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 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
Hello, well the storms are finally over ! It’s been an experience seeing so much rain, thunder and lightening! Nice to see blue skies again today but definitely much cooler. This weeks project is a pastel painting 10 x 12 inches on pastel board using both pan pastel and pastel pencils. I always like to… Continue reading Winter’s gift
Hello, I hope you caught the Hallaganza Lavinia stamps event and gained plenty of inspiration! The Faelight chronicles new release stamps for Christmas are beautiful! This is my contribution. Created for Lavinia stamps. You may find the Lavinia stamps video Here For the music version on my channel you may find it Here I’m very… Continue reading Dazzle
Hello friends I hope you had a great weekend! This week sees the end of my Halloween/Autumn projects. But still plenty of time to create your own for the big event! I’ve been really enjoying creating paintings from pastels with a combination of drawing and stamps. It’s surprising how much colour depth can be achieved… Continue reading The colour of magic
Hello everyone, I hope you are all well! This week I decided to take my own creative adventure and create a painting from one medium- soft pastel. I love incorporating this into my mixed media pieces but I know if used on their own with the appropriate sub-straight they totally sing! Also I wanted to… Continue reading The witches’ apprentice
