Sketches

The festivities don't leave much time for art, especially when a flu virus also hits, but I have been doodling in my sketchbook and working in some decos. Firstly two rather fuzzy pages from decos in watercolour and pencil.

And, secondly, a couple of several working ideas for a book page on the theme of birds, feathers and nests. Think I may do a lino cut or similar on this one, perhaps using the falcon as a kicking off point.



Happy Hogmanay Everyone!

Colourful Thoughts

As most of you know, I love colour. I studied colour theory very thoroughly over many years and it is fascinating to me. I find it very difficult to choose favourite individual colours or colour combinations.

As artists we are very lucky that we can combat the dull skies and lack of flowers/greenery outside by splashing a few colours around indoors.

These little squares are examples of those special bits of magic that I love. These are the bits where two or more colours colide and the resulting strange hues that result. MMmmmm. Yummmm.

I can't post any pictures of any artwork again as most of it is secret stuff and all the Christmas preparations are taking up what little art time I seem to have these days. Not that I mind, I am really in the Christmas spirit at the moment.

Kari x

Slide Mailer and an AB page

The countdown to Christmas has really started, I feel as if I have so much to do and so little time left to do it.

I am horrified by how behind I seem to be on everything, but I am determined to clear the decks.


Here are two pictures of a slide mailer. First time I have ever done one and also my first use of embossing - yayy! I got the hang of it at last. Just thought I would just go for it and am quite delighted with the results. Mind you, wish I had just bought clear UTEE, this stuff is full of shimmery particles which is great on this, but not something I will use on everything.



And this next page is a final page in Pat's Spring AB, I decided to go for the spring cleaning theme and to reintroduce a bit more of my own calligraphic (and I use the term loosely) mark-making. The background is duster yellow and I had to resist the temptation to edge in red. Sometimes less really is more.

Final Everyday Book Page

I can't post all the things I have been making lately as many are suprises for people. But this page is now in the hands of its rightful owner as our Everyday Books have trundled home to their originators.

I am so delighted with mine and spend ages looking through it time and time again. A year-long project like this is quite an undertaking, but the rewards when you have so many wonderful pieces of art from dear friends to enjoy for many years to come, make the effort so worth it.

This is the final page I did in Laura's book, her colour was "Autumn" and her theme "Family". It isn't very clear in the picture, but that is a gingko leaf that I pressed last autumn and it is trapped behind some shimmery fabric.