green inchies

green inchies
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My first inchies!

Every Exit

Every Exit
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I loved this Tom Stoppard quote.

The person was drawn from a photo found on Flickr.

Wish I knew how to adjust the colour on my scans - in reality this is a punchy lime green and a vivid pink!

Pastels in Moleskine sketchbook.

Potential

Potential
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This collage was a 'thank you and leaving gift' for a wonderful lady with whom I worked with in a local Business Women's committee.

The tag actually has a little 'home' underneath the name, and it has a personal message on the reverse. The name buttons were made out of Fimo and stamped with a rubber stamp then painted with a Gold leaf pen.

Mobile Mania

Mobile Mania
Originally uploaded by JournalEYES

This is my first attempt to do shading with crosshatching - how do you guys make it look so easy?!

As I am new to the EDM group I am just dipping in here and there with whatever takes my fancy. I did this in the car while waiting for my daughter at her riding lesson.

Moleskine sketchbook, Pitt artists pen

Art Journey

Art Journey
Originally uploaded by JournalEYES

This is the opening spread in my new Moleskine Sketchbook (large size) -

Collage and soft pastels

Red Pepper

Red Pepper
Originally uploaded by JournalEYES

This was meant to be part of my drawing practice, but when it was finished I couldn't resist adding the luscious red watercolour.

Moleskine sketchbook and watercolours

Ebony

Ebony
Originally uploaded by JournalEYES

The new addition to our family unit - we adopted her from the Cats and Dogs home a couple of weeks ago. We think she is about 10 months old and possibly a cross between a Staffie and a Whippet, with a bit of Labrador thrown in! She is very affectionate, playful and alert, and can run like the wind, but is a little nervous when out on the lead.

I had never particularly been a dog person - we used to have a lovely cat, but I must say I am enjoying her company and she gets me out of the house more which can't be bad

Irises

Irises
Originally uploaded by JournalEYES

I used two techniques here. I drew the Flag Iris on the right first. It was drawn with watercolour pencils then painted over with a waterbrush, but I think I overworked it. It's always so hard when to know to stop!

The one on the left I painted with a light watercolour wash then shaved on some pigment from the watercolour pencils. This technique would have worked better on proper watercolour paper as the moleskine sketchbook does not seem to like getting too wet - it will take a certain amount of water but then tends to seep through to the back of the page. I like the looser look of this one though - what do you think?

Watercolour and watercolour pencils in Moleskine Sketchbook

My New best friend

My New best friend
Originally uploaded by JournalEYES

This was a lot harder to draw than I imagined - especially those little rounded buttons on the blue panel!

Moleskine sketchbook, pen and watercolour pencils

Garden surprises

Garden surprises
Originally uploaded by JournalEYES

We moved into a new house in January, the garden had been very neglected due to the previous owners ill health. So it has been a nice surprise to see a few flowers poke through the soil. So far we have had a patch of bluebells and these Lily of the Valley which have always been a favourite with their delicious scent and tiny white bells.

Not too pleased with the leaf on the left - it looks far too 'flat', still early days in my watercolour journey, much still to learn...

Moleskine sketchbook and watercolours