Hello, I hope you are all well. Rainy here today after weeks of sunshine. Due to continue all week. I wouldn’t complain but of course it’s the week our daughter comes to visit! Oh well. This week’s project is a little more cheery- Spring and the glory of lush green and early blossoms. It’s a… Continue reading Nature’s gift
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 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 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! 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 lovely friends I hope you are well. It’s been busy here at the Casa, gardening, fencing and finishing the shed. Still beautiful weather. Feels strange to see not sign of autumn colours though . I really miss the colours of Ireland but not the constant wind and rain! Never mind Autumn the winter creations… Continue reading The magic tree
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, It’s been a while. I’ve taken a little break from the blog. I had my son come to stay and have been designing and planting a new garden. It’s been a busy time. I have still been creating of course so today’s note is a little round up of what you may have missed.… Continue reading Harvest moon
Hello friends, still hot here. Not at all like Autumn. We are building decking and are wrecked in the heat. This week’s project harkens back to the days of cool autumn mist and spooky goings on! It uses some of the recently released new Coven of curiosities stamps from Lavinia stamps . You may find… Continue reading ‘Hallowmere’
Hi there! It’s September already! Where did this year go? It’s starting to feel a little cooler thankfully. I love Autumn! Time to create new landscapes for the season. You may find the YouTube tutorial Here This is one where you can go to town on the layering and gradually build up the range of… Continue reading ‘Fall’
