Isn’t she lovely?
Lily She’s Lovely
Welcome to my post about creating vibrant lilies with pastels. I am going to be taking a loose and spontaneous approach rather than a detailed, highly realistic portrayal of these…
A Rose By Any Other Name
In this post I will be looking at layering techniques for rose art journal pages with a focus on one strategy specifically. Last week I got stuck into pastels after a…
Happy St David’s day
St David’s Day 1st March Card Design
St David, of course, is the patron St of Wales and there are, in our culture, several interesting tales about him. I spent my young years in Bronant in mid Wales going to a County Primary school and learning to speak Welsh. St David’s day was a special day for us when we got to dress in traditional Welsh costume and do creative activities like singing and painting and reciting. Of course, a lot of those paintings were of daffodils which I still love to paint.
Add a touch of surreal to the journey
Using Stickers in my Art Journal
Today I want to share an art journal page with you that I have made with stickers I created from a painting - Gracious Gladioli. The painting was inspired by…
Colourful flowers lift the spirits
The Joy of Flowers – Flowers Improve Mental Health
This is just a short and simple animation to show how flowers can effect mood. The appearance of the first flowers in Spring has long been celebrated within our culture, in the U.K. Daffodils being a prime example in Wales and in Japan, the cherry blossom. But in my animation I have used simple shapes to represent the flowers, suggesting that even just the idea of flowers can lift the spirits. And images of flowers can be found everywhere, from graffiti to home decor to fabric to jewellery to art, showing how important they are to our psyche.
Impasto acrylic daffodils
Daffy Daffs of Spring
The daffodil, or cenhinen Pedr in Welsh (Peter's leek) has long been celebrated as an emblem of Wales. Commonly worn in a pin on a cardigan or jumper on St…