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The newspaper also ran a Pet Special this week, highlighting my work as a competition prize:
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These are the last pages of my second Canson watercolour sketchbook, which means I can now begin my handmade journal 'Flo', made by Kala.
Those of you that requested a Canson journal from me will be pleased to hear they are now in stock and on their way to me.
The weather has taken a turn for the better here in the UK the past couple of weeks and I managed to fit a spot of sun worship into my days, with my sketchbook of course!
I picked one of the flowers from my garden with every intention of sketching it until I noticed the amazing shadows it cast onto my journal in the bright sun light, so I traced the shadows with a pencil and simply coloured the shapes with my juicy, new Daniel Smith watercolours.
The Summer essentials; sun factor and a cooling spray with the fresh aroma of watermelon for my hot, tired feet.
I was recently reminded of my set of Staedtler Triplus pens by Nina Johansson, who informed me that they are NOT waterproof. I didn't know this, so I grabbed them from the studio and decided to play around with them and a waterbrush.
The result (above) is a little mucky to say the least but they were a lot of fun. A limited palette of just 10 colours proved a challenge too.
I had another bash in the garden, trying to keep the colours from merging for a cleaner look but ended up with a rather pale, colourless result.
Finally I took my efforts inside and sketched the lounge from the sofa, using the pens dry this time.
"I hate flowers. I only paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move." Georgia O'Keeffe
