What's on my workdesk today....

 Well there is this pile of goodies from Kim Tillyer of www.witchmountain.wordpress.com 

who sent it to me after I took up her challenge of someone taking a photograph of themselves holding her sketchbook at the SKETCHBOOK PROJECT in London recently.  Good luck to Kim in her new job too.

 Then there are a pile of orders waiting to be finished and sent out.

Something else arrived this week which caused me to have these on my desk

no lights on our lane, hence the torch

And here she is little Kikki the Papillon who is now in her forever home.

She comes almost twelve months to the day since we lost gorgeous Bobby.

 Here's a link to some more desks to have a look at

WOYWW

and thanks for looking in.

Don't forget to have a look whats going on in the sketchbooks of

WWW.SKETCHBOOKFRIENDS.BLOGSPOT.CO.UK

What's on my workdesk today....

 Well there is this pile of goodies from Kim Tillyer of www.witchmountain.wordpress.com 

who sent it to me after I took up her challenge of someone taking a photograph of themselves holding her sketchbook at the SKETCHBOOK PROJECT in London recently.  Good luck to Kim in her new job too.

 Then there are a pile of orders waiting to be finished and sent out.

Something else arrived this week which caused me to have these on my desk

no lights on our lane, hence the torch

And here she is little Kikki the Papillon who is now in her forever home.

She comes almost twelve months to the day since we lost gorgeous Bobby.

 Here's a link to some more desks to have a look at

WOYWW

and thanks for looking in.

Don't forget to have a look whats going on in the sketchbooks of

WWW.SKETCHBOOKFRIENDS.BLOGSPOT.CO.UK

PEERING THROUGH SKETCHBOOKS

 Carrying on from yesterdays posting about the Sketchbook Project tour to London look at the stunning book of Kim Tillyer's of North Yorkshire.

As you can see from the front cover Kim's theme was "Fears and Tears", her sketching is exquisite and I wanted to take it home with me. 

Link to see more of 

 KIM TILLYER'S BOOK

This is the book that was next to Kim's

This is the book of Emma Elizabeth Clease from Devizes, Wiltshire and her theme was "Fabulous Florals"

I love this book each page is hand painted, stitched and has cutouts.  You can see the back of the painted/stitched pages are as attractive as the front.

Link to see more of 

EMMA'S BOOK

Before I ran out of time I looked at Margaret Chalmers book, she is from Leeds and her theme was "Stitches and Folds".  It was cleverly done using words, tags and pin pricked patterning.

Link to
MARGARET CHALMERS BOOK
 
 

 This book is the one that was on the shelf next to Margaret's.  It belongs to
Henrietta Coppes of the Netherlands.  I was so glad to have been given the chance to see as it was really effective.  Both Sally and I wanted to take it home.
Link to more pages of
HENRIETTE COPPES

Sadly I ran out of time as we were heading off to see War Horse at the New London Theatre.  Otherwise I could quite easily have stayed a lot longer.

If anyone wants to have a go next year you can find out more by going onto any of the links above.

 Link to my book
LYNN HOLLAND
 
It was great fun and wonderful to see them all.
Lynn x

PEERING THROUGH SKETCHBOOKS

 Carrying on from yesterdays posting about the Sketchbook Project tour to London look at the stunning book of Kim Tillyer's of North Yorkshire.

As you can see from the front cover Kim's theme was "Fears and Tears", her sketching is exquisite and I wanted to take it home with me. 

Link to see more of 

 KIM TILLYER'S BOOK

This is the book that was next to Kim's

This is the book of Emma Elizabeth Clease from Devizes, Wiltshire and her theme was "Fabulous Florals"

I love this book each page is hand painted, stitched and has cutouts.  You can see the back of the painted/stitched pages are as attractive as the front.

Link to see more of 

EMMA'S BOOK

Before I ran out of time I looked at Margaret Chalmers book, she is from Leeds and her theme was "Stitches and Folds".  It was cleverly done using words, tags and pin pricked patterning.

