This cow needs a home...
Cowmodity - Acrylic on wrapped canvas 50x50cmI finally finished the cow painting, ‘Cowmodity’.Here is some interesting/useless (delete as appropriate) information about it and other news in my life...
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So, I had an idea and for it to work, I need the help of my online art friends. A couple of weeks ago, I was visiting Ileana of Arroz con Mango and saw that she had completed another amazing portrait,...
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Thanks to those who responded to my idea about the portrait swap and are interested and also to those who responded even if they don't want to join in! Although can I just say that those who said they...
View ArticleAlmost living the dream...
Firstly, apologies that I didn't get round very many people on last week’s Paint Party Friday circuit. I do have a reason and I’ll get to it shortly.Happy Halloween commissioned DoodimalSecondly, do...
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4 x Christmas Cards I just want to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who sent positive thoughts and good vibes out into the cosmos for me on my last post here, when I mentioned our life changing move...
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www.mathsgoodies.comI typed everyone's name in a list (some 2 or 3 times if they also became new Facebook and/or Blogger followers which is what took it up to 52). I googled for a Random Number...
View ArticleA new beginning...
I haven't been around much recently what with our lives having been turned upside down (in a good way!) Just by way of an update, S is getting on great with the training in his new job and currently...
View ArticleYou don't have to put on the red light...
So, in between the madness of new jobs, resignations, house sales and packing box assault courses, S and I went to Amsterdam for our Anniversary on 18 November.We landed early at 9.30 but what...
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Well, that's phase one of the house move complete. We packed up all our belongings and put them into storage and last Friday, 14 December, I walked out the door of our old house and went to work as a...
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Artwork by Aimee. Bad photography by me.Copyright: Aimee at www.artsyville.blogspot.com So, I've been at my parents's house now since 14 December. Christmas has come and gone and while it was all very...
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Because I've been bemoaning the fact that I haven't been very productive in the art department recently, my lovely friend, Sandra, suggested that I have a go at simply sketching things. Not big fancy...
View ArticleThe North wind doth blow...
Home, Sweet Home.This is my first blog post from our new house in Scotland! We got here at 7.00am on Thursday 17 January after an 8 & 1/2 hour drive up through Scotland. However, our furniture and...
View ArticleSmoke gets in your eyes and Sky gets on our TV...
This is sketch 5 of the 75 day sketch challenge and I'm also using it as face 2 of the 29 Faces challenge! I'm going through black ink pens at a great rate of knots as the pages in my sketchbook are...
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Face 3 of 29 FacesToday, we've had gales, blue skies and sunshine, rain and I'm sure it has even tried to snow a little. I knew it was going to be cold up this far north and I swear I'm not...
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Face 4 of 29 Faces*Disclaimer - rant coming up. When I finished my full time 9-5 office job to move over to Scotland, the idea was that I would be able to spend my time really trying to make a proper...
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Face 5 of 29 FacesThis is Face 5 of 29 Faces and also Day 8 of the 75 day sketch challenge.Yesterday morning, I woke to the sound of hail battering the window, the wind howling round the cottage and...
View ArticleClothes maketh the (wo)man...
Face 6 of 29 FacesAs I got dressed to take the dogs to the beach for a walk today, it suddenly dawned on me that in the short space of time that I've been living in Scotland already, any concern I had...
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Face 9 of 29 FacesWhen we were house-hunting we had a very detailed check-list of what we did and didn't want because, unless the universe throws us a cosmic curve ball, we plan for this to be our...
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Face 11I started volunteering at the local animal re-homing shelter last week. I'll be there twice a week in the mornings. It's really small with only 4 paid staff so the chances of a paid position...
View ArticleThe good, more good and the downright irritating...
Face 15The GoodLast Friday I went to the animal re-homing centre and this time I got to spend some one on one time with two different dogs. Two very different dogs - one chased the ball endlessly and...
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