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Work in Progress: Painting Exercise Using a Limited Palette
All images arising at the moment result from an art programme I’m undertaking. Last week’s course module dealt with balancing colour values using a palette limited to black, white, dark cadmium red and yellow ochre. This is my second year … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Creativity, Monoprinting, Painting, Printmaking
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Tagged Acrylic Painting, Art2Life, Limited Palette, Monoprinting, Painting
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The Last of the Handmade Markmakers – for Now
Here’s two mark-makers, out of one. It was originally a sponge roller. The sponge had deteriorated a bit. I took it off and replaced it with rubber bands. I cut notches into the sponge and now I’ve a sponge stamp … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Art Notes, Collage & Assemblage, Mixed Media, Monoprinting, Painting, Printmaking
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Tagged Collages, Deli Paper for Art, Handmade Brushes, Handmade Markmakers, Monoprinting
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Work in Progress
Sample of layered work on silk satin using a range of eco, botanical, contact printing methods from Kathy Hays Design courses, and using plant matter harvested from my garden.
Chinese Lanterns and Draconids
I promised in my last blog to turn up by the light of Chinese lanterns. Well, here they are – some eco collographs using these spectacular flowers. And if you’re anywhere north, don’t miss out on the weekend’s Draconid Meteor … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Art Journal, Collage & Assemblage, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Nature Journal, Printmaking
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Tagged Chinese Lanterns, Draconids, Eco Collography, Meteor Shower, Monoprinting, Sumac, Yunani
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Rorschach as Poetry: A Suite of Eco Prints on Watercolour Paper Postcards
Another experiment using in part a technique (creating mirror images) from Kathy Hays’ video eco print workshop. Instead of silk fabric, I’ve used a book of watercolour paper postcards whose blank faces have been awaiting activation for a couple of … Continue reading →
Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Blogging, Creativity, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Inspiration, Nature Journal, Printmaking
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Tagged Botanical Pressure Printing, Eco Print, Eco Printing on Watercolour Paper, Gnosis, Gurdjieff, Hermes Trismegistus, Hermeticism, Isaac Newton, Mirror Image, Monoprinting, Twins
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Poetic Mapping: Walking Into Art 