Category Archives: Hobbies

Gangnam style and horses

Posted on September 14, 2012 by John Meerabux

Last week I was a music video called Gangnam style. It was so fun that when I went to church camp in Mapleton over the weekend I couldn’t help but dance, and neither could the rest of the camp. See video … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with Ink

Posted on May 5, 2012 by John Meerabux

This week I used new techniques with the ink. The subject was a cat and my first drawing to use two colours of ink. Black was used first to cover over pencil lines with brown used later to show colour … Continue reading →

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Ink Landscape with Tree

Posted on April 28, 2012 by John Meerabux

This time a wide white paper was used. First the tree was drawn from a real tree in pencil. Then the background hills were sketched. Finally the pencil was inked over and new buildings, boats and flora populated the scene. I … Continue reading →

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Ink Landscape

Posted on April 11, 2012 by John Meerabux

Today tried my hand at ink brush art. I used some ink brushes on calligraphy practice paper with black ink. I will try to get some good paper without lines to ink on later and possibly try different ink colours. … Continue reading →

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Chinese Embroidery

Posted on April 9, 2012 by John Meerabux

Hunan has its own style of embroidery and I had the opportunity to learn this skill at the  Hunan Embroidery museum. They can look spectacular. The first step is to draw a picture onto the fabric using pencil. I chose … Continue reading →

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