I like how this came out it has some lovely texture and painting pattern. All I did a few blobs of paint and turned the page over to create a butterfly affect (mine shows one side of the full picture).
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Painting with Paint!
Nothing original I know but I am painting with the paint without using any tools other than pouring the paint out of the bottle. This is lots of fun.
I used primary colours to create this painting and I love how simple it is. My favourite thing is simplicity, nothing like making things complex just because people think its clever, as far as I am concerend there is nothing clever in complicating things. Just my point of view.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Winter is here - thank goodness.
OK so I had a bit of a rant last but it needed to be said. However, over the last few days I have woken to frost and it looks utterly beautiful. I live in the beautiful county of Hampshire and I am surrounded by fields which I get to go by everyday on the school run. The kids think it has snowed because the ground cover is so white with frost. So now I am a little happier, however we are in a drought situation and I hear that Vancouver has had considerable less rain that is should have, if I recall, only a quarter of its usual amount for the season! So should we now believe that we need to change or are we going to continue as we have before? Perhaps we will be forced to change.
Anyway, I had an amazing weekend last, I visited Jane Austen's museum in Alton and it was fabulous and the tea room across the way had the perfect ending plus letting the kids run off energy at the park. It is well worth a visit just to see the houses in the area and the lovely country, would be utterly fun to walk around with wellies and warm coats. The sun was out and the winter cold set-in but isn't that what winter is all about?
xxx
Anyway, I had an amazing weekend last, I visited Jane Austen's museum in Alton and it was fabulous and the tea room across the way had the perfect ending plus letting the kids run off energy at the park. It is well worth a visit just to see the houses in the area and the lovely country, would be utterly fun to walk around with wellies and warm coats. The sun was out and the winter cold set-in but isn't that what winter is all about?
xxx
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Spring has Sprung...REALLY!
A little off track from my usual art blog but it needs to be mentioned because I am seriously concerned.
I have seen blossom on the trees, birds are singing and most mornings I wake to find mild spring-like weather. I mean we are in winter and today the kids are playing outside without hats and gloves, it is never right. It does concern me that my children are likely to suffer as adults with climate change and I haven no doubt in my mind that my grandchildren will certainly be in the thick of the devastation that has been created.
What a life we have created for our children and because of the economy climate concerns have taken a back seat. I do not want to be known as the generation who could have saved the planet but did not. Having said that the UK are not at all large consumers that impact the environment unlike other countries that I need not mention. We have smaller houses, less appliances in the home, cars are smaller in engine size, it costs a great deal more to have an engine above 2 litres in size. I am not sure why other larger countries can't follow suit, for a small country we have done exceedingly well over the years. I am not saying we are 'goody two shoes' far from it but we do tend to act quicker than most nations.
Look at it as if we were a dying planet. Hi-tech will be a thing of the past, E-book readers (a way of saving paper, perhaps but what about the technology and the production, is that perhaps more harmful?) Computers, again away of saving the trees but is it really? Again, the parts required to build the machines, the electricity used to power it, the parts that operate it, is this better than paper?
Survival of the fittest will be the new buzz words. A primitive lifestyle, no fancy cars, knowing what one does for a living will be a case of - who cares. Learning to feed off deprived lands ripped of nutrients. People stealing food and animals... it goes on.
It makes me shudder, the endless possibilities, war, people fighting for food and water, death from malnutrition, old diseases rearing their ugly heads.
Does the wealth of a country really come above the safety of the planet and our lives?
I have seen blossom on the trees, birds are singing and most mornings I wake to find mild spring-like weather. I mean we are in winter and today the kids are playing outside without hats and gloves, it is never right. It does concern me that my children are likely to suffer as adults with climate change and I haven no doubt in my mind that my grandchildren will certainly be in the thick of the devastation that has been created.
What a life we have created for our children and because of the economy climate concerns have taken a back seat. I do not want to be known as the generation who could have saved the planet but did not. Having said that the UK are not at all large consumers that impact the environment unlike other countries that I need not mention. We have smaller houses, less appliances in the home, cars are smaller in engine size, it costs a great deal more to have an engine above 2 litres in size. I am not sure why other larger countries can't follow suit, for a small country we have done exceedingly well over the years. I am not saying we are 'goody two shoes' far from it but we do tend to act quicker than most nations.
Look at it as if we were a dying planet. Hi-tech will be a thing of the past, E-book readers (a way of saving paper, perhaps but what about the technology and the production, is that perhaps more harmful?) Computers, again away of saving the trees but is it really? Again, the parts required to build the machines, the electricity used to power it, the parts that operate it, is this better than paper?
Survival of the fittest will be the new buzz words. A primitive lifestyle, no fancy cars, knowing what one does for a living will be a case of - who cares. Learning to feed off deprived lands ripped of nutrients. People stealing food and animals... it goes on.
It makes me shudder, the endless possibilities, war, people fighting for food and water, death from malnutrition, old diseases rearing their ugly heads.
Does the wealth of a country really come above the safety of the planet and our lives?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Waiting
First of all - HAPPY NEW YEAR!
A very quiet new year party was had at my house, even the streets were quiet too which I thought was odd. Anyway, we had a chilled night with champagne and nibbles, a few films and great friends.
I have been ignoring this blog for a while but I have been extremely busy with other events and it is nice to be away from the computer at times. However, as in my previous post I have been looking forward to receiving a book that was meant to be in my hands before Christmas and I have still not received it. I am very disappointed but I was fully aware that this was a sought after read and apparently they need to stock up before I get mine. ARGGGGH! