Hello lovely people from a beautiful sunny day in Spain! I hope you have had a great week! This week I really wanted to throw caution to the wind and paint something colourful and vibrant using the kuretake paints which are a cross between watercolour and gouache in terms of their varying opacities. It’s done… Continue reading Lavender view
Hello everyone, It’s been very pleasant here for the last week although we have had car troubles . Thankfully, we have shops within walking distance and can take the dogs out around the area where there are some pleasant walks. This week I went for a reasonably quick project small enough to be a card… Continue reading The Magnolia tree
Hello everyone I hope this post finds you well. All good here. The weather has been beautiful. Not too hot. We have been taking walks with the dogs and doing some gardening. I thought for this week that I would build a scene with lots of stamps and then add the colour to bring it… Continue reading Mystery wood
Hello from a very sunny Spain. The rain has gone and we are enjoying sitting in our front porch watching the birds and warming our faces! This week’s project brings in the rays of light for our new fairy Eira. You may find the video Here It was a lengthy and large painting using mainly… Continue reading ‘Sunbeam wood’
Hello again, Well the wind and rain has stopped and the sun has finally made an appearance! It’s so lovely here when that happens. I believe that it’s to last all week. What a treat! Another treat was when the postwoman brought my new stamps from the new Lavinia stamps kindred creatures Collection I’m absolutely… Continue reading ‘Feathered friends’
Hello everyone from a still very wet and windy Spain. The weather has thrown away the script! It feels like living in Ireland! So in this week’s project I’ve combined three things-Valentines, bright flowers and sunshine for everyone who needs a little love and cheering up! You may find the video tutorial Here I’ve been… Continue reading ‘So this is love’
Hello, from a rather damp Spain!Luckily we brought our heated throws. The world weather has gone a little crazy. Hope my friends in the North including the US and Canada get through the snow ok. I decided not to do a snow project this week. As you may have noticed my love for soft pastels… Continue reading Courage
Hello! How are you all? Still cold here at night. I’m sitting under my heated throw. Definitely a type of winter in Spain but looking forward to Spring. It’s hard to believe that this time last year I was packing up my house in Northern Ireland and preparing to drive to Portugal to my Mum.!… Continue reading ‘Winter’
Hello friends and a belated happy new year! I’ve been on a little break over Christmas . I had my daughter staying and saw lots of family which was lovely! It’s definitely colder than expected at night here in Spain and we have had a lot of rain. However when the sun comes out it’s… Continue reading The calling
Hello and welcome to my latest creative round up. I hope you are all well! Christmas is very fast approaching so here is another Christmas card or artwork gift idea. You may find the tutorial Here Also for those of you that want to concentrate on practicing with your soft pastels I created this piece… Continue reading The gift
