Detail of new etching I'm working on..

Creative hat!

I lost my favourite hat so I've just bought a new one from 'Imogen's Imagination' from her on-line shop at  'Etsy. I think it will help me think creatively and, if not, then keep my head warm!

etching

 

Etching today - the metal is etching in copper sulphate. Magical to watch!

 

Miniprint exhibition - Lahti, Finland

I'm very excited to have successfully got through the second juried stage of the Miniprint Finland 2014 /Graphic Artist Association of Lahti competition. 

 

800 applied in the first place and now 134 have been accepted for exhibition, including 7 other UK artists.  

The theme was infinity and I sent in some small etchings.

 http://www.lahdentaidegraafikot.fi/miniprint2014/index_eng.htm

 

Vietnamese scooter riders and a tiger

 

 

 

 A watercolour study of some female, Vietnamese scooter riders.  The woman with the red helmet is wearing a face mask.  I might strengthen the colour of the mask, or of the background, to make it stand out more.

A study created using Pitt brush pens and watercolour with some graphite pencil used over the top in some places.

 

A pen/ink and watercolour sketch of a wooden, sculpture of a tiger outside a temple at a Cambodian monastery

 

Trying out some Pitt brush pens with watercolour

 

I've enjoyed trying out some new Pitt brush pens with watercolour.  The brush pen ink is permanent so doesn't disturb the watercolour.

 

Inside the temple - watercolour study with gold leaf

I loved the patterned floor, decorated walls, brightly coloured fabrics and the sunlit doorway - where I have applied some gold leaf.