Teabag Art Archives - Page 3 of 5

Teabag Mini-Albums – Improved Photos, New Pens, and a Health Update

Photographing my teabag mini-albums I always edit all my photos, and this usually just involves adjusting the levels, straightening perpendiculars, cloning out distractions, etc. I always check the colour balance as well, as many of my photos are taken in the evening under artificial light, and you do tend to get quite a…

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6th April 2022

Books and Albums / Mixed Media Art / Teabag Art

Teabag Mini-Album #2

Today I resumed work on the second of two small teabag mini-albums. You can see the first one here. I had already made the backgrounds for album #2, and I have also made the cover, which I will share once I've finished the rest of the book. As before, I had great difficulty…

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3rd April 2022

Drawing and Painting / Paper Art / Studio Equipment / Teabag Art

Wonderful Rice Papers and Some More Teabag Stain Doodles

Rice Paper Most of the papers I ordered have now arrived, and I am just waiting for a few stragglers. I ordered mostly rice paper, with some napkins thrown in for good measure - I found a shop online where you can buy single napkins for creative purposes, rather than having to buy…

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31st March 2022

Drawing and Painting / Paper Art / Studio Equipment / Teabag Art

At Last! An Inkpad Storage Solution that Works! – and More Teabag Stain Doodles

Inkpad Storage For many years, I have been looking for a solution to the inkpad storage problem. Many people have beautiful wooden shelf units with them all on display on the wall, but I have not got room for that, and those units are very exensive, and not expandable. Several years ago I…

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30th March 2022

Books and Albums / Drawing and Painting / Mixed Media Art / Paper Art / Teabag Art

Pink Teabags, Grey Stains and the Completion of Teabag Mini-Album #1

The Results of my fruit "tea" experiments All the papers and teabags from the fruit "tea" experiment are now dry. They didn't take as long as I thought they would. The ones at the bottom of the pile in the sink were stuck on and some of them ripped when I got them…

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27th March 2022

Drawing and Painting / Mixed Media Art / Teabag Art

2nd Post – Flower Pressing and More Work on Teabag Mini-Album

Well, I have been busy. I can't remember the last time I did two posts in one day! Pressed into service Thinking about my larger teabag mini-albums, I thought it would be fun to add some pressed flowers and leaves. Several years ago I bought a second-hand flower press on Ebay, not with…

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24th March 2022

Mixed Media Art / Paper Art / Teabag Art

An Interesting Experiment with Unexpected Results – Dyeing Paper

Dyeing paper with fruit "tea" I hesitate to call this stuff tea because it isn't. I have never liked it - far too fragrant and sweet for my taste. I also really dislike herb "teas," most of which taste like dead grass. I prefer a cup of real tea, my favourite being Lapsang…

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24th March 2022

Drawing and Painting / Mixed Media Art / Teabag Art

Teabag Mini-Albums and Teabag Stain Doodles

Teabag Mini-Albums Yesterday I continued working on the teabag mini-albums, beginning with one of the small ones - I've decided to make two rather than one with the backgrounds that I have made. I was in a bit of a quandry what to do with these very small pages, because once I'd done…

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23rd March 2022

Drawing and Painting / Mixed Media Art / Paper Art / Teabag Art

Teabag Mini-Albums – Inked Backgrounds

Teabags, doodles and inky backgrounds It's so lovely to be back doing teabag art again - it's been years, literally. I've decided to make some teabag mini-albums. I made the first lot of page backgrounds yesterday but forgot to photograph them - photo a bit further down this post. When I had made…

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21st March 2022

Cats / Drawing and Painting / Mixed Media Art / Paper Art / Teabag Art

New Highlighting Technique, Mixed Media Experiments, Floral Fest and Teabag Doodles

I've been busy this week! Highlighting magic As I mentioned in my previous post, I discovered a brilliant new tip for highlighting drawings and paintings recently. In common with many others, I have struggled for years with this because most white pens don't live up to expectations - they are either too watery…

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18th March 2022

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