On Paper, Canvas, and iPad
This is another one of my illustrated haiku from my handmade book, "Poems from Home: a Collection of Illustrated Haiku." I painted the watercolour on paper and wrote the haiku, quite a few years back. About the Scan and Arrangement of My Haiku and Watercolour I used the "Scanner Pro" app to scan my watercolour,... Continue Reading →
I did this watercolour and wrote the words quite a few years back. I scanned it in using the "Scanner Pro" app on my iPad, and then took it into the "Phonto" app to type in my haiku. I call this picture and haiku; an illustrated haiku, rather than a haiga. In a haiga the... Continue Reading →
*Painted with my finger, using media in the Art Set Pro app. In a previous post I mention, the wonderful colours and shapes, fruit and vegetables offer, as subject matter for a painting or drawing. One of the most popular, I think, is the humble pear. Such a simple form, yet it often takes centre... Continue Reading →
Recently, I was in the kitchen, (always something to do in there) and a bowl of tomatoes kept catching my attention. The light from the window fell across them, making patterns of lights, darks and various red hues. They looked good enough to draw and paint, as well as eat. Just managed to grab one... Continue Reading →
The pic above is from my handmade book, “Mother as Writer”. This is how it looks after adding colour to it, freehand in an art app, and then placing it in a page, in the “Book Creator” app, and typing in the words, which replace the pen written words of the original page. Though I... Continue Reading →
One of the pages scanned in from my three page introduction, to a collection of haiku I wrote and illustrated. (Sorry about the bluriness.) Haiku - a wonderful way to parcel your thoughts; a way to polish them into just the right words - like a very small picture frame - yet able to display a... Continue Reading →
Janette Leeds Art 
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