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HOW I CREATED MY MINI OWL AND RACCOON PRINTS
Owl and Raccoon Prints on Beer Coasters
Hi Everyone!
Here are two plates that I made as part of the recent 5 Day Challenge that I created for one of my groups. I don't usually do animals although I have done a couple in the past. I will include those at the end of this post for you to see.
I REALLY like Owl eyes so I found the Owl one really fun to make. This is how I went about making the plate.
First of all I painted the beer coasters with white paint. I used a very soft brush…
RECENT EXPERIMENTS
Beer Coaster Collagraphs
Small print - viscosity inked.
Do you find it hard to get new creative ideas for Collagraphs? I know I sometimes do. You sit and think "What can I do?" but often only the same old ideas pop up or you can be completely at a loss. Some people try and draw and plan things out, copy someone else's work or go back to their tried and tired way of working.
Recently I created a Challenge for one of my Facebook Groups. I like doing these because I think working with t…
Filling The Well
Filling The Well
I have been thinking about my printmaking practice quite a lot the past few days. The reason for this is that over the last few years I have done very few prints because I have been focusing on painting despite that fact that I really love printmaking.
But then I took a major leap of faith and created the Collagraph Master Course. I did this because I had so many people coming to my website trying to find information on how to go about making collagraphs, how to get certa…
Art, Meditation and Healing or Mindful Mindlessness
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Where Do You Go My Lovely?
“Where do you go to my lovely when you're alone in your bed. Tell me the thoughts that surround, you I want to look inside your head.”
The words to this song came back to me when I was thinking about art making. So often we re plagued by thoughts going on in our head telling us that we are not enough, that we will never do good work, everyone is more talented/creative etc. I’m sure you have had these feelings. I know I have.
But there will always be people who are better and cleverer more beau…