Tag Tuesday- Letter J

This week on Tag Tuesday we are on letter J.

For my tag I used images from The Graphics Fairy taken from an old cookery book of the 1860s by Mrs Beeton. The original pictures were of desserts which I converted to jellies. 

The large one has been coloured with acrylic inks and collaged. For the smaller ones round the edge I found a way of recreating the translucence of jelly using tracing paper and acrylic ink. The background is handmade Indian paper, painted with yellow ink, maybe to suggest custard? Or just because the yellow was a good background colour.

Henley-on-Thames ; The Chantry House

The Chantry House is a late medieval listed building in Henley, dated from about 1400. It  is now used as a church hall. I found it very striking, and love the textures of the timbered frame. It is a very peculiar sensation photographing a building with so many curves in it, as the eye is more used to seeing straight lines.

More Painted Papers

I have been making quite a lot of painted papers recently. As posted last week, which you can see here, I have been doing a course with Jane Davies and have painted some papers following some of Jane's suggestions.  

Burnt umber over white acrylic applied with roller (brayer)

Mixture of burnt umber, burnt sienna with white, stamped over with black and burnt sienna.

Black applied with dry brush over white

Paper bag (very thin paper, gave an interesting texture) Burnt sienna and burnt umber over white and printed.

Burnt umber, burnt sienna, fluorescent pink applied with roller onto crinkled brown paper.I knew those veg box bags would come in handy! I love this effect and can't wait to try other colour combinations.

Library Books

These are the library books I am looking at this week. 

Calligraphy Studio, The Ultimate Introduction to the Art of Hand Lettering  by Christopher Calderhead is a very informative introduction to calligraphy. In addition to teaching the basic strokes, there is an interesting piece about an afternoon he spent looking at a medieval manuscript and how he used the visual clues in front of him to interpret it.

 

MACHINE EMBROIDERED Flowers, Woodlands and Landscapes, The Art of Alison Holt is a delightful book for those interesting in stitched textile art. I find Alison's work amazing in detail, and she says it is often mistaken for painting or photography, but it is all machine stitched, as if she is painting with the sewing machine.

Co-incidentally, Alison appeared on Show me the Monet on BBC 2 this week, but  unfortunately didn't win.

Tag Tuesday-Letter I

Continuing with the alphabet theme over on Tag Tuesday, we are on letter I this week

I is for Illuminated letter.

For my I tag I have made an illuminated letter I using photos from Lindisfarne Priory, which were taken by C &G tutor Shelagh Folgate. I played around with them and coloured them in with gel pens. I knew I would never be able to copy the Celtic patterns myself, they are so complicated! I would like to make an embroidered textile from this one day, as I think it would work well in embroidery.

Hidden Henley

Henley is a delightful little town, with many old buildings. I always enjoy going there, and each time see something I haven't seen before. Yesterday I kept coming upon hidden entrances, set back from the main roads. I like the way the walls are bowed, and straight lines are hard to find, due to age!

Painted Papers

 I have been doing an on-line course with Jane Davies called Unlocking the Secrets of Colour. Here are some painted papers I did for the course, following suggestions made by Jane. I enjoyed this activity very much, it is one of my favourites! Watch this space, as I shall probably be doing some more, there are so many possibilities!

  Knitting needle

 Brayer (Roller) and credit card

 Bubble wrap 

Knitting needle and sponge

Printed