tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74200580371247745102024-02-15T07:07:05.921+00:00Fuzzie FingersWelcome to my Blog featuring my work with textiles
and Mixed MediaCarol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.comBlogger394125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-1899926210024324822020-01-25T13:06:00.001+00:002020-01-25T13:06:28.240+00:00New Post<div style="text-align: center;">
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Carol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-65099387690295674862017-01-25T17:37:00.000+00:002017-01-25T17:37:06.060+00:00Update.<br />
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Carol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-6056463210503800562017-01-07T17:45:00.002+00:002017-01-07T17:45:43.026+00:00Untitled<div style="text-align: center;">
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Carol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-38133415977180559482016-11-07T18:58:00.000+00:002016-11-16T19:47:45.540+00:00Changes are a Foot.<div style="text-align: center;">
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Autumn is well and truly here.</div>
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i e Christmas has raised my spirits.</div>
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After suffering a spell of artists block (the equivelant to writers block)</div>
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I have been spur'd on to make those changes I have mentioned in previous posts.</div>
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I have changed my profile name from Fuzzie Fingers to Carol Rigby and changed my profile picture.</div>
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This is due to the fact that this blog title does not reflect the work I am creating now so I have created</div>
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a new blog with the title <a href="http://pencilpastelandpaint.blogspot.co.uk/">Pencil, Pastel and Paint</a>.</div>
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I know this will result in problems connecting with some blogger friends but will do my best to </div>
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Carol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-65382643063391511232016-10-18T18:02:00.005+01:002016-10-18T18:02:47.132+01:00Playing Catch Up<br />
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While I have been away I have not been spending a lot of time on my art.</div>
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Life sometimes get's in the way as we all know.</div>
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However I do have some things to share.</div>
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Firstly, my completed canvas from my last post.</div>
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I decided to paint her dress in acrylic and oil pastel rather than collage although the neckline is made</div>
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up of my hand painted papers.</div>
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I also made a little colouring book for my daughter.</div>
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She is in her 30's but still a little girl at heart which is reflected in the glitzy cover.</div>
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During my 'time out' I spent a few days in Dumfries & Galloway in Scotland.</div>
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I love this photo I captured of birds outside the cottage window.</div>
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We had a lovely few days there.</div>
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This morning I picked up a box canvas that I started a while ago and put aside.</div>
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I wanted to make her face very pale but I kept looking at it and decided that she needed some colour to her skin tone.</div>
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She is in oil pastel and this is the biggest work in pastel that I have done to date measuring</div>
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I am itching to get out my papers and do her dress in collage but I'm not sure whether it will work.</div>
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Carol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-47425466923814286542016-09-03T16:46:00.000+01:002016-09-03T16:46:36.979+01:00Take Two<br />
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Just stopped by to share my latest page in my Moleskine Sketchbook.</div>
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Still working to improve my coloured pencil technique.</div>
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Here is my desk. All set up with my sets of watercolour pencils.</div>
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This is the first time I have attempted an animal portrait but I am quite pleased how it turned out.</div>
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I made a real 'school girl' error while doing my latest coloured pencil portrait. I merrily coloured her hair black and picked up some residue pencil on my hand and then rested it in the middle of her cheek. I tried to rectify it but not very successfully.<br />
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I have been reading and watching a lot of coloured pencil reviews lately and I am thinking of possibly getting some other brands of coloured pencils to add to my collection. I am looking at the Faber Castell Polyhromos which are oil based pencils as apposed to the wax based pencils I have and also the Derwent Drawing Pencils which are thicker coloured pencils in lovely subtle colours. First I think I will try out some singles to see if I like them before investing in a set. I will post my thoughts on them some time in the future.<br />
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Over the weekend I went to an Antiques and Collectors Fair and came across some great finds.<br />
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A couple of pieces of vintage papers and a wooden cotton reel. I bought the cotton reel with the idea of making a spool book. Something I saw on Pinterest.<br />
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Today I made a couple of stamps from some Fun Foam.</div>
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I thought this one looked a bit plain so I added some holes with my awl. I would be interested to know what you think. Better with or without ?</div>
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The designs were inspired by seed pods. I would like to try and create some more detailed stamps but will have to get some new blades for my craft knife. I have been considering having a go at carving stamps but I am hesitating investing in stamp carving supplies in fear of dipping my fingers in too many pies.</div>
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I was determined to get started early today in my art room and I actually managed to complete a couple of projects. One of them was an idea that has been bouncing around my head for a while now.</div>
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I emigrated to Australia with my family in the 60's and lived there for three and a half years. Today kids (boys mostly) collect and swap football cards. But during my childhood in Australia we used to collect picture cards the size of playing cards. Some of them were blank on one side with a picture on and some of them were actual playing cards that had nice pictures on the back.</div>
