Thursday 24 October 2024
New gel printing techniques and other projects
Tuesday 22 October 2024
An Autumn bouquet
Saturday 12 October 2024
Wanderlust 2024 - weeks thirty-three to forty - Drawing
The Drawing theme has been an interesting one, with some weeks I enjoyed much more than others.
Sunday 6 October 2024
New and inspiring books and courses
I have been enjoying Sketchbook Revival, hosted by Karen Arbend again this year. It is a free 15 day inspirational set of videos - two per day - from different tutors with ideas for adding to sketchbooks/art practice. They all offer a free gift, which usually involves signing up to their websites, but this is no hardship for those that particularly interest you. I was reminded about this by Amy Maricle, whose weekly slow drawing tutorials I follow, was offering a video again this year. The videos are available until 19th October for free but if you would like access after that date, you will need to pay. I have made lots of notes, as there are many techniques and ideas from the teachers that I would like to try.
One video was by Lucie Duclos and it was really inspiring to me. I found that she has a book out, so that was straight on my list. She has a mid-century vibe and uses collage and doodling to create her art works.
Sunday 29 September 2024
Hydrangeas and other plants
Sunday 22 September 2024
Late summer sunshine
Finally, in other news, I may have seen a Japanese Anemone, 'Ruffled Swan', on another blog and instantly fallen in love with it. I have since bought one for myself and it is above. I particularly like the pale blue/purple backs to the flowers. The photo is an interesting one as the plant is on the little north facing patio in a big pot, and it was a sunny day when I took this photo, but as you know, my camera doesn't like low light levels, so produced this shot. The darkness around the plant does make the flowers really sing out though!