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Extreme Beading

Some people like extreme ironing, I like extreme beading!
This is a detail of a piece I am working on at the moment. It is not finished enough for me to want to show more, but as I did just buy a digital camera- I can show you an extreme detail!
Excitement!

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Here is a page from my journal. It is done in Pelican Opaque Watercolor. The pages buckle slightly when using wet mediums but not enough for me to worry. I like the tatty-bulge you get from a well used book!
When using watercolor in this book, I take a brush full of soap from an old bar I keep in my art bin and mix it into the paint. This works for many things- painting on plastics and glossy surfaces for a start. Unfortunately I don't like how watercolors look on the Moleskine paper even with the soap. But don't let me sway you! Try it for yourself and prove me wrong, I am partial to opaque paint!

Posted by Melly at March 1, 2004 09:51 AM