...a plethora of creative nonsense...
Reading Time: 3 minutesPrompted by my continual playing with natural pigments in my paints, I made a batch of Avocado ink the other day. This is perhaps one of the better known vegetable dyes, creating a relatively stable and lightfast dusty pink colour. I’ve brewed up a couple …
Reading Time: 3 minutesI do sometimes have to admit that I am a compulsive buyer of anything arty that looks interesting, even if I have no idea what I intend to do with it. But every now and again it does mean I escape my fixation with watercolours …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome further experiments with brusho, I have been playing more with using it like inks and painting stems and grasses.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve ben planning this idea mentally for some time. As a child I have a lovely book of Joan Aitken stories illustrated by Jan Pieńkowski in his absolutely amazing silhouette style. I’ve always loved that style and as a child attempted to replicate it many …