Link to
MARGARET CHALMERS BOOK
 
 

 This book is the one that was on the shelf next to Margaret's.  It belongs to
Henrietta Coppes of the Netherlands.  I was so glad to have been given the chance to see as it was really effective.  Both Sally and I wanted to take it home.
Link to more pages of
HENRIETTE COPPES

Sadly I ran out of time as we were heading off to see War Horse at the New London Theatre.  Otherwise I could quite easily have stayed a lot longer.

If anyone wants to have a go next year you can find out more by going onto any of the links above.

 Link to my book
LYNN HOLLAND
 
It was great fun and wonderful to see them all.
Lynn x

1,647 Sketchbooks To Get Through

And here they all are ready to go on the shelves.  If you have missed what this is all about have a look at this link MY WELL TRAVELLED SKETCHBOOK.

 

I met up with St. Ives artist Sally MacCabe and we had a great time looking through the books together.  (sorry about the pic my hubby took it)

Link into 

 SALLY MACCABE'S SKETCHBOOK

"Along the line" was her theme and using different paint effects and images you were led along a golden line through every page.  It was fabulous.

 Next I looked at the book of Carolyn Saxby another St. Ives artist who I  recently met up with during a family holiday in Cornwall.  Carolyn's theme was "In 10 Minutes"  She photographed images then broke them down by zooming in further and further with fantastic results.

I could'nt wait to see what Diana Taylor of Velvet Moth Studio had come up with and I wasnt disappointed.  Her theme was  "I remember you".  Each page was a joy to turn with the story, textures and paint effects.

 Have a look at some more of her book here
DIANA TAYLOR'S SKETCHBOOK

I forgot to tell you about the process for selecting a book to read.  You inputed a name or theme into the computer and your book selection was then handed to you.   At the same time you are given the book next to it on the shelf.  Books were catalogued by their theme.  This book by Jane Housham of Hitchin, Hertfordshire was the one next to Diana's.  It was a very moving book about her mother and the enormous amount of work and emotion that had gone into it blew us all away.
Have a look at the pages for yourself.
JANE HOUSHAM'S BOOK

One last book I am going to show you today is Sally's mum's - Val Moon.

I will be back with more books tomorrow.  Stay tuned and thank you for looking in.

Lynn x

1,647 Sketchbooks To Get Through

And here they all are ready to go on the shelves.  If you have missed what this is all about have a look at this link MY WELL TRAVELLED SKETCHBOOK.

 

I met up with St. Ives artist Sally MacCabe and we had a great time looking through the books together.  (sorry about the pic my hubby took it)

Link into 

 SALLY MACCABE'S SKETCHBOOK

"Along the line" was her theme and using different paint effects and images you were led along a golden line through every page.  It was fabulous.

 Next I looked at the book of Carolyn Saxby another St. Ives artist who I  recently met up with during a family holiday in Cornwall.  Carolyn's theme was "In 10 Minutes"  She photographed images then broke them down by zooming in further and further with fantastic results.

I could'nt wait to see what Diana Taylor of Velvet Moth Studio had come up with and I wasnt disappointed.  Her theme was  "I remember you".  Each page was a joy to turn with the story, textures and paint effects.

 Have a look at some more of her book here
DIANA TAYLOR'S SKETCHBOOK

I forgot to tell you about the process for selecting a book to read.  You inputed a name or theme into the computer and your book selection was then handed to you.   At the same time you are given the book next to it on the shelf.  Books were catalogued by their theme.  This book by Jane Housham of Hitchin, Hertfordshire was the one next to Diana's.  It was a very moving book about her mother and the enormous amount of work and emotion that had gone into it blew us all away.
Have a look at the pages for yourself.
JANE HOUSHAM'S BOOK

One last book I am going to show you today is Sally's mum's - Val Moon.

I will be back with more books tomorrow.  Stay tuned and thank you for looking in.

Lynn x