CLOUD PORTAL A new drawing in my small Rhodia drawing book ("Shoshi's Little Black Book"). I have just started following Miss Betsi on YouTube and learning some of her doodle patterns and techniques. She is worth checking out, as she does beautiful 3-D pen work. One of her drawings was of a tunnel,…
SHOSHI'S LITTLE BLACK BOOK, AND SOME GOLD MANDALAS Little Black Book lost and found What I used to call my Rhodia drawing book has now been renamed. Shoshi's Little Black Book. Foz, a member of the art forum I am on, called it that and it's stuck! It doesn't contain naughty stuff though,…
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…
ONLINE ART COURSE - ANOTHER SMALL INK PEN DRAWING - GLASS JAR, AND TIGERS WITH CATARACTS Glass jar drawing So nice to have my hubby drawing along with me. This penultimate small ink pen sketch was of a small Mason jar containing water and a paintbrush. I had been looking forward to tackling…
MORE SKETCHBOOK DABBLING, PENS AND DIGRESSIONS, CATARACT NEWS AND SEEING PATTERN EVERYWHERE ...in fact, a bit of a waffle, this blog post! Read on if you're interested in some idle chat about the kind of things that fascinate me. Sketchbook My (almost) daily sketchbook is filling up with some eclectic stuff - experiments,…
2023 - END OF YEAR REVIEW As usual, it has been a pretty eventful year, both personally and generally. See the end of this post for the most important aspects of changing world events and what they mean for us all. During the year, I have had various health issues to deal with…
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…
A REPAIR JOB, AND EXCITING NEW STASH FROM EBAY A repair job - my hubby's leather pouch I had to put aside my Bonnie Baggie project last Friday night because I had a repair job to do for my hubby. He always has a leather pouch attached to his belt for his bits…
