Introducing Molly, the papier mâché cat

Introducing Molly, the papier mâché cat

Following on from my trials with the narrowboat, Molly here was also a bit of a new departure for me, being close to life size.  This meant giving her eyes, or she would have looked really creepy!  (Go on, admit it, you’ve never noticed that my smaller animals...
Messing around with boats

Messing around with boats

Because a lot of my papier mâché commissions are surprise presents for people, I often have to wait for the Big Reveal before I can say much about them or show any pictures. Thus it was with the narrowboat Cleddau here, commissioned for an, ahem,...
Further Adventures with Chubby

Further Adventures with Chubby

As planned, I continued exploring my drawings of Chubby this week. I washed some water over last week’s line drawing.  Because I’d used quite a heavy line I found the tones came out a bit darker than I’d intended. Not sure that he doesn’t look...
Accidents and Art Classes

Accidents and Art Classes

Well, it’s been a busy time for me, with new art classes and workshops starting. In a piece of brilliant timing I managed to kick it all off by falling off my bike and breaking my wrist. On a happier note, it’s only a hairline fracture and it’s my...
That tricky First Anniversary gift

That tricky First Anniversary gift

The first wedding anniversary  is traditionally marked with a paper gift.  In my time I’ve been commissioned to make a few and they’re always fun to do so I thought I’d have a little mini-retrospective of them here.  First up is the most recent,...