studio snippets

...today is sooooooooo floral...

...a sunday sigh...

...when you treat yourself to a little something that you know you will own forever...

my new 'old bag' 

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gathering and listening

....I promised myself, one simple thing, when I took my first step into this year; the simple indulgence to take some time to draw and paint again.  This 'time' was not to be just a few hours here and there but to allocate approx a month out from the making diary.  Drawing used to be such an important part to all my creative paths and the last few years my art box has remained under the table.  So, I have just made up a card board box in the studio and have started to collect ephemera and such to help inform a series of paintings and sketches and collages. Now all I have to do is patiently wait for natures treasures to grow so I can study 'the botanics' .... BUT most importantly I have made a start and when that month arrives I will be prepared and inspired and ready to start with an equally eager art box......

.....pottering done while listening to....

the gathering wall - stage three

...as I work on the canvases - a little everyday - 

I love how they fit together as a patchwork on the studio wall.

...a Sunday sigh...

 ...three little visitors to the studio makes this weeks pleasant Sunday sigh...the prettiest fabric of the Sanderson variety, a charity shop vase and a delicate cluster of anemones from Pickering...the combination of the three to this little house is a most welcomed cheery sign that Spring is definitely here...

the gathering wall - stage two

 ...the stitching journey of the canvases keeps being added to....I am loving the spare hours and a day or two that I devote to working on only these - my escapism of sorts - they are my labour of love for a couple of months-  a project that has no deadline is rather refreshing.  Not too sure I will want to sell them once completed they are just a joy to look at each day.  My patchwork wall.