He was huge and bulbous but with the most beautiful markings don't you agree?
With bugs and beasties in mind I've been working a little more into one of my altered books today. This one is about moths. I've carved a lino block and made a couple of test prints. The beauty of lino block printing is that I can carry on carving until I get the definition and detail I'm happy with. This definitely needs more work!
The image below is a gouache monoprint with a top coat of indian ink. It's a bit vague yet but I like the effect and think with a bit more practise it has potential.
I usually find autumn a melancholy time but today was another of those perfect days with wall to wall sunshine and a turquoise sky. I couldn't finish without showing you my forest pansy!
I know it will soon be finished but right now it's having a final flourish and is alive with colour.
Hope you've had a great weekend and managed to fit in some creative time!
Talk again soon - Linda
Linda, it looks like a species of a crab spider with egg sac. I don't know if they are native to England. My Pansy Redbud is in its glorious fall color also. It really is a tree that shines all year. Wishing you a beautiful week.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Garden Orb spider. And yes, very beautiful rather than creepy!
ReplyDeleteI've been watching our Forest Pansy change too from my work room and just beyond it a Katsura. Just waiting for the first proper chill to make everything else catch up and there should be quite a display.
Thanks girls - I knew someone would know! In fact we have wasted some considerable time with google this morning and found it is indeed quite a common beast. The garden or cross spider. What confused me was its colour - kind of coral pink rather than the yellow/grey as described on the spider identification sites! And it was huge. Apologies for calling it a 'he' she'a quite obviously a big girl with eggs!
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what type of spider this is but if someone had asked me whose house it was found in I would definitely have said Linda Kemshall's because it's so beautifully designed :-)
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