No longer November...
Like many people, I find this is a very emotive time of year. Christmas is bearing down on us, and there is an overwhelming urge to prepare for the festival. However in my very small, grown-up family there is really not a lot to do. I'm sure many of you will envy our quiet time. However somehow I still feel the pressure to get things done...
I am enjoying my sketchbook course. Here are another batch of pages.
The page above now shows the pickled onions in the jar through the window cut out in the right hand page. I have tried to integrate the photographs into the background with mixed media and different techniques without getting over fussy.
Onion studies.
Here are another two pages using the idea of a cut out and integrating a photograph into the page - the bottle revealing the spotted paper above and the photograph below.
And here is my journal page for December - going for a frosty look, although we haven't had much of that so far this autumn. The white writing is done with acrylic ink and a dip pen. They are all December quotations.
Marvin the cat has recovered well from his dental treatment but now only has his canine teeth remaining. He seems perfectly happy especially as he has to have his 'kitty bricks' soaked to soften them. We are happy too (although a lot poorer). Not only has he stopped slobbering over everything, he no longer greets us with his 'killer breath'. I shall soon be able to remove the pieces of fleece which cover all his favourite sleeping spots.
The convalescent sleeps soundly.
Have a great weekend and see you soon
