Splitting Hares!.......

Hello All,

Pardon the pun!

The story goes....... When I was out walking with the boys (dogs) the other day, we came

across the body of a wild hare at the edge of a field. I think it must have been hit by a car

and put over the wall out of the way. Strangely it showed hardly any outward signs of

damage. So beautiful and so sad.

When I was trying to think of a project earlier today I remembered the hare.

The end result will hopefully be a painting, but the process will be split into

several blog posts.....starting with a few pencil sketches to get the feel.....

No rushing...... but follow along if you like.......

Don't know how it will turn out but we'll see....

Bye for now......P.

Cold Colours......

Good evening and welcome.

It's cold!

I decided to go with it and chose colours with a bit of frost....

Is there anyone out there who knows how to photograph mirror card without getting a

self portrait? Or how to get the glitter glittery?

Hmmmm.....

It looks much prettier in real life. The tree stamps and embossing folder are from

StampinUp.

Time to go and warm up in front of the fire.....   P.

R is for Robin......

Hello All, welcome back.

As it is the first day of December I suppose I will have to admit that Christmas is

indeed approaching. In that spirit I have decided to blog a few ideas over the next

few weeks that will bring a bit of sparkle to the proceedings.

I have glitter. It sits in a box unloved and untouched. I occasionally look at the

sparkly pots and think.....how pretty.....and put them back.

Ok then, here is the theme for a few projects... to get the glitter out of the box :)

This itself brings a few problems.....have you ever tried to photograph sparkle?

These Christmas robins were created with Tattered Lace dies and glitter card, but

I will be getting out the real sneeze-and-blow-it-away, glitter everything in sight

glitter powder (probably now remember why it has stayed in the pot).

Won't be posting every day (still working) but check back here occasionally and I will

do my best!

Bye for now, P.

Red Sky in the Morning......

Hello All,

Well the supermoon is merely a paler smudge in the thick clouds I'm afraid :(

I will keep looking in case we get a glimpse.

There have been a few red morning skies this week....shepherds' warning?

Felt inspired to make a quick pen sketch with a little bit of colour wash.

A bit of artistic license of course.  But even if I only have ten minutes to spare I really

should make an effort......though even I can see that the flat roof isn't flat in my version.

Never mind :/

Cut that bit off !

It's only a sketch.

Bye for now, P.

Fast and Loose......with Inktense

Hello All,

Still working.....but wanted to play a bit with a set of Inktense blocks. They have been

looking at me for a while so time to have a go.

Take a big piece of rough watercolour paper and get scribbling!

Intense ink...like it says. Not meant to be a work of art....just to get the feel of it.

Like the way you can leave some of the line marks in the washes of water. The paper is

good and thick so takes a good wetting.

Added a bit of collaged paper ( always bits lying around on my untidy desk).

Oh for more free time!

Thanks for looking in :)  P.