New painting made as part of a new course by Willowing called a Year of Magic and Fairy Tales which starts in January. This was one of the taster sessions which I absolutely love!
Tag: illustration
New painting and hello again!
Hello everyone, its been a long, long time. I actually made this blog private during the summer in order to concentrate on other things. What a year its been, I spent masses of time out doors in nature, cycling, gardening, volunteering at the local park and generally being outside. I had a major health hiccup…
Hand Painted Greetings Cards
Hello all, I hope you are very well and enjoying this festive season. I want to show you some hand painted greetings cards made as part of the Art Is Magic taster session with Eulalia Mejia Painting greeting cards is such a lovely activity as I get to play with art supplies, practice painting and…
New Painting – Cast your shadow on the moon
I’ve been doing lots of Willowing courses recently, for both Kaleidoscope 2024 and the upcoming Year of Light tasters. This painting ‘Cast Your Shadow on the Moon” was made as part of a Kaleidoscope taster week lesson from Effy Wild It was a reminder that when times are tough you can imagine yourself to be…
Make your life a fairy tale..
Hello all, I hope you are well? I’ve been slowly getting through the Kaleidoscope Taster Week lessons by Willowing before the full course starts in August. This painting was done with a session by the lovely Ida Anderson Lang where we delved into the world of fairy tales ( I know I spelt it tail…
Kaleidoscope 2024 Painting Course
I’ve been doing the taster sessions for this year’s Kaleidoscope course run by Willowing, the very first session by Tamara Laporte was this cute little watercolour doggy, it has a slightly distorted lens view to accentuate the nose. Mine came out looking quite sad so I decided it was a rescue dog, and the quote…
New Painting – Colorful Bird
I’ve been been out on my bike again after quite some years of not cycling and it’s been great re-discovering parts of my area that I simply did not go to when I wasn’t on a bike. We have some great parks, woods and riverside walks etc in the local area which have been a…
Colorful Fish Painting
Hello everyone!! I hope you are well? I’ve always loved the beauty of forms and colours in nature. This painting represents a return to my first true love.. the natural world. From going on nature trails as a child to creating wildlife gardens as a teen and studying Biology at University my life has always…
New Tutorial* – Cute Colorful Houses!!
Hello! I hope you are all well and managing to do lots of creative things! I’ve been making some little hand-drawn animations and continuing to work on my canvases whilst coming up with new ideas for tutorials etc. In this tutorial we will be making these lovely colourful houses with watercolour pencils and watercolour paper,…
New Tutorial* – Luna Moth Made With Watercolor Pencils
Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well during these difficult times, here is another virtual hug from me ((((Blog Readers))) I’ve made you a watercolour pencil painting tutorial to help pass the time and learn new skills. In this tutorial we will be creating a grid for drawing our moth, using a variety of…
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