M2 Ch2 Handwriting

Here is the write up to go with the previous blog.

Not quite sure why I didn't make the charcoal page more exciting!
I like the black and white page better than the all black page which is very bland.  I was trying a new ink which was very pale and I need to experiment more to find out what it will show up on.
The other pages from activity 1 are fairly self explanatory, the one I find most pleasing is the one with candle wax, I could see using that as a background for further work.

The pages for activity 2 were done in remembrance of my sister-in-law who died very recently so I did them for her. I loved the pages in the 'morepork' page, a shame the 2 patterns in the top left are together.  Why do I always prefer the patterns I do that are curvy, as in the 2 coloured pages.

I liked writing round in a circle (activity 3)but was disappointed that the ones going round in a wonky shape soon returned to a circle, even on my second attempt when I deliberately tried to avoid that.

Spent yesterday showing my 5 year old granddaughter how to do the first page of activity 4.  Like most little girls, she's very into writing and loved it.  I was very pleased with how all my pages turned out, too!

This first page took me right back to year 4 at junior school when we were allowed to progress to a fountain pen once we had mastered a dip pen.  I loved hand writing lessons!

souffle and glaze pens with brusho paint wash, the real colours are much more vibrant.

M2 Ch1 Fantastic Fonts

2.1.1 Find fonts on your computer.  An easy exercise for me because of past experience so a good intro.  I can see the plain sheets as a particularly useful reference. I was disappointed that the tissue paper would go through my printer when firmly stuck to a backing sheet, masking tape just wouldn't do it.  I did like the picture backgrounds though.  The fushia was my photo printed on a draft setting first.

2.1.2 Topsy Turvy Printing.  The black ink over the blue (pale green background) is too heavy.  The blue/green stripey background was made using a new big fan-shaped brush. (I like it!)  The pink background is a mulberry silk paper.

2.1.3 Collecting words and letters.  Pages from my sketch book.

From my postcard collection.

2.1.4 Recycled papers.  Some pages from my collection - junk mail and envelopes, leaflets, recipe cards, envelopes inside and out, newspaper, bags, notes, assorted letters, computer printouts, maps, postcards.