Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Working this afternoon, getting our ducks in a row for next week, if you’ll pardon the expression… Forgive me for not blogging a step by step or anything arty for the next few days (although I’m really excited to tell you about my arty morning. Very messy – but oh what a result) PAINT NEEDED. LOTSNLOTSAPAINT! But the next week here is going to be our CLARITY SALE WEEK. Pretty chilly outside, but here at…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Saturday’s blog a new technique, right? Thought I’d get my brayer out. It’s been a while…. Time to get the comfy slippers on again. This may be one of the oldest tricks in my toolbox, but who’s to say it isn’t new to somebody ?! Hands up if you haven’t seen me do this before??? There MUST be somebody! Okay, let’s start… Stamp the church onto our Coated Claritycard using a black Archival ink…
Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Went to Brighton yesterday, to spend some time with Dave and mel, and go listen to Chris Wood, the folk singer, at the Komedia Club. What a BRILLIANT time we had. Mel is such a character. Great company. Very interesting woman. One in a million. We were sitting in the front row of the little studio, right in front of the stage. When Chris Woods came on stage, he was having a banter about his…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Remember a couple of days ago I invited you to guess the recipe for this artwork? Sorry, no winners today, I’m afraid. So the £20 gift voucher goes back in the pot for next time, and I shall just show you quickly, because ironically, the clock is ticking, and we’re off out to Brighton this afternoon! Right. Ready, steady go! Large 8″ x 10″ Gelpress plate on large Megamount. Lay the pocket watch stencil…
Hi there!Thanks for popping in. Do you ever think to yourself, “I’m getting too old for this lark” ? I do! But then I give myself a kick up the proverbial, a good talking to – and get on with it! Keep on truckin’ ! One of the things about Clarity and all those who sail in her is that we actually DO move with the times at most levels. Let’s consider the NEC. I did that show in the…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Here’s a Groovi step by step which Paul did on TV recently, using one of the beautiful new Autumn Round plates, illustrated by our Mel. Autumn Rounds Simply emboss a portion of the image on this yellow landscape from the Shenandoah Parchment – as much as you want – and leave the rest behind. Here’s a flash of the paper pad: Here’s a top tip which Paul demonstrated on the TV: By embossing one…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. Where did the time go today? One minute is was 6am and up with the sun, the next it was 6pm and time to go home. So I’ve run out of time, and of steam today! I did do a nice piece of artwork when I got home though, and I think it is competition worthy! So here’s the deal…. Check out the time piece here. Decide what I used, how I made it…
Hi there. Thanks for stopping by. Was listening to some really great music on the way over to meet Mum, Dad, Steve and his girlfriend Sheila for lunch today. We were singing along in the car, Dave and I. Knew every word, and yet. I hadn’t really ever properly digested the meaning of one song in particular. Until today, that is. So I came home and decided to share them with you, it being Remembrance Sunday. All you need is an…
Hi there. Thanks for popping in. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. Armistice Day. I came up to my little room, to spend an hour remembering those poor souls who died defending the freedom of their countries. Two World Wars, yet still carnage and treachery abound. What a mad world we live in, eh. I remember as a kid, whenever a black-edged envelope dropped through the letterbox from Germany, I knew a German friend…
Hi there! Thanks for popping in! Had to come home early. Just not feeling myself, so to speak. Spoke to Rosie. She’s the same. As is Paul, who had the day off, and Jayne, not in today, or Lisa, not in today. And Maria has been cream-crackered all week, like me! In fact, the whole NEC team is still pretty second hand. It sort of creeps up on you, the exhaustion. Very strange. I felt better on Monday!!!! And you…