Hi everybody. I decided to do a little experimenting with art materials right now, and I ordered myself some disperse dyes from a dye expert manufacturer here in the UK. What these are are coloured powders which mix with water for a watercolour like…
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’m alive! All is well. When my mother mentions that I haven’t written a post in ages, I feel vaguely guilty but don’t worry too much. When Robert tells me that he loves rereading my posts I think…
Hi Hi. I’m back. I’ve had to take a few weeks days off of social media. Actually, I had my finger hovering over the delete button more than once. A few personal attacks on the ol’ FB, the state of the world, not enough…
The other day I was walking in a rain-soaked park. I took a video and when I played it back, the rain sounded so loud and drumming and crackling on my umbrella. It felt so incredibly calming. I picked up a vine maple leaf…
I’m ever so grateful to our dear rosy girl Ariane for posting a new art challenge: return to standard time. I actually hate daylight savings time and think it’s an out of date ritual whose time is definitely up. Spring forward, fall back. A…
So this happened! I dutifully removed the hummingbird feeders from the garden in order to give the Rufous hummingbirds a signal to migrate, but, like last year, an Anna’s has decided to overwinter in my hood. So I made up some fresh nectar and…
Hi everybody, I’m so glad you could all come join, (or just pop in to see), this first drawing challenge of 2016 We’re all trying to find our rhythm. For me personally, it’s not altogether that easy, and, spoiler alert, I haven’t finished my…
If you can believe it, I slept till 11am this morning. Hooray for jet lag! And by the time I woke up, I only had about an hour with Robbie till he had to leave for the rest of the day. So alone for…
Oh my gosh the studio does get out of hand. The reason is that, when I start creating something, I reach for what I need, put it aside and reach for the next thing and so on, until there are brushes and inks and…
This cheeky little squirrel at my back door has absolutely nothing to do with this drawing challenge, except that I thought he was funny. Sometimes I put Milo’s cat food out there, especially when Milo’s all “I am the night!” and won’t stop for…
