Category Archives: Background paper

Northern summer

July 1, 2009 – 10:15 am

Wow, what can I say? I am overwhelmed by your kindness. Thank you so much for all the lovely comments and inspiration. I have decided I am going to make a summer journal to start with, before tackling a more ambitious altered book project. However, for a bit of instant gratification, I have decided to [...]

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Giveaway work in progress

June 16, 2009 – 1:14 pm

OK, I clearly needed to get that collage out of my system, because after I finished it, I managed to work happily on the background paper. The giveaway package is not complete yet, but I am posting a sneak preview of a corner of the background paper to whet your appetite. Bookmark and share: These [...]

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The sea, a painted background

June 11, 2009 – 11:01 am

This is a little background I made today for the summer. The base wash is a pastel blue, with layers of yellow, pastel green, phtalo blue and phtalo green—the idea was to capture the colours of the sea. I am going to use it for a collage, but haven’t quite decided what will go with [...]

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Feeling green

May 27, 2009 – 1:03 pm

Maybe it’s because I am craving a picnic on a lush green meadow with a glass of lemonade, but this is what I felt inspired to make today—a simple, refreshing background with layers of green acrylic washes over a thick layer of gesso. For some reason, though, it looks like it has measles in this [...]

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Tag girl revised

May 26, 2009 – 1:30 pm

OK, I just couldn’t leave it alone. When I started experimenting with tags for a painted tag swap a while ago, I made a little tag that I wasn’t happy with. It wasn’t a big deal since it was just an experiment, but it bugged me. I went on to make the tags for the [...]

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