Category: painting

Isola

Giving myself permission to play to get through self-isolation on a Sunday. These pieces started out as circles painted with watercolor in my giant sketchbook. Printed onto facing page to reduce wetness, then dried...

Content contemplation

Too many art forms. I’m primarily interested in artist’s books. I don’t want to make blank books full of pristine white paper that will never be well used. I’ve taken a book to bed...

Diagonal pocket book

I made these from stash paper. This was the April challenge from my Facebook Group, Crafting Handmade Books. Instructions: structure #23, The Diagonal Pocket on page 116 of The Art of the Fold, by...

Doodleflowers

I finished 28 days of flowers in a one-page journal. Mostly from imagination, just a few from life. An enjoyable project that I found easy to keep up with, and infused my February with...

doodleflowering

Doodling with my non-dominant hand Drawing centers in wax pencil Applying many layers of watercolor This painting gets the Schminke watercolors to really glow. I had been finding them pretty flat, so I really...

fleurs d’hiver

I started working in India Flint’s latest course on February 1st. It’s called “a clearing in the woods.” There’s stitching involved. And unbundling little dyed bundles. And doodling and painting imaginary flowers. A Clearing...