First time I have done any sewing since I cleared out and reorganised my studio(still a major work in progress) so now rather than working away in a cramped corner I have a big white table surface and some organisation behind. And as usual, I find myself sewing out of season… a summery-looking dress but...
CONTINUE READINGA little out of character to take a month to post some of my sketches, isn’t it? Especially when they have been scanned for a few weeks! So anyway… here, finally are the sketches I did with Paul in the 1.5 days we had for sketching and ‘cafe hopping’ after the workshop! I think all...
CONTINUE READINGWe are just getting over Easter and we have another long weekend here in Australia! Today is ANZAC Day (our war memorial day) but I am going to be working very hard both today and tomorrow. So… I just have to start my day with a little time for me…thinking about the trule important things...
CONTINUE READINGA little break sketch from a photo during a day of paperwork and admin – didn’t get to go outside and I have been sketching too many teacups lately… hey- I know, I know, there are a lot of other things apart from teacups to sketch at home… (though somedays I cant see past the...
CONTINUE READINGIn the last week (or two..since my last post here) I have been continuing to experiment. And out of the blue, I got out my watercolour pencils..the very night of my previous post in fact! I had not seen that coming at all. Well it wasn’t quite that random- I was prompted by Koojse’s coloured...
CONTINUE READINGLast night I did something quite different… this was a completely different approach from my usual. No setup lines of any kind (including any lines made with the paint brush!)and working a background first … I am a bit excited about this – more so because of the thought process and idea that clicked than...
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