Hello all, I hope you are well and enjoying the beginning of summer, it has been very up and down with the weather, heatwaves followed by below average temperatures, but we get through it as best we can. I decided to paint this picture depicting Mother Nature as a response to seeing how nature copes…
Tag: illustration
The Gardener
Hello everyone, I recently finished a painting called ‘The Gardener’ which was made as part of a colour theory course. Gardens should be literally springing into life right now, so its a great time to get active in the garden and start editing and curating the space for a joyful summer. Try to imagine how…
Wolf Moon Painting
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!
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…
Phloem 