Book of Elounda - Textures and Patterns

Some pages from my 'Book of Marks' from Elounda, Crete.

Compiled on site  from: watercolours and sketches on Fabriano Medievalis cards ; colour catchers  with frottage and acrylic paint monoprints ; fabrics brought with me -my own indigo and  hand dyes from Alter Ego (I'm also the lucky owner of one of Jo's sketchbooks thanks to a birthday present from Sue!) .

Inspired by the local landscape ( especially the clouds and sunrises over Spinalonga peninsula) and the textures of the flora and peeling doors.

Elounda Watercolours

I took the Roberson watercolour book I'd worked on last time I was in Crete(more images here, here and here) to Elounda   and enjoyed adding some more pages, trying to capture the elusive colours of the lansdscape and sunrises.  But after the Dorothy Caldwell workshop and my last Rydal Hall retreat, I think I prefer working with individual sheets of paper, colour catchers and fabric and putting together my own memory journal of my visit.