Category Archives: Art

Portraits…and lessons learnt…

This post was for the Butterfly Effect, but it is horribly late because my portrait would not co-operate and I made a stupid mistake, so she has not made it to centre-stage this week, but I am linking anyway, in … Continue reading

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Life is whizzing by

I don’t know if it is just me, but life seems to be going so fast at the moment. And I feel very productive which is even better! I like it when I feel like I am keeping up and … Continue reading

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Avoiding a guest appearance on Hoarders

There will be no photos to go with this post, because frankly that would be horrifyingly humiliating. I am doing a Whimsical Workspace course with Rhomany over at Willowing. And on the surface my house is relatively company ready, but … Continue reading

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Exploring Tribal Art

So this has been taking up a lot of time for me this week. I suggested it as a theme over at the Butterfly Effect, and I had an idea of what I was going to do. A couple of … Continue reading

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Mythical magical creatures come calling…

My goodness. It is first things Sunday here and I have taken photos and now to get this post up before Amy posts at Butterfly Effect where I am of course linking. Then on to make waffles for breakfast, because … Continue reading

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Exciting new discoveries

OH MY GOSH!!! Plaster of paris is the coolest thing I have ever played with. I have just started playing (thanks to Stephanie Lee and Judy Wise) and I had piece that looked like someone glooped some custard on it, … Continue reading

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Keeping it Simple

The other night I was listening to podcasts by RicĂ«, (I won’t mention how dreadfully far behind I am in listening) and I had in my head that I had to do something while I listened. (Hence why I am … Continue reading

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Zombie love

A couple of weeks ago I had no idea there was a battle that existed between unicorns and zombies. And if I had known I would have gone for the unicorns to win. I have never been a fan of … Continue reading

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Street Art and the Butterfly Effect

There have been some changes on the blog, and more coming gradually as I realign it slightly. This is the canvas I painted for the Butterfly Effect’s theme of the week “Street Art”. There have been some big, exciting changes … Continue reading

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Giving birth and realisations

One of my all time favourite artists is Emily Karaka. I was 17 when I first saw one of her works hanging up at an art gallery. And there were world famous artists whose works were also been exhibited, but … Continue reading

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