Coming back for more...
The blithe statement at the end of the last post that I was off to paint up the deer headsmay have been a touch prematureas they appear to be a little more challenging than I expectedso you are getting...
View ArticleA morning walk ...
I am at my favourite spot in the world at the momentSo I thought you might like to join me on my morning walkNot paintings I know but it was just so lovelyThe cold makes for an amazing sun riseAnd they...
View ArticleFireballing ....
A couple of weeks before we headed off to the beach for winter breakmy recently turned legal age baby... otherwise known as Phantom Stevecame to me and asked to be driven to the bottle shopand yes I do...
View ArticleThe Holiday Hangover....
Let's talk holiday hangoversa week has passed since we came home from the beachand I think I may still have a touch of holiday -itisI am wafting through the days in some sort of dazepartly because...
View ArticleThe Mutt That Cried Chicken ....
Regular visitors will be more than familiar that we are the owners of a mutt called Mushuwho is possibly smarter than a bag of peasbut there are times when I wonder if the peas may have one up on...
View ArticleCrime scene tea party...
Call me easily amusedor maybe I just have too much time on my hands but I love my novelty tea strainer/ infuser thingies an inordinate amountI have a bit of a collection starting to formfrom a weird...
View ArticlePerfume Bottles And Studio Dogs...
Part of me wants to apologise for posting yet more paintings of perfume bottleswhile the other part of me thinks tough toenails baby I am posting these suckersbecause they are serious fun to paintI...
View ArticleHydrangeas and Homework...
I mentioned on Friday that I have been on a quest to mess up my work a bitto get the paint doing fun things and generally making as big a mess as possibleand I have to say I managed to take the mess to...
View ArticleSome Days...
Some days everything conspires to make you smileI started the day with finally finishing this boot drawingwhich was homework from Andrea Joseph's lesson for Sketchbook Skoolit was done with a Pilot...
View ArticleCoffee Tins And Daffodils ...
I have had a week of epic snot and assorted flu disgustingnesswhich was actually very weather appropriateas we had the sort of grey, wet and windy late winter weatherthat just screams for being tucked...
View ArticleIs It Spring Yet?
Spring has well and truly sprung here in my part of the worldI thought that maybe it was a bit of a false spring for a few dayseven though I saw the first blooms of jasmineand smelt its wonderful...
View ArticleDaffodils...
It has been a bit of a messy sort of weeknot around the house mind youbecause I have been in a bit of a mad cleaning frenzywhich is a rare and wondrous thing I must sayI have this theory that the...
View ArticleSome Ugly Children...
One of my followers sent me an email over the weekend which pulled me up shortShe said she often goes away from my blog feeling bad because the work is so polishedand she feels like she could never...
View ArticleDaisy Dream And Irises....
Short-ish and sweet today as the weather is just gorgeous way too nice to be stuck inside at the computeror even in the studio paintingand I am totally impatient to get out and push the dog off the sun...
View ArticleStudio Table...
For my mid week blog post I am doing something a little bit differentI am linking up my studio table with Seth Apter over at The Altered Pagepartly because I am feeling relatively smug as my table...
View ArticleGoodness Me...
I signed up for this thing called a Goodness Me box which is a bit like a lucky dip for grown ups remember them... I used to love Lucky dips in toy stores the whole anticipation of not knowing what was...
View ArticlePainting Sunflowers ...
It has been a week of sunflowersI bought a couple of stems on a whim the other day at the grocery shopand yes I did forget half of the things written on my listwhy I even write a list is beyond mebut...
View ArticleSpring Break ...
So I am taking a few days away to make the most of the glorious weatherI plan on resting up, reading some truly rubbish books, and scoffing lots of super foodsto speed the final little bit of healing...
View ArticleThe Birthday Yoda....
It is just a few short days until my birthday so the pressure is on Phantom Steve because an origami Yoda I want I want one of these so bad it is embarrassingI can just see him sitting on the shelf...
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