family home built in the Arts and Crafts style and…
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…
Today we had another National Trust outing, this time to Coleton Fishacre, which is a little closer to us than Castle Drogo, where we went last week. Another gorgeous art book! As with that visit, it is going to take me a few days to sort through all the photos and edit them,…
I have finally managed to finish sorting through the huge number of photos I took of this outing, and then selecting the ones to upload to my blog. Castle Drogo - Background Castle Drogo is one of our local National Trust properties, here in the County of Devon in the UK. It is…
Drying the papers It took over 24 hours for my faux rice papers to dry sufficiently to peel them off the plastic sheet. Following the instructions on the video where she suggests gently curling the very edge of each piece with the brush while the paper is still wet, it made it a…
New Distress Spray Stains and Oxide Sprays Today my parcel arrived, containing all the new Distress Spray Stains and Oxide Sprays that I ordered. I also got another Tim Holtz stencil, "Decayed" which is fabulous. I saw him using it when he was doing his Distress Spray Stains demo recently. I already…
Preparations apace! I made a good start yesterday on my pre-op preparations. I sorted the top of the kitchen freezer which is now virtually empty. While I was at it, and because there wasn't too much in the fridge prior to my grocery delivery, I took everything out, removed all the shelves etc.…
A couple of days ago, I began assembling the new unit to hold my Distress Inks. You can see the details of this system here. Glueing the trays together I wasn't sure what kind of glue would work best for this project. I asked my hubby, and he produced a tube of Humbrol…
Doodle art Here is a practice doodle piece that I did in my Rhodia notebook. It came out better than I'd hoped. Following Peter Draws on YouTube, I am practising building up a doodle from a single point, rather than drawing lines and filling the spaces between them. In this case, I began…
Exciting new art materials Derwent Coloursoft coloured pencils I have been doing more drawing and colouring recently, and have become increasingly frustrated with my limited set of cheap colouring pencils which are perpetually breaking, so I decided to treat myself to a decent set - the first I have ever owned. I did…
