Category: Art

New mixed media dream catcher painting – Life Book

I thoroughly enjoyed making this dream catcher from a life book lesson taught by Rachael Rice. The background was an old painting (I didn’t like) which I firstly covered with a neutral coloured ‘Fresco Finish’ acrylic paint applied with a brayer. When this was dry I added blobs of my new fave Golden fluid acrylic…

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New whimsical lettering painting – Life Book 2015

Hi, here is a new watercolour painting made for a Life Book class by the lovely Joanna Sharpe. It’s been a long time since I’ve used my watercolours, I love their vibrant luminous colours. Who was it that said ‘watercolour painting is like painting with tears’?… And here are some feathers, painted on a scrap…

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Whimsical Ballerina painting

This was a life book lesson that I adapted, the apartment block is a painted paper cut. My lady is taking her pet bird ‘Fredi’ shopping for a new handbag. :)

New Life book 2015 painting – Whimsical Beacon of light

I’ve made a start on Life book 2015 with this delightful lesson by Tamara Laporte, A beacon of light! We also had to set our word for the year.. on this warm up page. I’ve been slowly refining my website gallery here and thinking about making some more hand-made books and fabric projects. The lovely…

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New website

I’ve finally finished creating my new website, here you will find details of my video, art, photography and crafts

Life book 2014 final lessons

Hi all, I’ve finally finished all my Life Book 2014 lessons.. YAY! Here is one of my favorites, it was a Serena Bridgeman lesson that I used as a prompt, it looks nothing like the original lesson as I want to start developing my own ideas using Life Book as a spring board :) I…

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New painting – Brave courageous

This was a life book lesson where we had to show the passage of time by painting a young face with white hair. It was also a celebration of everything we have learnt during our year long course, which is now coming to a close.. However I have also signed up for Life Book 2015…

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