Hello! I hope you have had a great week. The cooler air is definitely here now. We have no heating in Spain so we are cozy under our heated throws! Hopefully we will get a log burner installed in due course. This week’s project is another Christmas card idea. I have always been fascinated by… Continue reading Gingerbread snow globe
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 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
Hello friends I hope you are all well. This week saw the launch of the new stamps launch of The twilight tea collection from Lavinia stamps. I was fortunate to have been sent the stamps by them to have a play. So, I thought that I would make a reasonably quick card, bright and cheerful… Continue reading Sunflower view
Hello, I hope your week has gone to plan! Still very hot here. I know there are similar heat waives in many places including the UK! Best to stay in doors. Thankfully my lovely brother fitted my ceiling fans a couple of weeks ago and saved us! So this week keeping cool was on my… Continue reading Stillness
Hello friends, I hope you are all well. It’s been busy here at the casa in Spain. We have had birthday celebrations for myself and my Mum and my daughter and partner were staying for a while . We had a lovely time and thankfully the temperature reduced for a few days. It definitely feels… Continue reading Summer vibes
Hello and a very happy 2025 to you all! I’m back from my trip to see my family in Portugal over Christmas. It was great to see them all after so long! I had a lovely time. The good news is that my house is finally agreed for sale so I will be preparing to… Continue reading ‘A new path’
Hello again. I hope you are feeling good! Today was another beautiful autumn day with blue skies and sunshine. Although it took my partner hours to collect the fallen leaves from the garden! This week was quite special for us in Northern Ireland as we were treated to the Northern lights. I thought I would… Continue reading Magnus
Hello friends I hope your week has been good! Today we have beautiful autumn sunshine. I took this picture whilst walking the dogs. It’s not far from where I live. Today’s tutorial explores contrasts and textures and in particular the impact of using black. The Autumnal theme continues, this time in a forest setting. The… Continue reading ‘Vantage point’
