Hi everyone, here is one of the presents I made for christmas, it’s a Kathy Orta All Occasions Mini Album made with Tim Holtz Laboratory Paper. I cut lots of elements on my silhouette cameo and hand painted them with Inktense blocks. it was really good fun, check out the video below too..
Category: Art
Watercolour paintings
I now have some original watercolour paintings of the Kudu Antelope in my etsy shop here https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JoanneSeale?section_id=14629081
Painted antelope head (watercolour)
I decided to paint the Kudu antelope head in watercolour..
Design inspired by nature
Hi all, I’ve been in my craft studio all weekend as its cold and damp here in London. Yesterday I felt inspired to make an antelope head style motif, I knew how I wanted it to look, I just couldn’t remember the name of the species etc. After a good look around the internet I…
Hortus Folio Album
I made a steampunk Kathy Orta folio mini album using a Kathy Orta tutorial and a paper stack called Tattered Time By Die Cuts with a View (DCWV) I was inspired by an amazing youtube video by Bellajucielove Here is the front, most of the embellishments are papercuts painted with gold gouache then inked with…
Paper Graphic Design by Natasha Molotkova
The ‘new’ art of paper graphic design is portrayed here in the work of Natasha Molotkova and her company http://www.papergraphic.co.uk. Natasha grew up in Siberia, studied Fashion and Surface Pattern at the University of Worcester and now produces colourful tangible campaigns for a variety of clients.
Paper Bird Sculptures
I’ve recently discovered the work of artist Diana Beltran Herrera. She makes exquisite bird sculptures out of paper. Originally from Colombia this very talented 25 year old is currently studying for an MA in Bristol, UK. Be sure to check out some of her more abstract sculptural work, an example of which is linked below….
Sunday afternoon at the V and A
On Sunday I spent a lovely afternoon at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I was supposed to be going to see the Beatrix Potter exhibit on the 5th floor but got sidetracked by the wrought iron, metalwork and recently opened ceramics galleries :) We also had an amazing meal in the beautiful cafe…
Silhouette Sketch pens
I’ve been playing with sketch pens on my electronic cutter the Silhouette Cameo. I replaced the blade with a pen then converted some cut files to sketch designs in the Studio software then sketched onto watercolour paper before painting them with my new Gouache paints… I luv gouache!! :) I’m looking forward to the weekend…
Recent Sketches..
I started painting and drawing for the first time last year and its been a great journey so far. I’ve mainly been using watercolour and inks but more recently I’ve discovered the joy of graphite pencils. Oh yes, and different types of paper for painting on, my most recent discovery is Glassine paper, I just…
