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Art Every Day Month - Day 26
I'm sticking with the marine life theme today and also with the doodimal ACEOs. This is a starfish - another sea creature that fascinates me. Unfortunately I've only ever seen them dried out as a...
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Art Every Day Month - Day 27
Baby Sloth doodimal ACEO - 2.5 X 3.5 inches - ink and watercolour Although I don't think there is a baby animal that isn't cute, I have to say that after watching some You Tube clips of baby sloths at...
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Art Every Day Month - Day 28
Love Birds Doodimal ACEO (2.5 X 3.5 inches) ink and watercolour Sticking with the doodimal ACEO theme and sort of sticking to creatures that live in trees but this time the feathered variety, today's...
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Art Every Day Month - Day 29
Reuben and Brodie - ink and gouache ACEO (2.5 X 3.5 inches)The end of the challenge is nigh!! I'm very glad I saw it all the way through as, although it was surprisingly difficult to be creative every...
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Art Every Day Month - Day 30!!!
'A mother's love' - jotter doodle greetings card - ink and watercolourIt's the last day - hurrah and congratulations to everyone who completed the challenge. It was so good for me to do this not least...
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Pet portraits and Christmas Fairs.
'Scrappy' - custom portrait in ink and gouache approx 7 x 8 inchesSo, after posting and creating every day for the month of November, I decided to take a wee break for a week or so. Not that I wasn't...
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A surprise tea party...
'Mushu in blue' - gouache and ink on watercolour postcardA few weeks ago Eva and Kristin over at Paint Party Friday mentioned that they had something special up their sleeves, 'something that involves...
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Ruby the wired haired dachshund (had a very shiny nose)
'Ruby' - Doodimal commissioned pet portrait - A3 watercolour and ink So I hope everyone had their own perfect kind of Christmas. I know we did. This year was our first in our new Scottish cottage and...
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Orang-utans, Pixie Crops and Reiki...
A very belated Happy New Year to you all. I can't believe January is over half way over and this is my first blog post of 2014!!'We're the same, you and I' - Orang-utan in gouache It's been a busy...
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Bands, Exhibitions and Rabbits...
'Salad for One' - Ink and gouache on recycled card 13.5 x 13.5cmWell, so far this year I've not been very good at blogging - one post for the whole of January!Hopefully this won't be my only post for...
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Gratitude & Crochet. ..
My Gratitude StoneI recently read a book called 'The Secret' which is all about the law of attraction and how your positive attitude can bring good things into your life. It's worth a read with an open...
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Look into my eyes...
'Look into my eyes' - Baby Seal in Gouache 21.5 cm x 30cmI saw the most beautiful photo of a baby seal on the Caithness Photos Facebook page back in January and, as soon as I saw those soulful eyes, I...
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The Merry Dancers and the Frame solution...
Photo taken by S - the Northern Lights last night.I finally saw the Northern Lights last night! S has become what is known in photography circles as a 'light chaser' so he has umpteen apps on his phone...
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Soulful - Horse's eye in gouache
'Soulful' - Horse's eye in gouache 33 x 22.5cmSo, I promised myself this year that I'd spent my time online more productively and what with all the parcels arriving on a pretty much daily basis, you...
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Out of my comfort zone-cherries in pastels
Cherries in pastels 11 x 9 inchesSo, if you've been by recently then you know that I think I've found my medium in gouache and I defintely know my subject matter is all creatures great and small but...
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The pity party and the retirement card
So, my orang-utan painting didn't get short-listed for the Wildlife Artist of the Year competition. I got an email on Friday and had a little flutter of anticipation and excitement followed by a thud...
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Purdey
Purdey - sketch in gouacheWell, those of you who are friends with me on Facebook will already know the sad news of my little cat, Purdey, who I had to say goodbye to on 28 March. She was old (about 13...
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Pay it Forward
'Purdey' - doodimal in ink and gouacheI recently visited my friend Tracey Fletcher King's blog and she mentioned she was taking part in the Pay It Forward Art-making Project for 2014. She'd learnt...
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Spring has sprung and lambs are everywhere
I love this time of year in Caithness as little lambs are being born all around us - we can look out the windows of our dinning room, sun room and kitchen and see them bounding all over the fields...
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What does the fox say?
I'll tell you exactly what he says. He says 'I bet you wish you'd never started painting me because you hate the end result and all those hours you spent trying and failing to portray my fabulous fur...
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