Sunday - Anything Goes

I was a bit cheesed off this morning.  The plan was to spend the day over at Hadnall, near Shrewsbury, at Maria Moorhouse's workshop, playing with alcohol inks and Yupo paper.  

Unfortunately, Fate had other plans, and I had to miss out.  I woke up yesterday and rapidly realised that my left wrist was very painful.  I broke it several years ago and it does niggle a bit in damp weather, but this was different.  Fortunately, I did not have too far to go to get to Matthew Palmer's watercolour class and, with the use of a copper compression glove, the driving was not too bad, and everything at class really involved my right hand.

However, this morning it was really painful again, so I decided that gentle exercise and massage was the better bet, rather than tackling the four motorway journey.  With luck and care, I aim to be fit to get to the Groovi Retreat in a few days time.

Meanwhile, when I got home yesterday, I found a couple of welcome parcels in the porch from EBay.  

A complete set of  Clarity star tools and an unused Pergamano sponge were among the goodies.  The two larger star tools had been dropped from the range before Clarity took over, and are proving difficult to source again.  They are such useful tools for decorative embossing.  For anyone who has never used them, they are a little strange as you use them with the parchment on a firm surface rather than the usual soft surface of an embossing mat.

The sponge, too, had vanished from the range, so to find a brand new one was a bonus.  It comes looking like a piece of cheap cardboard, but when water is added, it expands enormously to use with a paint brush, for example.

The rest of today will be occupied in adding a few missing highlights to yesterday's painting, on the statues and buildings.

Nice and gentle.  Oh yes, and watching the Clarity One Day Special on Hochanda.

I hope everyone has had a really good weekend.