Nell Smith

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Thank you for this recommendation! Just cranked out a lesson plan in 20 minutes after putting it off for months 😅

Days 66-73 of 100 days of Botanical Ink Drawings, using ink I’ve made from plants for this year’s #100dayproject. Enjoying the characters that are emerging.

Bank holiday Monday's over, so mothball your Maypole for another year and get ready for XS Tuesday! With a preview from @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social, tour show from @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social, Hadokery from @tobyhadoke.bsky.social, & a bonus preview for early birds! www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

Coloured pencil and watercolour painting of a cute white and tabby cat with green eyes and a pink nose loafing on the grass

Coloured pencil and watercolour drawing of a cute small black brown and white dog sitting

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Abstract botanical ink drawings 58-65 #the100dayproject

Catching up with my #100dayproject after a lovely Easter break with family. Drawings made with buckthorn, tulip and red cabbage inks.

Peach and pink tulip flowers in a metal bowl.

I love these gentle colours. Processed these tulip flowers to make ink the other day. I don’t think they will have much longevity, but it is satisfying to make colour from flowers anyway.

I’m halfway through #the100dayproject. So satisfying to see how the work is progressing.

Nice afternoon in the studio yesterday, screen printing fabric with plants processed into lake pigments last year. Good strong colours, hope they survive steaming and washing 🤞

8 small ink drawings made from botanical inks in pinks, browns and yellows.

Working away on my #100dayproject. 100 days of making botanical ink drawings. Inks here are made from red onion skins and buckthorn berries, with various modifiers added to expand the palette.

Results from a botanical ink workshop 🎨 #naturaldye

Looking forward to running a botanical ink workshop this weekend and sharing the magic of colour from nature! 🪄

Yes! The organza is quite light and bouncy so holds shapes well.

A small fabric vessel, made from yellow and green silk organza

I am attempting to make some 3D forms from fabric- this is silk organza dyed with pomegranate rind and iron for the darker squares. Quite pleased it stands up! (With the aid of a two pence peace in the base) #naturaldye #handstitch

Wobbly abstract line drawing in black ink

Enjoying drawing with iron oak gall ink and a stick. Nice for my brain 💆🏻‍♀️

Had a nice time running a Lino print workshop at Manchester Hackspace yesterday. The kind of place I really love, open access, knowledge sharing, making stuff for fun in a ramshackle way 💕

100 abstract collages made from naturally-dyed fabric.

Hello! I’ve come over here to see what’s going on 🤔 I’m an artist using plant pigments to make abstract screen prints and lots of other things! Here are some cloth collages I made recently using fabric dyed with natural pigments.