ATCs two techniques.

< An ATC done for a swap.  Theme was "Song"

I brushed Beeswax on the ink jet prints  and collaged them on black card.

This theme was "viva La Diva".>

I used an image transfer medium made especially for
ink jet prints,as they are water soluble!

(Note, xerox and Laser copies are waterproof, so pva or various other mediums will work, but my printer is an inkjet)

I transferred the image by brushing medium onto the paper image, and also on a piece of cotton fabric.
Placed the image face down on the fabric and rubbed the back over with a spoon.
I left it to dry then damped the paper with tissue, left it to soak in, and gently rubbed the paper away.
I left it to dry again and then re-damped the cloudy areas on the image, and very gently rubbed away the remaining paper fibers.

After it was completely dry, I sealed the surface. This time I tried Johnson's Klear floor tile sealer.  It worked well.

I trimmed and stitched the fabric onto a backing, then mounted it on card using two eyelets.

Visit to National print Museum Sunday 27th June

        Sketches of the exhibits and one of the sketchers

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Pictures in D.Sketchers Exhib. in Sol Gallery

  The Egg sculpture at UCD and Hare from NHM

St.Annes Park D.3    (Sold)

    Trinity College and Chapel Royal in Dublin Castle
                        (Both Sold)

Howth Harbour

17th June 2010...Two quick sketches

Stephen Fry at the RA.on tv.                                            

 The second one was trying out gesso on the page,
soluble graphite and fine 005 pens. Not recommended on Gesso.                                                                                      
 The nibs got blocked permanently!

Sketching in the Sol Art Gallery

  

We met at the Exhib. on Sunday for our Sketch!

This was the house on Dawson St. across from the Gallery.

        Two sketchers taking a break!

        A sketcher on Bloomsday!

Dublin Sketchers First Exhib. opening Fri.11th June 2010

                Looking forward to the exhibition in the Sol Art Gallery.
         Extract from the Sol Art Site:

Dublin Sketchers Club Exhibition
Sol Art Gallery 

June 11th-17th

On the 11th of June the Sol Art Gallery on Dawson Street will premiere a

 special exhibition entitled 'Dublin Sketchers: Drawing a Crowd'. Done

 in conjunction with the city-wide celebrations for Bloomsday, the exhibition brings

 together the work of 23 Dublin based artists in a single collection as the Dublin

 Sketchers group show never before seen works created in a variety of mediums.

 Running daily from 11th-17th June, the exhibition introduces the work of a wide

 variety of artists who operate around the Dublin area. 

The show's theme is inspired by the weekly outings of Dublin Sketchers.

 Founded in early 2008, Dublin Sketchers has grown to become a significant

 group of passionate artists based in the capital. Each week, the members visit

 different locations in the Dublin area including galleries, museums, parks and 

outdoor spaces. Participating artists provide their own sketchpads, drawing

 equipment and imaginations but the rest is free. This packed

exhibition features some unique work built up over the past two years 

which is unlikely to be shown under the same roof again. Indeed, the sheer

 diversity of the work and artists involved will guarantee that there is something

 which appeals to everyone.

 Official Opening 6pm-9.30pm on June 11th.  

  

Liquid images!

Photo Image of Reflection of Liberty Hall in the R.Liffey.
(Upside down!)















Stepping off the edge!
I captured this image in puddle  after a
very showery day!

   

ATC theme Trees

Next task is a set of ATC cards for a swap, with a theme of Trees.ATCs are 'Artist's Trading Cards', they are swapped, but not sold. (There are also 'Art Cards' which are somewhat similar, these can  be offered for sale, on Etsy, the art and crafts website,  or
elsewhere.)

 However

I have a selection of positive and Negative images of trees. I will print them onto cotton and also

onto paper. I may use stitching on the cotton, not sure yet, and also I will coat the paper images in beeswax to make them translucent. I will see how it goes!

I printed the images on cotton, then on paper. I brushed beeswax over the positive and negative images, then using the Spotlight Technique, I cut a circle from the waxed image and placed it over the fabric print. I used the negative image in the first and second atc. I then machined stitched around the edges and mounted them on cream paper over silver card.

Another Quink and Bleach!

The Foreground was done first with strong black(Parker) Quink ink and dilute bleach.
I used dilute quink on the sky area and  brushed in dilute bleach,and  added some orange conte stick.
I used a sharpened barbeque stick to draw ink lines etc.and to finish it off I flicked some dilute bleach to create a spray effect.

Nice ink!

This is Black (Parker) Quink fountain pen ink,
on wet hot pressed (HP) watercolour paper.

 I used  a brush, pointed barbeque stick and water.
The ink interacts with the water and creates blues and yellows as well as black.  I added a few strokes of brown conte stick, and when dry I dipped the stick in diluted Bleach and drew some more.

Must try another one.  Note, the other colours do not appear immediately, so be patient.

May 30th. Solo Picnic in Merrion Sq. and 25th Birthday of the Artists.