Here is my design to celebrate Oxford Scribes thirtieth anniversary as a kind of strap line to use here and there. We have planned an installation at our special exhibition next year involving ribbons. I was asked to demonstrate making a ribbon from Canson Mi Tiente. Perhaps you saw yesterday's blog where I had screenprinted some paper for the same project. This demo was done using Lascaux Gouache and a Winsor & Newton Cotman synthetic brush 222, #1 brush. I started near the middle of … [Read more...]
Paper at Limetrees Studio 2 – Canson Mi Tiente
Another self-education method re paper was to attend workshops and take note of workshop lists.On my first overseas workshop in the UK (I was living in South Africa at the time) I did Copperplate with Jean Larcher and his favourite tools at the time were:Gillot 404 nibsWhite Linel gouacheColoured Canson Mi-tiente paper. This is pronounced Canson Me-Tont. The nibs are tiny very flexible nibs which can open to 3-4 mm using pressure (available at Scribblers)Linel Gouache is only available in … [Read more...]