Have fallen in love with ‘s art – see her blog Peony and Parakeet. She has revived my interest in coloured pencils. I adore the way she uses them in her inspiring abstracts. Without trying to copy her style, I have made some of my own in a handmade journal.
Art supplies used: black fine liner pen, coloured pencils (some are watercolour pencils) and a corrector pen. The first image, “Steps to Happiness” has some collage and stenciled elements too.
This creature formed itself out of watercolour paint drips. I was trying to make a sort of tree and suddenly, there he was. All he needed was a few defining pen strokes.
This page was created by splodging on watercolour randomly, then picking out bits to colour with pencil. Some doodles started to reveal all the hidden monsters.
I called this one “Patterns of Thought” as I was listening to some metaphysical blog radio at the time.
Here is the cover, inspired by Teesha‘s fabulous journals. There are odd little pockets on the inside where I overlapped squares to make it the right size.
Oh my goodness, your work if fantastic. I can see Paivi’s influence in your use of colour but the designs/style are all your own. Your stitched books are amazing! Are you familiar with the Australian artist, MIMI BONDI? Mimi’s work is colourful, whimsical and joyous. I’ve been following Mimi for many years and think you might like to look at her pages too. Best wishes – Marion, North Somerset, UK
Thank you so much, Marion. I think I’ve seen some of Mimi Bond’s work but I’ll definitely check her out right now. Waving at you across the channel (Between Cardiff & Swansea).