Apt that in the week
when the first of our crocuses and daffodils come into bloom I find
myself working on Printemps - the French word for spring!
After discovering I'd
been drawing it in equal linear rows I went back to the start and
relearned it. And suddenly I saw how much more pleasing it could be.
Noticing the subtle (and not so subtle) differences between Tagh and
Printemps has made me like them both a fair bit more.
To celebrate I made a
tile using only Printemps - the all new Printemps, in all it's free
flowing glory.
I wrapped a couple of
straps around a wobbly outline and filled it. Some of my Printemps
are tight and tiny and have gaps between them. Others are larger but
huddle closer together. I popped a bit of colour on two of the
quarters.
I also took the
opportunity to try out another contender from my paper sample pack.
I'd seen a few people using coloured paper and fancied doing the
same. In the pack there was a sheet of Cream Tinted Bockingford
Watercolour paper (300gsm). It looked rougher than the paper I
usually used so I worried that my pen wouldn't like it - but it gave
me no trouble at all. However when it came to shading the pencil
seemed to stick in the textured surface and refuse to blend. I
resorted to a technique I've seen others use and shaded a little with
a pen instead.
To me it looks like a
shore based gift. Someone in a rush to get to a party, having
forgotten a present, picks up something from the sand - a rock, a
sponge, a salty something. And if the recipient was me, that would
be a wonderful gift to receive.
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