Oiling paper

There is not much creating being done around here at present.  Somehow the days flash by and I am stuck doing other stuff on the computer, or I am out in the garden.
However I read the tutorial on Maggie Grey's blog about oiled paper recently and thought I would give it a go.  I have worked with oiled brown paper before, but not photocopy paper.

 First I found a photo I had taken in New Zealand a couple of years ago and played with it in Photopaint (without any real idea of what I was doing!).  I need to take a couple of days and really work on that to learn something more about it.

The bottom photo is the result of lots of crumpling and then oiling the end result,

The end paper looks better in real life than it does in the photo.  I think I will do another paper so I have four and make them into a vessel.  I have to wait for a few days for the oil to soak in before I continue.

We are having some hot days here, but nothing like the heatwave over much of Australia, and no fires here either,  thank heavens.  I feel so sorry for all those who have lost so much, Australia can be a cruel country at times.

Blogger is doing stupid things I think I shall publish this while I can.