New Improved - Now with Added Treasure Gold!! It does give it a lift without making it look too glitzy. One of my daughters suggests I dirty up the beads along the spine a bit. She's probably right but I don't know if I'm brave enough to try it. They do look a bit new and clean.
Several members of my group said I should frame these painted 'dead' catalogue pieces (you may remember I posted 5 or 6 different ones a few weeks back) and thought they were too good to be used as book covers, so to keep them happy I made the piece above. I forgot to photograph it before framing and apologise for the shadows. It was so hard to avoid reflections in the glass. I still have the others to play with in the future.
I recently came across this lovely little book, packed with interesting information about the trees and shrubs commonly found in our hedgerows which are so often taken for granted. It's fascinating and full of the most beautifully drawn and painted illustrations for each plant.
I hope I am not infringing any copyright by showing a couple here - after all I'm plugging the book! It was really difficult to select just two pages - each one is a work of art.
Inspiration for a sketchbook of drawing exercises perhaps. A very nice project to start at the beginning of the year maybe and collect my own leaves, etc., and do just one page a week. The artist is Lizzie Harper and if I could draw and paint like her I'd be a very happy woman.
New Improved - Now with Added Treasure Gold!! It does give it a lift without making it look too glitzy. One of my daughters suggests I dirty up the beads along the spine a bit. She's probably right but I don't know if I'm brave enough to try it. They do look a bit new and clean.
Several members of my group said I should frame these painted 'dead' catalogue pieces (you may remember I posted 5 or 6 different ones a few weeks back) and thought they were too good to be used as book covers, so to keep them happy I made the piece above. I forgot to photograph it before framing and apologise for the shadows. It was so hard to avoid reflections in the glass. I still have the others to play with in the future.
I recently came across this lovely little book, packed with interesting information about the trees and shrubs commonly found in our hedgerows which are so often taken for granted. It's fascinating and full of the most beautifully drawn and painted illustrations for each plant.
I hope I am not infringing any copyright by showing a couple here - after all I'm plugging the book! It was really difficult to select just two pages - each one is a work of art.
Inspiration for a sketchbook of drawing exercises perhaps. A very nice project to start at the beginning of the year maybe and collect my own leaves, etc., and do just one page a week. The artist is Lizzie Harper and if I could draw and paint like her I'd be a very happy woman.
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