Number Two

This image is disappointing--I used all metallic inks and it just doesn't show up very well when scanning.  The leaves are green--really they are!  And the lines don't show up at all 'in real life' but there they are in the scan.  But imagine crisp, glittery, metallic color--white, gold, bronze, green and blue.

I'm happier with the arrangement in this one, but I still see clumsy execution and things that I would change.  

I made this for my friend, Emily, who is the daughter of my dear friend, Dorothy.  The Antiqua Baroque Concert is the ensemble she plays with.  We attended their concert on Sunday afternoon and it was marvelous!  The instruments played by the four musicians included the recorder, the Baroque trumpet, Baroque horn, the cornetto, violin and viola da gamba, and the harpsichord, played by Emily.  

Comments

[Linda]

Hi Kim,

Another beauty! I'm sure Emily was thrilled to get this.

Linda E.

[Pam]

But I really, really like this one too. I would like to see the work in real life but I think it looks nice. Have you done anything on onion skin yet? It was a thin, almost transparent paper. Sort of like the sheet in announcements and invitations. After the ink work and drying time, I would take a toothbrush with a small amount of brown craft paint and flick the bristles towards the paper and it would leave small brown flecks --( it would resemble fly poo) too make it look aged. Practice it on a blank sheet to get the technique down ... too much, too little ... to get the touch you want. Try it and see what you think. Makes a speckling type finish, for an old time worn appeal. I never tried flecking with ink, I was afraid that was too thin but you could try it with your walnut ink.