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After seeing artists altering playing cards on-line I had the idea of making my own picture playing cards to collect and today I did my first one,</div>
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This card was inspired by the photo of my morning cereal that I published on my blog the other day.</div>
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Before I go I wanted to share some photos I took of a Buddleja that I found growing on our drive, There are a lot of bushes full of them around at this time of year but one little seed must have took root in our drive and there it was all alone and a little bedraggled so I picked it and brought it in. Unfortunately even though it was in water it didn't take long before it started to whither. But not before I took some pictures of it against some of my painted papers.</div>
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Carol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-9427088034494171932016-07-28T15:55:00.000+01:002016-07-28T15:55:31.139+01:00Untitled<br />
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For a long time now I have been feeling like I need a change. So I put out the feeler's a couple of posts ago to see if making some changes like re-naming this blog (If you can do such a thing) or create a replacement blog would I be losing out by doing so? Would I be losing a sizable following or connections I had built up with fellow bloggers who know me as Fuzzie Fingers?</div>
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I had help from a friend setting up this blog and when I was asked on the spot for a title. I came up with Fuzzie Fingers because I had just discovered wet felting and it referred to handling the merino wool with wet hands.</div>
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At the time I did not think of it as a 'brand' for the sake of a better word. For a while now I have wanted to branch out and promote my art on a Facebook page and even possibly try my hand at having an etsy shop but the name Fuzzie Fingers is holding me back because it does not reflect the art I do now.</div>
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I have some blog friends who don't visit every post but have visited here since my early days and one dear blog friend who visits here and comments on all my posts. I can let these friends know of my changes so as not to loose contact with them as I value their visits and comments greatly,</div>
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Carol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-79211091703354164152016-07-27T12:25:00.004+01:002016-07-27T12:27:16.051+01:00A Nice Start to the Day<br />
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Look what I found in my breakfast cereal this morning.</div>
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( the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way)</div>
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A lovely way to start the day.<br />
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Another page in my Moleskine sketchbook.</div>
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A morning of mark making and the best time I've had in my art room for a long time.</div>
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This is the busiest my desk has looked for a long time.</div>
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I have recently come across the work of Leslie Avon Miller. You can see her beautiful art on her blog <a href="http://texturesshapescolor.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/the-relics.html">Textures Shapes and Color</a>. Her work is so inspirational to me and she includes quotes and poetry in her posts all in all I find it a beautiful calm place to visit. I spent some time this morning looking back at her previous posts and it definitely set me up for a productive morning in my art room.</div>
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I spent today doing some mono-printing with a view to making some abstract landscapes. I kept to a neutral palette and applied the paint horizontally.</div>
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You can see her video and what she discovered <a href="https://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/woyww-gelatoes-vs-gel-sticks/">here</a>. The Gel sticks only have a limited colour palette compared to the Gelato's but are much cheaper so I thought I would give them a try</div>
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Linking to <a href="http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.co.uk/">Paint Party Friday</a></div>
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Carol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-38514961187204433032016-07-11T20:56:00.000+01:002016-07-11T22:15:58.176+01:00A Little Bit of Colour<br />
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Just a quick post today to share my last little sketch now with a touch of colour.</div>
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The title has a personal meaning to me. It just came to me so I had to use it.</div>
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Since I have been working in my Moleskine I have been drawing cute little girls and I have come to</div>
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I feel like a change but not sure in what direction .......something to think about.</div>
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Carol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-57915290851634176052016-07-09T16:16:00.000+01:002016-07-09T18:29:35.097+01:00Untitled<div style="text-align: center;">
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Since my last post I have tried to salvage my little watercolour pencil girl </div>
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but alas I am sorry to say she has been binned.</div>
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Today I have a couple more pages to share.</div>
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I came across a technique on Pinterest about drawing hair and I used it here</div>
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and I am quite pleased at the effect although there is room for improvement..</div>
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Little stray hairs make it look more natural.</div>
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I have more work to do on her and I will also be adding colour. </div>
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Carol Rigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345128330586224856noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420058037124774510.post-45491780828570607412016-07-06T21:21:00.001+01:002016-07-06T22:27:10.463+01:00Watercolour Pencil Comparisons<br />
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I have been comparing my new set of W H Smith Watercolour pencils with Derwent Inktense</div>
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I may try and salvage it by adding some collage but not sure it can be saved.</div>
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As mentioned in my last post I have been swatching my Prismacolor Portrait Set of coloured pencils<br />
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The only downside to the cheaper pencils was the limited palette compared to the Prismacolor's.<br />
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