free inks and yupo

free inks and yupo
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I have been given some old pantone inks, I think they are meant to top up some type of felt pen, but they have been dicontinued. These are spirit based inks, very toxic smelling, but gorgeous colours. I have tried them on paper and they bleed through quite badly, but then I found some yupo paper that I had bought years ago and not got on well with. The inks look fabulous on it. I had great fun playing with the effects, but now what to do with the paper.....

so true

This amused me, and dismayed me, I have been guilty of being affected by all of these points......am I / have I been shooting myself in the foot all my life! So new years resolution, try and make art for myself, not for the perceived audience / critic....just do it, and get it out there. After all I am getting on, I feel that time and fashion are not on my side, I really need to get going.....2010 could be a better year, couldn't it? :-)

all for me !!!!!

wonderful yummy cakes...a lovely early christmas gift for me! and they are so pretty too...

forest horse

forest horse
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

a little experiment with tunnel books , and a sound track thay came with my computer :-)
I really enjoyed making this tiny piece 3' x 2", and will try another for sure, but it could get a little bit twee.....I am not really trying for cute, but it always ends up that way.

my grandmother

My mother has sent me some scans of old photos of my Nan....how young she looks....

bench

I went sketching today and sat on a bench....this lady must have had a sense of humour, and been much loved....

oil pastels ! yuck

I really do struggle with oil pastels....and today I look even more like a mad woman than I usually do .......