On Paper, Canvas, and iPad
*Watercolour and black fineliner pen on paper. This is from my handmade book, "Poems from Home: A Collection of Illustrated Haiku". I've shared quite a few here already, with still more to come. I wrote and drew them about 15 years or so ago, during the very busy days of bringing up four lively and... Continue Reading →
I wrote this poem, many years ago..... When I first got an iPad (a few years back), I put this poem with part of a painting I did in the "Art Set Pro" app. I only recently rediscovered it. The other day I decided to draw a yellow line, in the gap between the heading, and... Continue Reading →
*To illustrate this poem, I used the pencil (with my finger) in the "Art Set Pro" app, and paint and a bit of pencil, in the "Procreate" app. Well, here I am with my 100th WordPress post. Thank you to my fellow bloggers, and facebook folk, for your "follows" and "likes" - much appreciated! It's... Continue Reading →
*This is a page from my handmade book, “Mother as Writer”. I painted some watercolour washes over a print of my pencil drawing. I think the face is a bit too pink. The works below are on view in various places at home. I did most of them during the busy years, of bringing up a... Continue Reading →
Watercolour on paper - from my home made book, "Poems from Home: A Collection of Illustrated Haiku". Beautiful patterns are everywhere... I was going to post this today as is..then, I saw Paul Longo's post with his wonderful drawings (and his previous post to this one) which further reminded me, that beauty can be found in... Continue Reading →
This began as a quick black watercolour pencil sketch; about 4" x 6" (10cm x 15cm) in size. A favourite subject matter of mine - a mother and baby. I whooshed some water over it and then with my iPad, scanned it in, using the "Scanner Pro" app. I like the look of the original,... Continue Reading →
Painted with watercolour onto paper, quite a few years back. From my homemade book, titled: 'Poems from Home: a Collection of Illustrated Haiku'. This "haiku" could be titled (as in the movie) 'The Never Ending Story'. 🙂 However, "haiku" don't traditionally have titles - mind you, my haiku, are not really the traditional type! More a modern... Continue Reading →
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