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,...
ArtSpace Workshops at Beech Hall School

ArtSpace Workshops at Beech Hall School

Well, what a busy week it’s been!  Loyal readers (come on, there must be some of you!) may recall I was getting ready for some ArtSpace workshops to be run at Beech Hall School. Well, what a lovely experience the whole thing turned out to be.  It was a tough ask...
Tiny Robins on Bobbins

Tiny Robins on Bobbins

Well, cotton reels actually, but I wasn’t going to miss a good rhyme.  I knew there was a reason why I hadn’t thrown these nice wooden cotton reels away.  Of course, anyone who knows me knows that the actual reason is that I’m The Woman Who Never...