The end of the old and start of the new.

This is the last page from sketchbook 19 and the start of sketchbook 24 below. If you are wondering why it goes from 19 to 24 it is because I number all my books now and the ones from 20 -24 include the pamphlet book and the red journal which I've already posted about. Book 24 is A4 size which is bigger than sketchbook 19 but the paper in it is appalling, so I will be pleased when it is finished....the only trouble is I bought two of them at the same time... they were cheap. The promarker pens seem to work on them ok, the ink bleeds thru the paper and sometimes the back is better than the front. Most of my brush pens have dried up and I think this paper has sucked all the juice out of them. [hope the promarkers don't dry up too] I find it difficult to get a nice result with watercolours as well, the paper is too thin for washes but I have continued to use them in a scruffy un-neat way.

a whirl wind of leaves

Pages from Sketchbook 19

Pages from sketchbook 19 - mixed media

above - paint, pen, collage [found image]

above - paint, pen, collage [found image]

paint and pen

paint and pen

paint and pen

paint and found label

Dogs, IF - crooked

I entered this picture for the Illustration Friday challenge - crooked

Faces, Lollypop Lady, Pendant and Brooch

Painted faces - their hats are found images, a crown, a plant pot, a vase and a kitchen pot.

This lollypop lady is made from an image of a real ice lollypop

I can't remember who these are 'supposed' to be! Does anybody recognize anyone?

More items in my misi shop

Art you can wear - A pendant and on either side there is a miniature collage of miniature papers

And an embroidered brooch

SC- Patterns

I've chosen these pages from the ones remaining in sketchbook 19 for the sketchbook challenge of the month - patterns.

I have used watercolours and pens on all of them. The top has some found cherubs and there is textured folded artwork on the one below.

the iris is a found image

the text on the two below was torn from a print

click on the images to enlarge

Sketchbook, Art Buttons and Embroidered Brooch

pen & watercolour drawing of bird, found crown image

painted/stamped paper bunny

and pen drawing of bunny

watercolour & pen doodle

Brooch and art buttons now available in Misi shop

A patchwork of vintage fabrics in black and white embellished with French Knots

Pages from Sketchbook 19

Collage made from found images, watercolour background

spirals cut from painted papers

House and Tree Brooch, Sketchbook Pages

Another brooch - this one is made from textured fabrics, hand made felted tree and machine stitching. Available on Folksy.

The orange part of the book is textured paper.

I cut the shape of the bird from a coloured page in a magazine

The biscuits were in a magazine, I drew on eyes and mouths to make them look like faces.

The figures were shapes roughly cut from a magazine

Pages from Sketchbook 19

All the pages include texture transfer, watercolours, pen drawing and collage except the teddy bear which has no collage. All the pages have a dark section at the top right, this is just a shadow - it is difficult to get the pages totally flat to photograph.

The animals above were part of a greetings card which I altered