My Christmas cards for this year!

One of my water colours printed onto cotton, which was first treated with InkAid.

2 Watercolours printed onto silk and sealed with Ink

Aid.

Some sketches done lately with the sketching Groups.

Two winter sketches, at Cafe Moda (Rathmines Sketchers)

. Sketches done lately  with the Dublin Sketchers.

 Pen sketch from the Nat. Gallery
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                              Pen sketch from The Science Galery. Pearse St.



.Sketching in "The Bank" in Dame St. Dublin 2.             

        

Pen sketch of Stephen's Green Entrance during the snow, taken from the Kylemore Restaurant.

                                     

Card made with digital stamp

 Mockingbird card

I have been experimenting making Digital stamps.  This bird was a coloured clipart  image in MS Word.(left).I converted it to B&W. (right)
 I then  printed it on acetate and placed it over a piece of water-coloured paper.(See top).





          < Original clipart image.               Image converted to B&W.>

ATC s Angel theme.

This was for an ATC( Artists Trading Card) swap. I printed the images onto cotton then quilted and machine  stitched them.

Guache Sketch of Degas Dancers.

Done at the Rathmines Sketchers night.

Sketch from Collins Barracks Museum.

From the Silver exhibit:  A Chocolate pot and burner 1720.           Mace.

Talk at National Print Museum, on Japanese Woodblock printing .

Woodblock






                                      Print



I enjoyed the talk and slideshow by Debra Bowden last night, and after it we
 all created our own wood blocks and printed them in Sumi Ink.  This was my first print, the next print off the block would have better ink coverage.   The blocks we used were 4"x 4". I may create another design on the underside of this block.

2 sketches from Dub Linn Garden at Dublin Castle

  Garda Siochana Memorial

 View of Colourful area at DublinCcastle

Sketching at Cafe Moda with R.Sketchers. Thurs.14th Oct

Pen sketch from photo in I Times, by photographer Matt Kavanagh!

In the Harbour at Howth!

 Watching!
Swimming!

Invasion!

Sketches from the RHA exhib, Sept.10

Jewelled card! Off to Russia to a friend

Not pre-designed, made it up as I went along. Looks like a compass! The centre is watercoloured.

Botanic Gardens with Dublin Sketchers

Sketching at Nat. History Museum. 29th Aug. with Dublin Sketchers.

26th August. and 2nd. Sept. Rathmines Sketchers

                                                     Life sketching with pen and wash.
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                                                   Something old (in watercolour),  and something Blue (flower) H&2H pencil

Monoprinting with Watercolour and a Gelatin Plate.

Aug. 22nd. Sketchers at Wood Quay, Viking Festival.

Lightweight Sketch & Water Colour easel !

                

                                        Easel box for sketching or water colour, on a table or on you lap!
A large flat lid "cigar-box", cover it with strong paper, spray craft varnish, inside and out, add ribbons or clip at front to tie. (I used a lightweight "calligraphy box" I got free with a magazine a few years ago.)

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 Inside!  Stocked with pens pencil, eraser, small plastic palette(Airline tray), tubes of watercolour, 2 W.C. brushes, large and small, water pot (fold down lantern type)  
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Add a Hinge for sketching use:  Punch a hole in side of box(A) and another in the lid(B). Attach wire from box to lid, allow for the lid to open back flat. Twist the wires closed. Then punch another hole in side of box(C)  push a small plastic rawl plug through it and  to hold down the wire.

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Sketching with box on knees 
                    
  

Sketching with box on the table  and with box lid closed!

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Water colour Painting/Sketching! Release wire hinge from 
rawlplug, and open back the lid.

< Suggestion for Water container!

                        Added support at back of box, (not really necessary!) >

Aug.15th Howth

Watercolour sketch of Harbour.









Same sketch finished off with pen and ink.