Using the Charcoal

This was sketched using the charcoal then watercolour painted over. The charcoal floated in the water and settled randomly over the picture giving it this odd, mottled effect.

The watercolour was from an old palette so I could not predict the colours or how it would take on the paper. The paper is an old piece of cartridge paper I found in a bag of scraps.

Charcoal

Art of Transformation in the Garden

 An old garden table found on bin day, only slightly broken, painted with old acrylic and leftover decorating paint.

 Broken bucket painted with old acrylic paints and turned into a planter.

 A bucket with a large hole in the bottom painted with acrylic paints and turned into a planter full of mint.

 To do project - neighbours were dumping this old playhouse which I plan to turn into a summer house for the pets

Another find - slightly battered but busy transforming wood into charcoal for some artwork.