Three leaves

Greeting card

Collage

For sale

 

It's so nice with the drawn background in blue. 
Makes me think of snow flurries and watching the wind.

Drypoint

A couple of drypoints I did based on rowan and fir.  It's amazing how many of these I tried before I even had anything half decent!  I really respect people who can print perfectly and get an even amount of ink on the plate.  Presumably if I practiced for a long time I'd get better at it.

Quince

A little experiment with bleach and ink.  Not to be taken seriously, only because I've never done it before and I really quite like the glowing firework effect.

Postcard lady

Many years ago I went to an exhibition where someone made postcards into ladies. 

Inspired, I came home and created my own from freebie postcards I picked up at the cinema.

Amazingly it hasn't fallen apart yet and I still like it!

Abandoned

Watercolour and grey ink

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I created this little piece of old boxes and a rusty old tin that was left in a shed when we bought our home.  I kept them knowing that one day I'd draw them and I just love their designs.

Golden tree

Langton Prestige 100% cotton

12 x 9 inches

Ink
Gifted

 

This started as a grey ink drawing with bamboo stick, encouraged to paint the background in gold ink and it all went from there.  This photo doesn't do it justice but it really 'glows' :)



From a sketch I did last year of a condemned tree. 
 

Heralding Christ's birth

Heraldry

Pen on A3 paper

 

This started as a little sketch to design a greeting card for Christmas. 

I found more designs I liked and ended up filling up the entire page! 

I used the Seraphim image for a lino printed card together with the words the angels sang when heralding Christ's birth "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill toward men".

 

Before Christmas I went to the PreRaphelite Exhibition at Tate Britain and was struck by the red Seraphim on the wall tapestry.  Have you ever noticed the pink Seraphim painted on the Octagon ceiling in Ely Cathedral?