JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 5 Teabag stain pages Some time ago I made a lot of sheets with teabag stains on them. After making the tea, I squeezed out most of the liquid from the bag and placed it on a piece of watercolour paper to dry, adding more…
ISLAMIC ART - SHAMSA PART 4 - COMPLETION AND FRAMING I am delighted to report that this piece of Islamic art is now completed, framed and hung. The mount My hubby bought this frame at the recent village fete, and reluctantly agreed to let me have it - when I first set eyes…
ISLAMIC ART - SHAMSA PART 3 - COMPLETING THE COLOURING This stage of creating my shamsa took me a lot longer than I expected. Sometimes you don't know how things will turn out until you actually do them and see the project as a whole, and what seemed like a good idea turns…
ISLAMIC ART - SHAMSA PART 2 - BEGINNING THE COLOURING A very fruitful session in the studio this afternoon, when I began painting my completed drawing. Before I started, I did a rough digital mock-up on the computer, using the quarter-view photo of the completed drawing, to help me to decide where I…
ISLAMIC ART - SHAMSA PART 1 - THE DRAWING A second-hand frame At the recent village fete we attended, my hubby bought a large square picture frame. I immediately saw potential in this for my own work and begged it off him - he gave it to me a little reluctantly! None of…
PEARLS - COLOURED PENCILS After working hard over quite a long period on my Infusions mini-album, I felt like doing something completely different today. Feeling rather tired, I wasted a lot of time on Pinterest (my goodness, that site is addictive and the time just slips by!!) looking for inspiration for something to…
DRAW AWESOME ALBUM PART 9 - COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT The final stage in constructing the book was to glue the end-papers inside the cover boards, sandwiching the reinforcing roofing felt and covering the insertion of the ribbon ties. The completed book With all its embellishments, the spine embellishment and the ribbon closure,…
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.…
DRAWING PRACTICE FROM A COUNTRY DIARY Since our outing to the village fete on Saturday, I have been feeling very tired, and after I'd compled my necessary domestic tasks, there was nothing left in the energy bank for studio time. After a few days of this I was beginning to feel a bit…
NEW KURETAKE PENS I have my friend Caroline on the ArtKula forum to thank for these - she is the great temptress on the forum, introducing us to all sorts of art materials that we've just got to have!! These water-based brush pens are a six-pack of gorgeous smoky grungey colours. Right up…
