Sketching on Sundays in January.2011

View from Kylemore Cafe in Stephens Green, on a snowy day.













                                Sketching in Nat.Gallery. Jan 2011

Left:
The clock tower at IMMA. Jan 2011

Drawn in pen on brown tinted paper. Shaded with brown pencil  and a white pencil.















Right:
Enjoyed our trip to the Dead Zoo! Here is a sketch of a Rocky Mountain Goat, using a water sol. pen and a water brush, on tinted pastel paper.

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.