2018-06-28 10:15
I've decoupaged rice paper onto fabric quite easily and with good results. The example below is a long-handled tote bag, appliquéd with an A4-sized sheet from Stamperia.To achie… Read More
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Random acts of pen and ink from Art to Zentangle. References include drawing, painting, stencilling, stamping, celtic knotwork, doodling (to name but a few). Often illustrates the use of new art/craft materials and equipment or new techniques.
2018-06-20 20:15
It's a marmite thing, doing 'stuff' to books (aside from reading them, of course).* Some people think it's tantamount to sacrilege, others feel it's OK to alter a book and make it into… Read More
2018-04-27 20:35
I've been working on lino cuts since January this year. Things have changed a little since I stabbed myself in the hand with a cutting blade as a kid - and the lino is much softer than… Read More
2018-04-27 20:35
I'm a little bit obsessed with stencilling at the moment. I remember it from the eighties - along with rag rolling and feather painting (yikes!) and although I wouldn't want… Read More
2018-02-19 18:34
I started my modern calligraphy journey around September 2017, so I'm still a novice. My writing practice is a little sporadic - which doesn't help - but I am starting to see improvements i… Read More
2018-01-20 20:50
I'm a little bit obsessed with stencilling at the moment. I remember it from the eighties - along with rag rolling and feather painting (yikes!) and although I wouldn't… Read More
2017-12-31 19:46
I just wanted to end the year with a nod to calligraphy & associated drawings & doodles. I hope to produce much more work of a much higher quality next year - not just digital… Read More
2017-12-03 21:41
Sorry, I know I'm banging on about the same thing, but this is the continuation of the hanging thread in the previous post. (Really it's because I just love playing around with coloure… Read More
2017-11-29 11:38
A revisit to the cards I made with the Card-io stamps earlier this month. I was very pleased with the backgrounds, which all look like a 'northern lights' sky. I finally decided… Read More
2017-11-15 23:07
I just wanted to share a little enthusiasm for my new passion - modern calligraphy. I've only been practising for a couple of months so I'm a real novice. I try and write every d… Read More
2017-11-11 23:08
Well, I've been busy doing new things (and still doing the 'old' things that interest me too!!) and I've been a bit lazy about keeping the blog up to date. I've been working out some i… Read More
2016-10-18 18:32
I've bought a few stencils from Clarity Stamp over the years. I like the quality and I love the range of designs they offer. I'm a little reluctant to use them with alcohol o… Read More
2016-10-18 12:36
create & buy custom products at ZazzleThis is my latest offering, which has been very slightly 'photoshopped'*. It's a scan from the original, which was rotring pen & ink on wa… Read More
2016-10-18 11:42
Back to the celtic knotwork tree. Colour now applied with bog-standard crayons. I can't get on painting with acrylic, watercolour or ink on paper - or alcohol/water soluble… Read More
2016-10-05 21:38
I've bought a few stencils from Clarity Stamp over the years. I like the quality and I love the range of designs they offer. I'm a little reluctant to use them with alcohol o… Read More
2016-08-14 20:53
These patterns were inspired by an op-art picture I saw on Pinterest, by Julianna Kunstler.I like the way the orange-coloured pattern looks like wet silk, with lots of ripples in the fa… Read More
2016-08-07 17:15
Ha! Finally - something that looks a bit like everyone else's yupo & ink creations (of which I'm extremely envious), instead of looking like the usual hot mess I get when working wi… Read More
2016-07-18 21:26
PoppiesBrusho used as watercolour on Yupo paper, batik wax resist. I was able to get some good contact prints from this onto watercolour paper (it was VERY wet and the Yupo is very res… Read More
2016-06-28 21:41
I'm the first to confess I'm no watercolourist - though it doesn't stop me from having a go from time to time. This was just a first experiment with a crystal colour called 'Brusho', o… Read More
2016-06-24 22:36
Back to the celtic knotwork tree. Colour now applied with bog-standard crayons. I can't get on painting with acrylic, watercolour or ink on paper - or alcohol/water soluble… Read More
2016-03-12 19:54
This is a detail of an acrylic painting I completed last year (or the year before - time passes so quickly now....). Anyway, I've treated it to an 'airbrush' finish & I rather like… Read More
2016-02-15 15:48
Ha! My electrical dotty pen is not working - I'm waiting for my supplier's response. So I'm back to doing the dots by hand. Actually, 'back to' is not entirely accurate.&nb&hell…Read More
2016-02-01 23:12
February 1 - 2 marks Imbolc aka Brigid's Day or Candlemas. Spring's just around the corner - green shoots are showing in my garden, but no snowdrops yet. I have seen the first wild pri… Read More
2016-01-29 21:42
A design I'm working on for an Imbolc/Easter/Equinox card. This is a rough working page, which is why the little spirals appear at the bottom of the page. There were a couple of… Read More
2016-01-29 21:20
Still drawing, still dottling! This is my take on a design from Cari Buziak's knotwork tutorial .... the dots add a really nice dimension I think. I forgot to erase the pencil li… Read More
2016-01-11 12:33
This looks a bit like a New Year's resolution - two posts in the same day - but it ain't! I thought I'd post a version of the celtic knotwork tree of life after I'd done a bit of shadi… Read More
2016-01-11 11:07
Well, I seem to have been away from this blog for quite a few months .... had problems posting images for some reason, so I kinda lost heart. Taking the path of least resistance, I'm g… Read More
2015-05-24 19:43
Long time no see!!I've been trying to upload images of some of the prints, patterns and silk paintings I've been working on since January this year, but google seems not to want to play… Read More
2014-12-26 19:04
DecStarSomething I worked on during a quiet spell on Christmas Day. I'm sure a version must already exist - there are only so many combinations of lines within squares before repe… Read More
2014-12-26 18:44
Just a little (unfinished) doodle I re-discovered recently - think I did it in May 2014. Drawn in ink, coloured with Pro-markers and highlights added in Photoshop. Read More
2013-03-17 18:59
A few weeks ago I sketched an outline in my little doodle book. I can't remember what inspired me, but something must have caught my attention. outline from my sketch boo… Read More
2013-03-11 15:52
Here's a pattern I've worked on recently. I'm a bit of a knitter - hence the title - and I like the way the pen flows once you get a good drawing rhythm going on (see the 'mussel… Read More
2013-02-05 16:52
New Year - back to basics!Here's a template for a pattern I call 'boat'. It's a bit wobbly 'cos I scanned it straight from my notebook. Please feel free to download and embe… Read More
2013-01-02 13:34
Season's greetings!!Another silk painting post today. It seems like a long time since I doodled anything; I have been working on a large (A1-size) pod doodle for some time now, bu… Read More
2012-09-13 16:18
A new picture - this one is A3, ink on paper, with a little photoshopping to add further texture.The background pattern is based on the cell structure created by honey bees, or by paper… Read More
2012-07-14 15:05
This pattern - which I call barleycorn - is something I've doodle with for a while, trying to elaborate on a single leaf design to add more interest and structure to a pattern, without… Read More
2012-07-01 15:54
Well, it's July already - we're over halfway through the year and the days will be getting shorter (and colder and wetter too, if that's possible for the UK!!) I haven't doodle-tangled… Read More
2011-12-09 18:47
I thought I'd post this - something I completed a little while ago.The original is A3 sized. It reminded me of a poster I used to have on my wall - Diana Vandenberg's 7th Day.The patte… Read More
2011-12-06 12:51
One of the fascinating (and irritating) things about drawing 'tangles is the fact that, while you are painstakingly drafting a pattern, someone else has probably got there before… Read More
