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| the starting point is the photo (bottom right corner) which came from an old Aquarium magazine |
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| this would be a pattern I would consider using for interiors |
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| A3 sized page with ink, acrylic, watered down emulsion, plaster filler and cotton thread, there is actually some texture here, created by mixing the plaster filler into the acrylic paint for the heads of coral |
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| never feels quite finished until there is a little thread involved somehow...... |
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| just some doodling |
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| what to do with a stray eyelash |
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| my interpretation of Queen Vic, sandpapered to ghost her up a little |
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| free stitching versus straight (ish) lines |
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| the loose tension in the black thread provided me with probably my favourite thing in the whole book |
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| I decided to utilise two of my tags by including them, you can see the reverese of the white tage in the 'framed' picture at the top of this blog |
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| to those that have seen this tag before forgive its inclusion but it has now become part of my Limited Edition Sketchbook as has the tag below |
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| this one looks best held up to the light |
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| this sketchwas for the tools of the trade required by those creating the clothes of the elite at the Royal Function from the first page in the previous blog More pages soon............. |
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| snap of one of our long ago walks in the Forest of Dean, with one of my children behind the tree, (we still can't recall which one!) this walk was along some of the route I used to take to school as a child myself. |
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| ink sketch of the bluebells |
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| fabric collage onto acrylic wash |
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| this was exploring the view between the trees, how there is often just a peek of what is further down the overgrown path |
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| Twigs from my favourite tree, the Silver Birch. Favourite because as a child in Canada I had learnt how important this was to the indigenous people of the Canadian mountains, woodlands and lakes. I also love the use of the bark as paper and of how ghostlike the tree is in the twilight. My mystical tree. |
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| Silver Birch Leaves |
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| a bit of paper and paint collage, just for fun! |
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| using arcylics to explore the texture of bark |
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| mixed media |
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| thinking and doodling |
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| my own Bluebell wood |
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| for this study on Englands North West Beaches and after looking through my 'stash', this time my old photos on card, I just collage things together trying to emulate how I feel when looking/touching something, memories, can be anything really and then I enjoy looking at the collage |
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| I have to say my work area can get a tad messy, not always but somehow for any sort of collage work it just seems right. I like to get everything I may use in front of me and in this case it was household emulsion, (you can't beat those tester pots), ink, acrylic paint and an unusual stencil. |
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| I decided that I wanted to create my own abstract interpretation of my collage and so concentrated on the sand, pebbles and sun elements. To represent pebbles I made a small piece of random crochet and then stencilled paint through it. |
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| It looks a little lifeless at this point |
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| After using ink and gold acrylic paint I have achieved the effect I want. I would see some of this design finding its way onto fabric and may even use it in the production of a silk scarf! After a bit of Photoshopping of course. |
