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Today is a Good Day Painted Canvas

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With Spring now here I am feeling the need for some new colours in my home. I had an old, beaten up canvas that was lying around so I thought this is the perfect way to inject some bold bright colour into a space.

I painted a similar canvas for the Holiday Home Tour last Christmas with the words Merry and Bright. The painting was sold at the tour and I have been wanting to paint another ever since. I love how the backround looks like rustic painted wooden planks. So many visitors at the Home Tour actually thought that it was made out of real wood. Continue reading →

Craft Containers

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My desk area has been neglected lately so I thought that I would do some re-organizing. Like most creative people I have a mountain of craft supplies and without proper storage, these items end up all over my desk and around my office. I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to be creative when my office is a mess. I’ve found that I like small containers that I can have quick access to. These small tin cans that would have normally gone into the recycling box, work perfectly as craft containers. Continue reading →

The Art of Intaglio Printing

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Intaglio Printing

I’m back! After a long break and a lot going on, I am finally back. I am back to creating art which I have ignored for far too long. So when I say I am back, I actually mean my happy inner self is back and it’s thanking me for finally listening to what it has been saying for a while, and that is to create.

A friend of mine introduced me to Intaglio Printing, an old process where you scratch or etch an image onto a copper plate, rub ink into the scratches, wipe the ink off and press it onto paper. Now that I have gone through the process I am totally addicted and cannot wait to create more prints. Continue reading →