Best in Show, knit your own cat Those of you who have seen these knitting books will recognise my ragdoll as a product of the excellent patterns. I made him for a friend for Xmas and although he looks a little like a knitted cat/rat hybrid I rather like him, and it...
Made a pop up card for a 21st birthday. Really pleased with it. However it is interesting that there is quite a lot of blank card around the edges which are needed to contain the card when it folds, so next time would pull the design onto that as well. Took a while...
Went to RHS Shades of Autumn Show to help my friend put up her photos. All the exhibitions were great and Lorna got a Bronze Medal which is great. In the afternoon I wandered off to do some drawing and found these fabulous gourds. Used watercolour crayons and pencil,...
Spent a whole day yesterday life drawing... what a treat, just drawing with no distractions/ displacement activities. Fantastic model with some great poses and plenty of time to get warmed up and to play around with different media. Pleased with the last one of the...
Been to Norfolk this week and was amazed by the Son et Lumiere show at Kings Lynn. It starts at dark and is on 6 different buildings. Some are abstract and some tell a story. The two featured here are on the Minster Tower, which explores time and clocks, and the other...
Was looking for something else and found this artist featured in the Silverdale & Arnside Arts trail. Her name is Debbie Copely and this is her web address: http://debbiesshed.com/ There are some beautiful birds as well. I think it is really lovely...
Been playing with sunprints in anticipation of hopefully doing some self made cyanotypes. These were reject images initially so happy to experiment with them. They have been variously bleached and toned. Some interesting results.
Found this in the BMJ. Not sure what it has to with illustration but think it is great. About bootleg music during the cold war era in the Soviet Union. X-ray plates were used and the grooves cut into the disc. They were called 'bones" or "ribs".