Trash to treasure!

I'd been playing around stone shaped things of late and had been mucking about colouring paper with tea and rust (using all manner of things I'd found in the garage!) and the two things just accidentally blended together beautifully.
 

No let me start this next bit with - Wyn Vogel, don't be too cross with me!

but I was actually cutting up the paper we'd been using in a workshop on watercolours (I believe I was supposed to be keeping it for future reference) and using the little bits to experiment with different techniques and I just fell in love with these tiny works of art. So I decided to make a whole bunch and put them together. I have to say I'm delighted with the results and it's gone up on the living room wall already!

Nature Frame Process

I don't often think of taking photos as I'm creating a drawing so this is a rare look into the process. Some of the pics are pretty dodgy as drawing went well into the night and I take rubbish photos on my iPhone! All of my drawings start with a number of pencil sketches which is then refined into a single ink drawing. It's then scanned, cleaned up and in this case the text is added.

If you're interested, this particular piece is for sale on my etsy store at https://www.etsy.com/listing/115813396/nature-frame-quote-8-x-10-art-print.

Stone Collection I

Ever since I found a new track around the lake that's bordered by big sandstone rocks I've gone a little stone crazy. I love all the colours, lines and textures. Here's the first in a series of stone collections I'll be adding to the etsy store... This one is up for purchase here.