Artwork consisting of different media
KURETAKE COMBINATIONS - SMOKY BRUSH PENS AND GRAPHITE WATERCOLOURS After a busy day and an afternoon struggling with figures in the accounts, no more time or energy for a studio session. I watched a DVD instead, and while doing so, I tested my new Kuretake brush pens with their graphite gansai tambi paints.…
DRAW AWESOME ALBUM PART 4 - END PAPERS, COVER BOARDS AND TITLES End papers These are the papers which line the inside of the cover and back the first and last pages of the book. The pages of this book are 12 x 12 inches and I needed large enough paper. My hubby…
DRAW AWESOME ALBUM PART 3Â - EMBELLISHING THE FORE-EDGES The addition of the hinges does add some thickness to the bound edges of the pages. The stack of fore-edges is therefore slightly thinner than the binding. This doesn't matter, but having this bit of leeway, I decided to go a bit bonkers and…
DRAW AWESOME ALBUM PART 2 - HIDDEN HINGE BINDING The Hidden Hinge method There are several ways of doing this, but I chose to make separate "hinges" from 1 1/2-in wide strips of card which I then scored and folded down the centre. These strips were inserted into the open edge of each…
ANOTHER ABSTRACT MIXED MEDIA PIECE INSPIRED BY DENISE LOVE I've now completed the second abstract piece. I so enjoy following Denise Love on YouTube! She is so inspiring and enthusiastic, and I love her abstract pieces and colour choices, and how quickly she works. Today's piece is based on circles, which is one…
ABSTRACT MIXED MEDIA PIECE INSPIRED BY DENISE LOVE After all my recent precision work with calligraphy, I had a real urge to do something more free and abstract. I also wanted to experiment with some recently acquired art materials. I follow Denise Love on YouTube. I love her mixed media and abstract pieces,…
TWO CARDS FOR MY HUBBY A busy month May is a busy month for celebrations. The first to come was always 4th May for my hubby's older brother, sadly no longer with us. We always used to wish him a happy birthday and then say, "May the Fourth be with you" haha! My…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - A SPECIAL INVITATION - A SMALL MIRACLE A follow-up to the completion of my latest Domestika course calligraphy work. Last night something extraordinary happened... Background - A little art history The Wilton Diptych The Wilton Diptych, painted in the late 1390s for King Richard II of England by an anonymous…
DOMESTIKA COURSE - ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY - CREATE AN INVITATION At the beginning of this year, when I started a series of Domestika courses, I decided that I would attempt to complete one course per month. So far I have managed this, but with this course the end of the month came and went,…
A NEW SHELVING UNIT FOR THE STUDIO A big clear-out At the moment I am having a blitz on the studio and getting ruthless. I've got far too much stuff and it's high time I went through everything and got rid of a lot of the excess. I'll do another post about that,…
