Shoshi is going to need rehab! I can well understand why people say that gel printing is addictive. I can't remember when I had so much fun in my studio as I had this afternoon, trying out my new stencils with the gel plate. There is something incredibly satisfying about brayering the paint…
Fun with teabags I do love teabag art! Yesterday I began a new page in my beautiful Organic Journal, by decorating a dozen teabags to stick down in a grid pattern as a kind of teabag design sampler. I kept the colour palette limited to black, white and copper (gorgeous metallic acrylic paint)…
Organic Journal I made a start on my Organic Journal today. For details of this exciting book, please see this post. A collection of collage papers. On the right, one of my music sheets painted with coffee. In the centre, a scratch paper with marks created by cleaning off my paintbrush - this…
Multi-coloured chocolate wrappers A while back someone gave us a box of chocolate truffles, and each one was individually wrapped in very attractive plastic foil wrappers in several colours. They were far too pretty to throw away so I kept them after the chocolates were finished. Unusually, they were a different colour on…
I am delighted to have finished my inkpad storage unit. Finishing the labels Late last night, I completed the labels both for the unit and for the inkpads. The darker unit labels were written with a white pen. On the left is the scratch paper I created when inking the inkpad labels. The…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I've been watching several YouTube videos and drawing some doodle fill and border patterns for inspiration as I'm often stumped when it comes to choosing what patterns to use and I tend to revert to a limited well-tested vocabulary! I also found some interesting videos with instructions for mandala patterns which would also…
