Category Archives: Background paper

Technique of the week: easiest spring background ever

March 12, 2009 – 2:09 pm

It is almost embarrassing to write a tutorial on this because it’s so easy, but just in case someone hasn’t thought of doing it before, here goes. The prettiest way to come up with a background in fresh spring colours is to use watercolours because they have such a transparent quality that immediately evokes the [...]

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Technique of the week: How to create a digital background

February 2, 2009 – 2:43 pm

Most mixed media and collage artists start by getting their hands dirty. Gesso, modelling paste, acrylics and glue come first—then, a chance encounter with image editing software allows them to add digital effects to their work. For me, it was the opposite way around. As a website editor, I had long used editing software professionally. [...]

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Freaking out

April 10, 2008 – 3:41 pm

So, it is just 14 days to my due date and, according to the doc, it may well be that I give birth earlier than that. Which wouldn’t be a problem if it weren’t for the fact that I crazily accepted two writing assignments, both of which are due in at the end of next [...]

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