Larnee's luggage

Here's what I was doing on Sunday morning:

Any whichaway her luggage is thrown out onto the carousel, she'll be able to see it from afar! Either by the ferns on the side, or by the round-thingy on the front.

I also did the round motif on her carry-on luggage. So that the two look like a set, which they aren't lah. And here they are, together, posing for a pix:

Here's a close-up of the scroll-work-in-a-round:

Her bags are black. And of textile, not the hard, clam-shell kind. So, I had to get paints for textile. She wanted something in silver, and that's what she got. It looks a lot softer in silver. White would have been to jarring on the eyes; too in-your-face.

I used Plaid paints. All I needed to do was let it dry for a bit, and heat-set it with a hair dryer :)

Blue on blue

I've been thinking about what to paint for a friend - and so I've been monkeying around with stuff, and yesterday, I thought I'd try out my favourite: tone-on-tone.

I used blue (although I know her favourite colour is purple), and since it was a round board, tried out a border design in a circle. I don't think it'll do for a clock-face, though. It looks too much like a wreath. So, I'll have to split it, I think - a larger half-circle at the bottom, a smaller half-circle at the top.

With my left-over paint, I practised more ferns - to find a fern that would be worthy of gracing Larnee's black bag. I don't have long more to practice, though. So, I think I'll have to settle on something soon.

Here's a shot of yesterday's work - taken on my easel.

I've taken to my easel again, because sitting on my bum, hunched over my paints, is not a good thing for me. So, it's standing, from now onwards, and I feel much better.

I have been working, though not as much as I would like to, and here're some of the flowers that I can do reasonably well. I think ;)

And, more in my quest to paint the fern, and having it look like a fern :

Silver ferns on glass

Here's my attempt at silver ferns on an old wine bottle.

This is the second attempt. The first try was kinda crappy - with too many stroke-marks showing though. And then, I realised that I was probably using the wrong brush.

So after wiping the first try off with a damp towel, and then cleaning the glass (oi! very hard lah!), it was finally clean enough for the second try.

On checking, I find that I have only one brush for painting on glass/ceramic :(

How come, ah? I dunno. I didn't really know what I was doing when I was buying my brushes, so now I know.

So this is it: my silver ferns. And these are the best shots.