Wishing All my Friends and Followers a Wonderful Christmas!
Keep warm and happy :)


This is just a little pastel I did in a class. 15" x 11" Brrrr!

Portrait of a Young Girl

This is a pastel portrait from a photograph by Babasteve on Flickr.
The girl looks older than in the photo, but I quite like parts of it:)

These are the remaining pages from my
Christmas "book" I enjoy doing these pages.
I am set up to do some more right now!

Here is the Christmas "card" I made for my Painting Friend Forum
partner this year. There are more pages!

Oh dear! I haven't been very good at blogging!!!
Too many things going on right now :)
Anyway, here is one I did a little while ago.
It is difficult at the moment to photograph
my updated paintings because of the weather.
I am hoping for some bright days over the next
few days...fingers crossed.

Watercolour cactus

This is a cactus I painted from a video demo by Mollie
on Painting Friends Forum. Not great, but still I got my
brushes wet!

Wild Poppies for Remembrance Day.

Trying a different technique.

Sorry! I have been slow to get back here!!!It is a combination
of a busy time and feeling a bit unwell this last week.

This is an idea I started after one of my early posts, a pastel
of Sandra's grandaughter. Decided to try building it up using lines.
I quite like the effect and might do some more using this technique.

The first picture is earlier on in the process.
The second one is the finished painting.

Something different today.
This was a challenge on Painting Friends forum.
I have a crop too. Not sure which I prefer.

Here is the finished portrait, at last!
Hope you like it.





I think I prefer the crop, and the colour is nearer to my painting.