What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday 624

                               

Wednesday again, so I am linking to the Stamping Ground.

And a very special Wednesday it is too - today WOYWW has been going every week for 12 years!

I only joined fairly recently - last June - when lockdowns meant I was tied to my desk.

I had spied on a few desks before this, but not added mine - but now - it's every week!!

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First of all, I would like to join in the 12th Anniversary celebrations and swap some ATCs. I will happily send to the next asterisk in the list, but I would love to send some more...  I am in Australia, though, so let me know if you'd like to swap by emailing me

 susanrenshaw0404@gmail.com

Actually, I had intended sending the ones I already have on my list, out, by now - but you will understand why as you read on. I didn't get round to commenting much this week either. Basically I had my first Covid jab last Wednesday evening and I felt pretty grim afterwards. Then I was booked in for  a virtual retreat from Friday to Sunday which stretched into, well today... And on Saturday afternoon we could go and see the plot of land we have bought ready to build on. Plus this morning was a Biggest Coffee Morning...

 Just all go!!

Here's my desk picture for WOYWW 624!

It's actually my drying area in the hall where all my virtual retreat stuff went...

I thought I would share some of the things I have done over the last three or four days:

It's hard to know where to start!

This was a workshop by Tanya Froud using that Tracy Scott rice paper that I was also using last week - not actually finished that one!!

This next one was a workshop led by Niamh Baly:

Next I have some journal pages following workshops by Mel Johns:

The next two were after workshops with Elisa Ablett.

I definitely need more practice on the next two - watercolours and alcohol ink pictures after Lucy Campaneau.

Oh - this one was after watching Marlene (Art by Marlene) produce a so-fish-sticated journal page!

And this is after many layers of faux encaustic - tutored by Michelle Grant.

I still just had time to do this week's Wanderlust - week 20. This involved fabric and an image transfer...

I started off week 20 feeling pretty dubious - but in the end I was quite pleased with the result!

Image transfer has not worked particularly well for me in the past but this photo turned out quite well. It is of me maybe 25 years ago (when I had a studio photo) and the picture used to be at my Mum and Dad's - It came back to me when the house was cleared so I took a copy...

Because the photo was pretty big I went into two pages of my journal, stapling on one side and stitching to the fabric page.

All my pieces of fabric were upcycled from somewhere. I stained the little yellow hankie with ink. I made a little book to go in the pocket with a cover of a gelli pull with lovely old book pages inside. On one page I added a copy of that doodle I did: 'Do Get On' - something Mum always used to say to us...

Happy WOYWW !!