Eyes

Today I played with gel medium, gesso and caran d'ache neocolor II pastels.
I spread some gesso on a paper surface, used a fork (won't be used to eat with again !) to obtain some design in the gesso, cutted some lace-scraps and putted them in the gesso.
Once the gesso dry, I used my pastels and watered the whole page with a fine brush.

I tried the same with gel medium and used butterfly-stencils, I added watercolours to accentuate the relief.
Hhere I used gesso again with the butterfly-stencils and I added critter-stamps.
To speed up the drying process, I used my hair-dryer.
To fix the colours on fabric or paper I even use my iron.
My kids have to pay attention which iron and iron-table they use otherwise...

My collage of the day was : Eyes ! Why ? Because I have a bad sight, without glasses I don't see a thing. And I believe that the eyes are the expression of the soul.

Good news : My eldest daughter has found a job. She went on a solicitation and an hour later she knew she had the (fulltime)job and had to start working in the afternoon. She was soo happy !

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all." Sam Ewing

Write you soon
Nathalie