Beginnings

starch paste on traditional gesso applied to and open weave cloth on masonite

Over the last couple of days I have been putting together

some painting substrates

Starch paste on plaster applied to and open weave cloth on masonite

and I though some of you might be interested in my process

just plaster

so here we go

plaster and starch paste on heesian applied to pine

I am hoping to get some underneath texture to pick up colour as I apply paint

but being a natural girl I don't use such things as gel/acrylic medium

so i gots to find otherways

plaster and on heesian applied to pine

plaster likes to pop right off pine

well it likes to wait a couple of months and suprise

you one day

so to try and combat that i have applied

an open weave cloth a light one on the smaller pieces

and hessian/jute on the bigger ones

this should give it something to grab onto

plaster and on heesian applied to pine

the starch paste is to give some idea of a horizon line

so I will be vaguely referencing landscape

paint will be added tomorrow

on the toipic of my process

I have been asked by Dorie to teach in the Netherlands

next year May/June 2013

and as you can imagine that is an awfully long way

so I am hoping there might be a few more places that

would be interested in learning my particular brand of madness

And with a lovely mention by the fabulous India

how could I possibly go wrong

please contact me or leave a comment

if you would like to host me.

x te

A Letter A Week

I am involved this year in this project which is to do with producing two alphabets during the year

So far I have completed 8 letters, I am working on them in a progressive manner

My first post can be found here

The second post is here 

so if you are interested in what I am actually doing

pop on over and have a look

You might find some other stuff you like too

x te

More Tea Bags

I have dyed some more tea bags

And I am even more impressed with this lot

This time I brushed the leaves

with egg white

before clamping them

This has given me much greater colour in the centres

And these have all been washed

and ironed!!!

Can't wait to try egg yolk

to see what difference it makes

x te