You know, I've always loved that glowing, golden Medieval manuscript illumination. Each time I'm at a museum I search them out. Something about the illuminated letters just makes my heart sing. Old botanical illustrations or old maps do that for
It took forever to drive to Waterperry House and Art in Action on the first day, (three stalled vehicles on the highway and crawling traffic.) The result was that the class I intended to take was booked up and so
Here we go with the first practical class from art in action. :D Have you ever wondered how to paint on silk? Have you ever seen those beautiful silk flags fluttering in the breeze or one of those exquisite silk paintings
Well, I would say this would be just about PERFECT for me! And yes, I'd move in in a heartbeat and live in the little gardener's shed if someone would let me. (I don't take up too much room) :D Of
OMG, my heart's a flutter. I finally took the plunge and published that Etsy shop I keep going on about after sitting on my writing desk and staring out of the skylight at the city for about an hour. Finally
Well, this was an interesting twist for me. I don't drink coke. I can't imagine filling my body with ten teaspoons of sugar and huge amounts of caffeine and DNA destroying potassium benzoate. :( (but I hear it's great for getting
You know how things happen? You visit a friend and she's made a wonderful jointed paper doll. Then, just by coincidence, you visit a second friend and guess what? Yup! Another beautiful doll. Then you visit a third friend and, holy smokes
I say finally because I've had a couple "speedball speedy cut" medium squares for several months! Actually, the reason I carved the stamps is now that I've organised somewhat straightened up the studio, I actually found where I stashed them.
Woke up this morning all excited. It's the day of the garden show. Some of the paintings are all lined up on my dining room table, while the big oils are stacked against the glass door. Here are some early morning
The other day, when C and I were at the beach, we collected some beach wood and pebbles. I had it in mind to make a tic tac toe game for the garden with one of the driftwood and the pebbles. This