Here’s my desk first, at art class. I made a big mistake towards the end of last week’s class. I was painting dark inner shadows and our tutor said ‘Use a big brush’ so I did without thinking and made my main cast shadow far too dark.
I tried lifting it out with a damp brush but it wasn’t working.
At home, I got the idea of using my ‘magic sponge’
(There are many brands online, you can use them to clean all sorts of things)
This reduced my cast shadow to a more acceptable level. I tried to get the eggs closer to their colour but, having over-worked them, the graphite had mixed with the watercolour and made them muddy. A lesson learned for another time!
Another gadget arrived this week:
It’s a Yarn gator I bought it off a site on Facebook ages ago, but it’s taken so long to arrive I’d forgotten it. It’s handy to reduce yarn tangling - its advantage over ones I’ve seen before is that you can open the two sides. My waistcoat is growing under Bella’s supervision, and she sends you all purrs. 
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My most delicate work this week had me sticking an opal to my thumb. I bought this gold charm of the NASA Friendship 7 rocket (John Glenn’s earth orbit mission of 20.2.62) 25 years ago, when I passed my MSc, to remind myself it wasn’t rocket science. I told Brian I’d bought a NASA rocket off eBay and he was expecting it to come on an artic 😀. Anyway, when you open it, it has a little figure of John Glenn but the face plate is empty.
I always thought of adding a little opal and found a 1.2mm one recently. Of course, I first stuck it to my thumb but have sorted it out, and now I think it looks better. 
And finally:
I think that one might be true!
No art class this week, so I’ll be round earlier. It’s my turn to bring biscuits, which are your favourite?
Happy WOYWW
Hugs
Lynnecrafts xx
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