DAY ONE - SHELAGH

Up early after a very late night, looking for Khadi book & it was found, but had already been started!!
So I have decided to use the landscape Seawhite book, which has quite thin pages.  I may have to glue 2 together sometimes
This is the chair that I have chosen

It is a sitting room chair and has leather seats & an Oak frame.  Reminds me of the Morris chair from the last post.  Has circles & spirals carved into the frame

I sprayed my page with Dales Starburst sprays.  I had already done this, being of the impatient kind, a few days ago, so the page was dry.  I used a stencil flapped over the wet spray to give some marks to the page & concentrate the mica powder
I selected a rather difficult medium to sketch with - Faber Castell Pitt pen Indian Ink - black BROAD.  This is like sketching with a felt tip pen as the nib is thick
Still this is a challenge & I feel up for it!!

So 5 minutes on the clock (wow its 'Never been Kissed again! lol')
Sitting in the sunshine on the floor & away I go
Here is the result.....

I chose to use the A5 landscape pad in this orientation & to crop my drawing

EVALUATION:

1 5 Minutes is so quick its frightening

2 Really thick pen difficult to get any shading

3 Positive marks

4 Urgent Line

5 Coloured page works really well

6 Straight line is an odd angle

I feel quite keen to see what I can do with this in stitch, keep watching my blog http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com to see what happens

Have a go - if you are a follower then comments would be encouraging for this new venture

OVER TO YOU DALE :-)