Today we did washes. First with watercolours….. Then with bathtubs! Seriously, though, it was much easier to explain the concept of a watercolour wash to Katherine, who is just over three, than it was to explain the Mona Lisa. When asked why the lady didn't have hair on her forehead, you CANNOT tell a preschooler…
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Fish with a tan(nery)
This stuff is just cool! I was given a bag of fish leather scraps the other day and am seriously having too much fun. There aren’t any really big pieces in the assortment, but there are enough scraps to do some interesting things with margins, which was my hope. It has a really neat texture…
More about the book and its construction…
Basic materials used throughout: covers – super-heavy Pellon stabiliser pages – medium-weight Pellon stabiliser cotton fabrics, mostly, with the odd bit of silk acrylic fabric paints – Pebeo Setacolor with a few touch-ups from Tulip Pearl paints. I often used my calligraphy dip pens for lettering with pearlescent Pebeo paints, watered down slightly. metallic threads…
More about the book and its construction…
Basic materials used throughout: covers – super-heavy Pellon stabiliser pages – medium-weight Pellon stabiliser cotton fabrics, mostly, with the odd bit of silk acrylic fabric paints – Pebeo Setacolor with a few touch-ups from Tulip Pearl paints. I often used my calligraphy dip pens for lettering with pearlescent Pebeo paints, watered down slightly. metallic threads…
Book Finished!
Finally finished the book. Phew! It’s a nice little thing – fits comfortably into a hand. I’m quite please, overall. A good inital effort and definitely a great start to book-making. This is the front cover, done in metallic acrylics with a calligraphy pen and embellished with silver foil. The spine, after stitching. It’s bound…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 