In this life drawing session I enjoyed experimenting with drawing on pre prepared gel plate printed backgrounds with conte crayon. I incorporated bird imagery into the gel plate prints to link to some of my personal projects this year that feature birds and vessels. Ellie- conte crayon on gel plate print 2x5 minute poses Ten …
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Aimee- negative space In my sketchbook I have been enjoying reworking old and new life drawings into new compositions using collage and mixed media techniques. I used old paintings that I no longer liked or needed and cut them up to create new pieces in my sketchbook using them as backgrounds or parts of the …
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In this Sketchbook Revival session Janine Vangool “explores the creative possibilities of turning your sketchbook into a “text” book, while spending time with your thoughts to create personal messages (and more) using tactile, pre-digital lettering methods.” During this session we watch Janine utilise a myriad of printing tools and techniques to add text and fonts …
Continue reading Publisher & designer of UPPERCASE, Janine Vangool’s sketchbook revival class
A look at the last 7 days of the mini collage a day challenge and what I learned from the experience of making art everyday day.
A look inside the artist’s sketchbook exploring the symbolic interpretations of birds and vessels. Mixed media artwork featuring gel plate printing, collage, pastel and conte crayons.
In a previous post I shared with you a vase of flowers I’d captured in my sketchbook using colour pencils. Tulips sketch by Rachel Crawshaw I have since translated that drawing into a painting in acrylics, and on to it I have added the symbol of a blackbird. Receive joy by Rachel Crawshaw In the …
My botanical themed art work- Rachel Crawshaw Recently at TAC (Thursday art club) the artists made a group still life display with the theme of "Botanicals". I love it when we do these collaborative displays as you get a real mix of interesting and unusual items and everyone approaches the theme differently. For this theme …
Creating a Cubist-Inspired Acrylic Painting: From Reference Photos to Finished Piece There’s something deeply rewarding about exploring new styles and techniques. In the past few years I have embarked on a journey to create Cubist-inspired art works. I'm enjoying exploring cubism through landscape, figure painting and still life. I’m excited to share the process of …
Over the past few weeks in my life drawing groups at Hush Art Group in Clitheroe and Life Drawing Blackburn I have been experimenting with layering figures on top of each other and using negative space to create these graphic images- the drawings can be turned in different directions and as you look different figures …
Hi everyone! Today I have released a BRAND NEW digital Junk journal kit over on my Etsy Shop! This New Abstract Digital Junk Journal kit consists of 4 sheets of lined and unlined Landscape oriented papers, 4 portrait-oriented papers, Faux stamps, faux postcard, 2 pocket designs, 2 sheets of labels in two designs and a …
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