Here be dragons.
Books get broken. Some can be repaired. Some aren’t worth repairing but could be repurposed/ upcycled instead. Book art is nice to see but, I think it needs to be practical so we aren’t just creating clutter but something useful too.
I don’t have many hard cover books these days. I miss them.
When you buy a book now it’s either a paperback or a bigger sized paperback book.… Read the rest
Daisy Yellow is an art journalist with regular posts with Creative Experiments, Kick Start your Art Journal and Art Journalling 101.
… Read the restUse familiar stuff in a new environment
This is easy. Take your show on the road. If you draw mandalas at night before bed, draw at a cafe. If you mostly shoot photos of your kids, photograph iron gates or weathered doors.
Spring is very much here. Outside the Spring flowers are blooming and… it’s been raining all day. Grass is green, robins are pecking around for worms and I’m ready to feel pretty again.
I found a “Blushing Necklace” at Nesting Pretty Things shop on Etsy. Very pretty with that romantic, soft and slightly fragile look.… Read the rest
In a cemetery: “Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own grave.” Found in a local print newsletter this week.
Have you ever taken flowers from a cemetery? I have. Shocking? It isn’t really. Plastic flowers blow around and end up being dumped into the trash. They can’t be recycled unless someone comes along and reuses them.… Read the rest
I’m taking part in the ProBlogger 31 Day Challenge to a Better Blog. On the second day, the assignment is to create a list post. Among the reasons for making a list post are readers who skim rather than read. I know about this type of reader as I do it a lot myself. So here is my list post:
Weird/ Odd Art Forms I Like