Early morning shadows on the ‘daily drawing’ collages

A week of dye results…

First up is a comparison of yarn dyed with bramble – on the left are yarns dyed with brown stems in February; in the middle are yarns dyed with mostly green stems this month; and on the right are yarns dyed with bramble leaves, also this month. The differences are surprising all from the same plant in the garden. I like how they form a very harmonious colour palette.

The latest bramble dye results in full show a comparison between the leaves and the stems. A bit more subtle than the differences with the yarn, but still a useful lesson in the importance of separating a plant into different dye pots.

More dye results from pot marigolds, grown from seed this year. The flowers were dead-headed and collected in the freezer over a number of months. They were mixed colours so perhaps the results were not as strong as they would have been with French marigolds. A good buttery range all the same.

Finally, my ‘daily drawing’ this month has been collage (using the sheets of gouache colour from cleaning my brushes for last month’s daily drawing). Dramatic shadows from the early morning sunshine in my studio make them look a lot more 3-dimensional.