Tuesday 11 May 2010

..needing a change...

All the pieces I've been working on lately seem to be dominated by various shades of brown....

...and personal circumstances dictate that a "happier palette" is required.


Maybe I've been a bit too caught-up in the "henna" stuff...

..but I've now realised that I can still use the designs/symbols without having to stick rigidly to the colour-scheme.

Berber textiles are beautiful....













and colourful!....

So I'm starting a new sketchbook to shake the brown out of my hair as-it-were.

Pages of a square format Khadi book have been lightly washed with some Doc Martins Concentrated Liquid Watercolour..



...simply because I find it daunting to start working into a "virgin white" sketchbook!

Now, the flower palette has been charged with some brighter colours....



..including a vibrant turquoise which hasn't shown up too well in the photo.

Pieces of the Pot-permang dyed cloth will still appear here and there...

...but for quite some time I will be needing all the brightness I can get....