DOMESTIKA COURSE - THE ART OF MANDALA DRAWING - BEGINNER PRACTICE SHEETS The second part of the preparation unit continues with drawing practice. Having done the shading exercises, we could now move on to do some actual mandala drawing. Sheet 1 - mandala elements Lizzie, our teacher, had prepared some sheets for us…
2024 GENERAL REVIEW As stated in the previous two posts, I have had to separate my annual end-of-year review into separate posts or the whole thing would be impossibly long! As it is, both the Art Course review and the general art review are pretty long. I'm hoping this post won't be so…
ONLINE ART COURSE - THE FINAL PROJECT IN THE INK PENS MODULE, A HEALTH UPDATE, AND A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL CHAPEL Ink Pens module - self-directed challenge This final project in the module consists of three small drawings. All the teacher Phil provided for this one was an orientation video and then…
COLORECTAL APPOINTMENT Warning - graphic medical details This blog post is primarily for my own benefit, to remind me of exactly what happened, what was said, and what to expect in the coming weeks. However, I have made it public because it just might help someone else in a similar position to myself.…
NEW STASH, A BIT ABOUT FOOD, AND MY PANTRY REVISITED New stash from Ebay After thinking that plastic lace table mats were well-nigh impossible to get in the UK, I have suddenly found them in abundance on Ebay! Perhaps I had been putting in the wrong search parameters... After my extremely successful coffee-staining…
A quick update with some recent photos which I haven't been able to share for the past few weeks, given that I was too busy posting about my various studio-based activities. Flowers My hubby has outdone himself again this year with bedding plants for our troughs and tubs in the patio, to make…
Exciting new art materials Derwent Coloursoft coloured pencils I have been doing more drawing and colouring recently, and have become increasingly frustrated with my limited set of cheap colouring pencils which are perpetually breaking, so I decided to treat myself to a decent set - the first I have ever owned. I did…
Health Update I had a surprise phone call on Friday from the Exeter hospital, totally out of the blue. It has been so long since I heard anything since my initial referral three years ago, and due to getting lost in their system for months after my initial appointment and subsequent CT scan…
The downward spiral In 2020 we longed for the normality of 2019. In 2021 we thought that perhaps 2020 hadn’t been so bad after all. “Three weeks to flatten the curve”? Hmm. The majority are ruled by fear and are willingly giving up their basic freedoms and submitting to totalitarianism. However, for the…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Personalised stamp jig On Thursday afternoon I went through all the cards I'd made recently, and stamped my "Handmade by..." stamp on the backs of them. I used the jig I made according to Jennifer McGuire's instructions and it works an absolute treat! I made it about…
