Preparations

The image below tells you something about the day..... rain, lots of rain (and that the grass needs cutting!)

 

So what am I working on?  Well it's a bit hard to show you everything as I want to keep some things as a surprise for the Open Studio and also for publication.  It's a balancing act sometimes.  I'm only managing a few hours a day too due to lack of energy - frustratingly horrid when I want to get on and work. 

Let me show you the fabrics...... hand dyed silks, rayon and velvet. 
Nothing dyes like silk.  Nothing gives wonderful implied texture like silk.

The Artista has been busy "printing out" some designs for me.

More texture - I'm checking to see if prepared panels and canvases are ready to paint / gesso.