Sketch Book Doodle

There are not many flowers in bloom at the moment so I thought I would post a sketch of one

Tiger - Book Cover

Another older one from C&G days. It's an A3 sample file which has been covered in recycled velvet. The tiger, also velvet was bleached to get the markings [painted on with a nylon brush], then appliqued [& stuffed lightly] onto the backing. The grasses are a separate piece of fabric which has been machine embroidered

Altered Flower Book

I started an 'altered' book last year, although I have not done much in it yet. It is a flower book & I thought I would alter it with more flower and garden related things. I have painted quite a few of the pages with dye solution  as in the picture above, which I like without doing anything else to it [although I probably will add other things]. To do  - Apply the dye, more at the edges, then cover with cling film, pull off when dry. The page below has an added butterfly, but I've added more to the page since I scanned it.

The original page looked similar to the picture below.

My Illustration Friday entry can be found at   http://linsdoodles.wordpress.com/

Sample in Green

This an old piece done for one of my City & Guilds projects. Layers including hand made paper, both hand and machine stitching, burning, beading, cording etc..

Layers Book [The End]

vintage photo print on silk, acrylic paint, watercolour paper frame, acrylics, ink stamp, chalk pastels, charcoal

gouche paint & stamp, ink stamp (egyptian bought stamps), aquerelle crayons, shimmer paints, acrylic brown ink wash [bubble wrap marks]

collograph [layered], shimmer paints, acrylics, stamp, hand stitching

The End

Layers [almost the end]

mini quilt - digitally printed fabric [one of my fabric designs in miniature], hand quilted

patchwork of papers, painted

acrylics, ink pad [edges], chalk pastels, stamped

recycled calendar & watercolour paper

acrylic paint, ink pad, chalk pastels

recycled calendar cut & patched

acrylic paint, gold ink pad, stamped

Layers Book [pages 50-54]

back layer - paint & metallic crayon, top - stamp & inks,

painted braid [metallics], machine stitching

wallpaper fragments, painted

fragment of embroidery [which was also layered & stitched]

hand embroidery

layers of painted paper fish

[stamped, painted, stitched]

sky - bleached fabric

grass - scrap of fabric

house - layered fabrics, stitched & cut

Layers Book [more and more]

painted background, hand made stamp

there were many layers on this because I kept going over it because I didn't like it

print, paint, machine embroidery, ink pads, hand stitching

painted fabric, glitter paint, plastic rectangle around fragment [does not show up on photo], fragment of recycled embroidery, hand stitching

background-flower wrapping, layers of nets, organzes etc - trapped between machine stitching

 patterned fabric, the gold fabric & dyed net have been distressed, hand stitching

Layers Book [5 more pages]

the layers of a landscape - watercolour & acrylic paint, stitching

layers of leaves, layers of colours - handmade stamp

background - watercolour

ground layer - acrylics/dyes

trees - handmade stamp

the front tree is stamped on a print of layered leaves

textured background paper [tissue, fruit bag, stardust, metallic crayons]

lace [dyed]

? strawy stuff - always forget what it's called [dyed]

stitching

lazertran transfers [paper strips on fabric]

Layers Book & Snowman

corrugated card, metal heart, machine stitching

painted background paper, printed lutradur, handstitching

layers of sweet wrappers sandwiched between a clear plastic ATC and card, hand stitched ribbon thread

painted paper, print layer in centre, top layer is a clear photocopy [recycled from a screen printing design], brads [the photocopying has added extra colours ie yellow - I couldn't shut the lid as the book is soo fat]

not part of the book, a snowman my son made the other day. It is looking deformed today because it's melting.

Layers Book [another set]

paper layers

layers of clothing [collage]

layers are found in food ie sandwiches, vegetables, cakes, pies etc

Layers Book [half way]

a planet has layers - drawing, collage, paint, dye

collage - a book page, digital image, wallpaper, packing material, pencil sharpening cone

the layers of petals on a rose

Layers Book - more

the layers of a life - the bird story

forest layers

top - pastels on paper, stitch. bottom - wallpaper. centre - corrugated card, paint, stitch

part of the angel of the north over images of the north east

Layers Book [another 5 pages]

paint, newsprint

a bird is a layer - of eggs

plants sandwiched between fabric & plastic

layered look landscape, fence is like layers [mixed media]

photo of layered linens at Belsay [partly outlined in pen]