11 February 2013 - Inktense Blocks (watersoluble)

 

I splurged in the art shop last weekend :-)

Trying Derwent's watersoluble Inktense Blocks

and a waterbrush - it has water in the handle

that you squeeze down into the nylon tip.

 

When its dry it's fixed, so you can add more drawing/painting

over your original layer without changing the original layer.

You can also use these on silk - but I haven't yet.

 

Links to Derwent's webpages for Inktense Blocks and Waterbrushes

http://www.pencils.co.uk/product.aspx?mid=1338

http://www.pencils.co.uk/productlist.aspx?mid=1302

 

There are lots of demos on YouTube

 

 

4 February 2013 - Painter Circle-flowers (Carla Sonheim inspired)

 

I have a new pair of glasses.

They have graduated lenses (which I've not had before).

I can see long-distance OK and reading-distance OK,

but I keep losing the computer-distance.

I figured playing with Painter would provide

some happy practice learning to focus on the screen.

 

This is based on one of Carla Sonheim's free on-line tutorials

http://www.carlasonheim.com/abstracted-flowers/

 

I'm grateful that I live in a time and place

where I can have glasses.

 

 

25 January 2013 - Watercolour, Texta, Colour Pencils

 

Sloshing around with watercolours,

then watersoluble kid's Texta pens,

then some China white watercolour,

then a bit of coloured pencil,

then a little more watercolour.

 

Hooray, hoorah! Can again upload pictures to Blogger

straight from computer without loading to Picasa first.

What a relief to not have to go the long way around.

I'm glad Google sorted it out and hope

anyone else affected is back to "normal" too.

22 January 2013 - Stuck on Carla Sonheim!

 

This "sun" is really the eye

from a Carla Sonheim inspired

drawn-with-eyes-closed

Seahorse

 

 

 

 

But wait - there's more...

 

 

7 January 2012 - Copic Marker & Watercolour (still no image from computer option)

(photos added 13/1/13 via Picasa)

 

Kim has explained (via Facebook group) that Google now requires photos to be uploaded to Picasa first and from there they can be inserted into Blogger posts. It sounds very long-way-around and for now the computer is heating up too much to take the time to do it. Looking forward to cooler weather and the opportunity to work it out.

5 January 2013 - "Picasso Dog" Exercise

(Photos added via picasa 13/1/13)

 

The bad news is that the Browse box still isn't appearing in the Blogger Insert Image window :-(

The good news is other people using Blogger don't seem to be having the same issue.

The other good news is my parents gave me a copy of Carla Sonheim's book "Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists".

Drawing Lab Mixed-Media Artists

I did a "Picasso Dog in the Sun" using her Exercise No 19.

Photo to follow when Blogger's cooperating. Maybe it doesn't function well in hot weather either. Maybe I should try from work computer on Monday.

You can find some of Carla's creative exertise tutorials on her fabulous website
http://www.carlasonheim.com/

and her blog's interesting too
http://carlasonheim.wordpress.com/

4 January 2013 - Watercolour & Salt

 

The salt was just plain standard-grain-size table salt.

(Photo had to be loadad via Picasa - slow process)

At the time of posting this, Blogger's picture uploader isn't working - in Insert Image the Browse Box isn't appearing.

Will add photos when the problem's fixed at their end and it's cool enough to have computer on at our end.

2 January 2013 - Paint Drip Splats

 

These four splats were shuffled about in Photoshop.

 

Here are the original free-range splats.

 

31 December 2012 - White Pen & Watercolour Pencils

 

After looking at "One Zentangle A Day" a book by Beckah Krahula.

http://www.beckahkrahula.com/

 

This is using the Paper Batik idea, painting over lines

drawn with a white gel pen.

 

I used a Pentel Hybrid Gel pen,

Art Spectrum watercolour (Australian Red Gold)

and Derwent Watercolour Pencils

 

 

26 September 2012 - Painter (new blog wallpaper)

15 September 2012 - Painter (watercolour & Kaleidoscope)