The Invisible Embrace ...

12 " squared canvas

" The Invisible Embrace "

The biggest canvas i have worked on -

so far ...

Created using texture paste - which took

a half a large tub of the stuff !!

Acrylic paint , pearl glaze acrylic and modge

podge sealed .

Hard to take a photo of it - the glare from the gold

and pearl paint i applied shows up more than it

does in the flesh ! A time when you need less light !!

Never mind ...

It is more of a dark painting - to set the tone of the

picture on one side , the other having more light

brighter colours ...

Taken with less light ..

But still showing more of the streaks of gold / yellow

sunshine " light" hitting the angel`s

body / wing . The 2 figures are raised by an extra layer

of textured paste - to make them stand out more .

I wanted to capture a faceless person

who was in need and felt alone , and an angel has appeared

by their side - whether they knew about it-

or not , embracing them with love and giving them hope.

We all have a guardian angel - right ?

Inspired from a section of a poem

by William Wordworths`s

" She dwelt among untrodden ways " .

Mr Blue Sky ...

A glorious hot sunny weekend ..

Not one for just lying and baking myself to

a crisp to get a tan ( it bores me stupid ! )

Just a small summary of what i did ..

Fluffy clouds against the blue sky ..

Aeroplane `s jet stream ...

A new friend Mr blackbird perched on top

of a hedge - who i have been feeding over

the weekend - much to my partners disgust !

All the bird poop about - i think !!

All day BBQ ...

Not complete without an icecream !!

And having a cooling drink , while

painting outside ...

I hope you enjoyed your weekend too !!

I`m later than usual posting today -

but our weather is glorious and i had

to come inside out of the hot sun at nearly

4pm . After some local shopping , i have been out

in my garden , re potting plants and got a shot

of our rhododendron shoots .

I was going to go inside , then a bumble bee

came to a partially open bloom - so i managed

to capture him ! Going inside the flower head .

And i let my veggie plants that are inside , for

now , have a sun bathe . We`re both quite "chuffed "

how our first try at growing peppers is

progressing - first signs of the bell peppers

appearing !! ;o) Whoo Hoo !!

And last , but not least -

a quickly made , make up bag for myself .

Out of this cherry material i have had for a year

at least ! Kind of kitschy and a little different

but it makes me smile and reminds me of my

other half - his surname is Cherry !

I need to sew press studs on it still .

Lined inside ..

I hope everyone has a great weekend !!

We have some more predicted good weather

days ahead of us - so i will be out

enjoying it !!

I took a couple of short video clips ,

the cherry blossoms in our local park -

it was a canopy of fragrant blooms -

and covered the ground like snow .

Sadly it has gone now , and the planted

flowers have been recently pulled up too !! I

suppose ready for more to replace them - i am

so glad i filmed when i did do !!

And this is a page in my drawing book -

inspired by the video below ..

It`s only 9 seconds long , but if you listen

you can hear Mr robin singing right near the end

and fly off !! It`s a shame the video box is small ,

you cannot really make out the robin in this size .

I have since tried to get a photo

but i think he knows when i carry my camera !!

The one day i do forget it - who do i see there hopping

on the grass taunting me !! ??

We had a gorgeous weekend ,

the weather was perfect , sunny and hot.

So we were out visiting places amoungst

other things .

Nunnington Hall - a Yorkshire manor house

from the the 17th century

The bridge across the river ...

The back from the garden - it was originally

the front with a long drive up towards the house .

side garden where the tearoom served

food grown from the garden .

They had 4 resident young peacocks ,

meandering around and very tame.

Here i am sat on the grass - waiting to get a

close up shot ;o)

The young miss pea hen ..

and the shyer Mr peacock ...

Part of the grass had been cut - the rest was left ,

it looked like a wild garden .

And just a small selection of the blooming flowers ..

It is a place that we will revisit -

just to see how the seasons affects the

beautful garden !

As it was suggested by my friend Sherry

in a comment she left on my sleeping mouse

watercolour ..

" just do it " , and have a go at

illustrations for a children's book .. Please !!

I had already had that thought , and not done anything ,

but when someone else has the same idea , then it

confirms it even more to yourself .

So - i am starting , slowly , and in between

all my other projects i want to create ,

some characters for a story and write it !!

Here is Buttercup ... the fluffy chick ..

just a prototype drawing ,

as i may leave out the pen marks , change the

beak / legs .

What do you think ? ?

Any suggestions will be most welcomed .

This will be a huge challenge - as i have no children ,

and may seem strange to those who have them

that i am even attempting this !

I have more research to do , what age range i

wish it to be in etc ... etc ...

It`s our spring mayday bank holiday this

weekend , and we`re busy , visiting relatives

and our first outdoor BBQ this year !

I`ll be making my famous potato salad ,

and the weather is supposed to be good !

So i wish you all a great weekend -

and i`ll see you next week !

Using some of the material i made for

my eco bag on the post below ..

I came up with these ...

A set of scented sachets .

2 hanging and 1 drawer , poly fill and also

contains Yorkshire dried lavender .

Then i wanted to make myself a small

travel bag ..

This is the larger one - 9 x 10 "

Fully lined ...

leaving the raw selvedge that will not fray

and sewing a piece on for the twill tape

draw string .

I then made a smaller version ...

I`m keeping this one - but i am listing

the others in my SHOP

I`ve been busy the past few days

making the extra give away winner

prizes . A sneak peak of one completed below.

I`m not saying who`s it is * giggle *

But i will posting it tomorrow ;o)

And i finished my own large Eco friendly bag .

This turned out to take longer than i expected !

Just 2 rectangles sewn on 3 sides , one turned

right side out from having right sides facing each

other .Then place one inside the other - so it is

lined , and then sandwich the handles in between the

2 pieces and sew along on the top edge .

I bought this vintage looking material a while ago

and i wish now i had purchased more of it !

The finished bag ..

Inside - which can be turned inside out .

You could put a contrasting material - but i

wanted the same .

I re-enforced my handles with iron on interfacing

and i liked the selvedge edge of the material -

instead of having to turn it over to sew !

Before i sewed the sides - i wanted a pocket

so i made a lined one . Which will be on the outside

or the inside if i turn it about .

This is going on holiday with me in a few weeks time-

although it did take me longer than anticipated -

it was well worth it ! I try and carry or reuse bags

all the time and i have an original created bag for myself !

I have some of the material left and have plans

for that - so stay tuned ;o)

We had real bad thunderstorms and

lightning late yesterday - so it was decided to

turn our computer off - and a good job that

my plant was inside safe and sound !

My Voodoo fuchsia has it`s first bloom !

After having my first one drop off - due to it

being too heavy for the fragile stem .

Isn`t the colour gorgeous ! ?

Underneath shot ...

And a full moon - a few nights ago -

I left it - so more light got in during the exposure

- and these are 2 of the best photos -

to see the cloud illumination .

Have a great weekend !!