It seems an age since I've actually done any sketching from life, but felt I ought to capture this year's amaryllis blooms before they fade away.
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| Fine liner pen and dry watercolour pencil in the Hahnemuehle cappucino sketchbook |
This bulb was from Christmas 2019; I just left it in its original pot and wasn't sure if it would come to anything this year. However, it is a bit like Jack's beanstalk - it is now a metre tall and I don't know how it is managing to stay upright.
I have finally finished the squares needed to make up my new iPad cover. I am not sure whether I want to quilt these individually (Teesha Moore style) or sew them together and then quilt as one piece. Quilting is not something I have attempted before. First I need to get hold of some wadding.
I am joining another 5 day challenge - Collage Up Your Journal being run by Lydia Rink. I believe she uses a lot of letters and numerals in her work and a fairly subtle palette. I spent a couple of hours printing and painting mulberry paper sheets using my lino cuts and foam stamps - all rather colourful, but they can always be toned down with further glazes if necessary.
I have submitted a small piece for the exhibition and exchange organised for World Book Night 2021, entitled The Herbarium.
The subject - a flower (related to a poem, book or text) - could be made with paper, fabric, collage, drawn, printed or photographic, but measure no more than 8 x 8 cm (just over 3" square). I used a cut-down version of the paper cast which decorated my artist's book about our local Snakes Head Fritillary Nature Reserve. Fortunately, I still had a piece of the painted paper used on the cover of that book; this was glued to mount board to provide a sturdy base, plus the required means of hanging.
More details about the original artist's book can be seen here and here (scroll down in my Book Binding page).
I tried my hand at a couple of paper weaving projects recently demonstrated by Helen Hiebert
I have in the past made straightforward paper weaving with my own painted papers, but I used some scrapbooking 6" x 6" sheets to try out these two versions.
