Fran OnTheEdge

This is an art and crafts channel, with Steampunk, Grunge, Mixed Media, Textures and Metal crafting as well as stylish hands on art (paintbrush, glue etc) working with polymer clay, modelling or texture paste, gilding wax, metal leaf, crackle, mica powders, stencilling with paint, ink and paste, and recently some acrylic painting.
My name is Fran Baker or FranOnTheEdge.
I have been doing art and crafts in one form or another for many years, starting in watercolours, acrylics and oils. I worked mostly in oils initially as I love the buttery feel of oil paints, and the smells associated with it, like linseed oil, turps, liquin and varnish. However I currently work in my bedroom in a tiny area, so I can't now leave an oil painting out until it dries.  Especially as I've got a huge bouncy dog who dashes about like mad.  So I've begun to work much more in acrylics and mixed media using more textural things. I love that textures enable the partially sighted or blind to enjoy art too.