Our cats and their various activities
COLOURED PENCIL DRAWING - TONY'S CAT SMUDGE, AND MY LATEST KITTY PHOTOS When we visited my hubby's 96-year-old friend on Sunday, I took several photos of his cat. I had not been to his apartment since his wife died and before they got Smudge, so this was the first time I had seen…
HANDS - A DRAWING TO KEEP ME GOING, AND RESURRECTING THE PERSIAN TILES CROCHET THROW Drawing hands Until my new pastel pencils arrive next Friday, I cannot get on with the online art course work. Not wanting to be idle and needing to keep up with my art practice, I drew some hands…
ONLINE ART COURSE - COMPLETING THE OLD CAR PROJECT, AND A DRAWING OF LILY AND RUBY At last we have finished the first main project of the Ink Pens module. Both my hubby and I have been pretty busy lately and it's been hard to find time when we could both sit down…
CATCHING UP WITH THE ONLINE ART COURSE; OTHER DRAWINGS, AND ART IN GENERAL I've had a very busy time lately, and as a result getting pretty tired, which means I've been getting behind with drawing course. Online Art Course - Module 3 - Ink Pens Completing Project #1 - Six Small Sketches This…
2023 - END OF YEAR REVIEW As usual, it has been a pretty eventful year, both personally and generally. See the end of this post for the most important aspects of changing world events and what they mean for us all. During the year, I have had various health issues to deal with…
ONLINE ART COURSE - FIGURE STUDIES - FIGURE 3, A NEW LAPTOP, CATARACT NEWS, AND A BOX FOR RUBY Figure 3 - accordionist This afternoon I finally had time to sit down and complete the third project in the first module of the course (graphite drawing). Some interesting foreshortening to cope with in…
ORIENTAL STYLE ALBUM - A COMPLEX POP-UP, AND SOME VIDEOS AT LAST! ALSO KITTIES AND EASTER I have been busy with the Oriental Style Album, creating more elements and working on some videos of the work in progress. Eventually I shall make a flip-through of the whole album, once the project is completed,…
STUDIO HOUSEKEEPING, CURIOUS CABINETS, DECORATIVE STRIPS AND KITTIES I've been pretty busy lately with a lot of cooking (why does everything run out at once in the freezer?) and various other domestic tasks, and by the time all that gets done, there's usually no energy left for studio time which is very annoying.…
TEABAG EMBELLISHMENTS AND KITTY CONTORTIONISTS Teabag embellishments A few days ago I had my first session in the studio for 2023. I recently watched a YouTube video showing how to make gorgeous little embellishments from teabags and book pages. I started the project without re-watching the video so ended up doing things in…
Warning: This is a very long post! Click on the links to take you to the relevant posts for more details. Quite an eventful year, one way and another. On the artistic front I have embarked on some new ventures, I've acquired quite a bit of new stash, some lovely books... Several gorgeous…
