2024 Review - Art As usual, here is my end-of-year review. As before, I've separated out the art from the rest, as there is so much, and even so, this post is going to be very long! Online art course The most important art activity this year has been my participation in the…
DISTRESSED COLLAGE ELEMENTS - GRAPHICS FAIRY I subscribe to the Graphics Fairy Premium Membership site and recently watched a video by one of their designers. He used some of their printable collage strips to make into an unusual little album, and distressed the images by sticking teabags on top. The effect was brilliant…
TWO ART PIECES FRAMED Some time ago I visited an online picture framing site and added a couple of pictures to my gallery there. You can upload a photo of your picture and then customise the frame and mount. In the preview window, your picture will show up with the frame of your…
BLUE TEA AND RED-GREEN VINEGAR - MORE TEABAG STAIN EXPERIMENTS Shoshi the Mad Scientist has been at it again. Blue teabags I saw a video on YouTube recently where someone was making teabag art from Butterfly Pea teabags. I had never heard of this before, and was intrigued. The tea is an intense…
TEABAG ART - COLLAGE FRAGMENTS It's been a long while since I spent any quality time in my studio. Before I could do so, I had to have a major tidy-up! Once this was done, the way was clear to work in there again. I have been very busy with the online art…
TEABAG ART - BEAUTIFUL STAINING Over the past few weeks I have been drying various teabags on watercolour paper to create stains. In my box of miscellaneous and scrap watercolour paper I have a small stack of textured, quite thick paper which I have discovered does not behave well with watercolours - the…
TEABAG STAINS - AN UNEXPECTED RESULT My second post today. From previous blog posts, you will know that I often dry used teabags on watercolour paper, where they leave gorgeous stains that you can then doodle on. I've got a box of pieces of watercolour paper (some of them reject paintings of my…
ONLINE ART COURSE - COMPLETING THE PASTEL PENCILS MODULE, THE FIRST SHEET OF PEPPERMINT TEABAG STAINS, AND COLOURED PENCIL UPDATE Pastel Pencils Self-Directed Challenge - Facial Features This afternoon I finished this challenge at last. It's been a busy couple of weeks, what with being ill and getting my new glasses and various…
NEW ART MATERIALS, MORE TEABAG STAINS, AND CATARACT NEWS Coloured pencils A couple of years ago I got a set of Derwent Coloursoft pencils. These wax-based coloured pencils are very soft and creamy, and blend very well, but it is impossible to retain a sharp point on them and they are not good…
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…
