Work In My Sketchbook...

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Here is some work I recently did in my sketchbook.

Mixed media-acrylic paints, acrylic markers, stamping and stencilling.

Mixed media- acrylic paints, acrylic markers, stamping and magazine collage.

 Mixed media- acrylic paints, acrylic markers, and magazine collage.

I think the last one is my favourite.

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More Works in Progress...

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Happy 1st October.

Here are some other works in progress.

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Works In Progress...

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I'm still working on these; I added some more feathers, skeleton leaves and magazine cutouts since the last time you saw them. The next step will be to work on the backgrounds- adding clouds, filling in the sky more, etc. It was such a nice day and evening I thought I would photograph the painting outside in our garden. I really like the way they are progressing. What do you think?

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In Our Garden...

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Here are some photos of flowers growing in our back garden.

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Some sketches...

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I've been a bit under the weather lately- coughing a lot and just general aches here and there. I think I've given my son my cough, he's sounding a bit froggy too. So I haven't felt up to going in the studio. I did manage to do some sketches on my iPad on my sofa and dining room chair. Here they are-

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Catching Up...

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This weekend was pretty busy for us so I wasn't able to make any blog entries, sorry.

I should be on track now, blog wise. So here are some pieces I've been working and some materials I used.

 Golden's Gel Medium, magazine shapes, flat brush

 I started out this piece by drawing with permanent markers and then used acrylic inks for the larger areas.

 Untitled MMC6, mixed media collage.

I then thought I wanted to add more interest so I collaged the leaves cut from magazines on top. I like the way the leaves look like they are "flying" or "floating" on the surface.

 Untitled MMC7, mixed media collage.

I did the same for this piece, except I also added a black stamp to create a pattern.

 Here I did the lines in markers and filled in the shapes with acrylic inks.

Untitled MMC8, mixed media collage.

I also added the leaves here to follow the "current" of the pattern.

Feel free to leave me a comment and tell me what you think.

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Untitled MMC5

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Untitled MMC5, mixed media collage.

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Leaf Prints 2

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Here are some more leaf prints on coloured paper. Close ups down below.

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Leaf Prints

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Here are some prints I made using the leaves I collected yesterday. I'm still trying to get the perfect print. Hopefully I'll have some made for the market on Saturday, I may even use coloured paper!

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Rainy Day Photos and a Sketch

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These are some photos I took this morning at our local park. I sometimes walk through the park after dropping my son at school. The flowers looked really nice and I managed to pick up some interesting leaves. I thought I might use them for leaf printing at a later date. Here is a sketch I did of one of the brown leaves.

3. Brown Leaf, coffee, graphite pencil and crayon on paper.

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Happy 1st September and Work in Progress...

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Happy 1st September everyone.

My son will be starting school again next week. Last year he was in the Badgers class at his school, this year he'll be in the Rabbits class. When I asked him if he looking forward to school he said-"Boring, homework is boring". That was also his reaction when I asked him what he thought of his first year at school back in July.

He's missing his school friends though and I'm glad he'll be going back soon, for both our sakes. He'll be fine once he sees everyone and they all get back into their routines. I know he's looking forward to seeing his teachers from last year to tell them how he lost his first baby tooth and how he's got another tooth ready to fall as well.

This is a piece I'm working on at the moment- using an image transferring technique of magazine images, skeleton leaves, feathers on a coffee stained background.

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More prints...

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Here are more prints and two new stamps.

  

 

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Printmaking Monday...

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Today I have been carving stamp designs and making prints.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And these are the stamps drying outside.

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Pencil sketches...

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Here are some sketches I made recently-

I'm thinking of using some designs for embroidery projects and some for block printing.

So watch this space for any updates...

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