A word from Alice - studio stories from Alice Draws the Line – Tagged "Homemade quill pen"– Alice Draws The Line

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A word from Alice - studio stories from Alice Draws the Line

  • Logfire Holidays Gwenoldy

    by Alice Savery

    I have just had a really lovely weekend away at Logfire Holidays, Gwenoldy, near Mold in North Wales. 

    Back in February Nicola who owns Logfire Holidays ran a giveaway competition on her Instagram account to win a stay in their new addition - a shepherd hut... and I won! I decided to go with my cousin as it had been ages since we had enjoyed a good catch up and we had a fab time. 

    Posted in Chickens, Homemade quill pen, Outdoor sketching

  • Sketching outside with a HUGE piece of paper

    by Alice Savery

    As regular readers will know, I seem to have an interest in experimenting with working at a larger scale.

    Last week I took a big piece of paper out into the parkland near the studio and sketched using one of my homemade feather quills.

    Posted in Black ink, Brampton Bryan, Follow the whispers, Green Sketching, Homemade quill pen, Nature connection, Noticing Nature, Outdoor sketching, Sketching

  • How to make a quill pen from a feather...

    by Alice Savery
    Last week I was given two new feathers. One we think belonged to a Red Kite - there are some that live near the studio and can be regularly heard and seen circling the skies. The other may have belonged to an Owl of some sort. I need to look it up. The arrival of these feathers, the Quentin Blake image and some recent appreciation of very inky drawings spurred me into action. 
    Posted in Alice Draws The Line, Homemade quill pen, How to, Sketchbook