I carried on preparing my three sketchbooks with Liquitex inks and salt but this time I used large crystals of rock salt, I didn’t grind them. I think the effect is much better, more noticeable. I used Deep Turquoise Liquitex acrylic ink, applied with a dropper onto a dry surface and I twisted and turnedContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Deep Turquoise With Salt”
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Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Deep Violet with Salt
I carried on preparing my three sketchbooks with Liquitex inks but with a bit of a variation. I’ve used Deep Violet before but this time I wetted the paper with a large brush and water before dropping the ink onto the surface and the pigment spread itself across the pages by itself. Then I groundContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Deep Violet with Salt”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Iridescent Rich Copper No. 2
When I’m preparing my sketchbooks with background colours, I use different ways of applying the Liquitex inks. The top book, a lightweight handmade Khadi paper, I squirted the ink across the pages from the dropper and then pulled it around with a palette knife. On the hand-made book in the middle, primed with a clearContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Iridescent Rich Copper No. 2”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Iridescent Rich Copper No. 1
When I’m preparing my sketchbooks with background colours, I use different ways of applying the Liquitex inks. On the heavyweight Khadi book at the bottom, I brushed the rather thick ink onto the paper neat. It really picked up the texture of the paper’s surface. I have an exhibition, “Carved Heads And Other Creatures”, partContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Iridescent Rich Copper No. 1”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Transparent Raw Umber
It was the turn of Transparent Raw Umber to be poured haphazardly onto my sketchbooks today. I’m colouring them with Liquitex ink because so I can work directly onto coloured backgrounds. The sketchbook in the centre is hand-made (beautifully made by a friend), sealed with clear textured gesso. The small very heavyweight Khadi one isContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Transparent Raw Umber”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Phthalocyanine Blue
I’m colouring some of my sketchbooks with Liquitex ink because I want to work directly onto coloured backgrounds for a bite. This time I used Phthalocyanine Blue, which is a powerful colour. I have three very different sketchbooks. The one in the centre is hand-made (beautifully made by a friend) and the pages are sealedContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Phthalocyanine Blue”
#Caturday Archives: 61
It’s back to January 2018 for this week’s #Caturday sketchbook archive, a scribble in graphite of our Little Ming, the one-eyed fluffy tortoiseshell, doing her favourite thing, sleeping. We rescued her from a cruel and neglectful home when she was about a year old and she’s quite elderly in this drawing, about 17 years. IContinue reading “#Caturday Archives: 61”
Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Vivid Lime Green
I’m preparing some of my sketchbooks with Liquitex ink because I fancy doing some sketching onto coloured backgrounds for a while. I have three very different sketchbooks. The hand-made one (beautifully made by a friend) prepared with clear textured gesso. The small very heavyweight Khadi one, prepared with smooth white gesso. And the large, square-formatContinue reading “Three Sketchbooks: One Ink: Vivid Lime Green”
Scribbling And Eccles Cakes
Husb and I love an Eccles Cake and there is no finer Eccles Cake, in my opinion, than those made by Gerrards Bakery, which has branches across North Wales and the Wirral – controversial I know! Husb and I went on a wild coach trip to Llandudno back in August and dropped into the localContinue reading “Scribbling And Eccles Cakes”
En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 4
Here’s another en plein air sketch I did during a half-hour walk-and-draw exercise on Kilvey Hill. It’s a strange sight; until very recently the area was completely covered in trees but a controversial development project, The Skyline, has ripped out an enormous channel through the forest. This sketch doesn’t give a sense of the scaleContinue reading “En Plein Air With A Sketchbook: 4”
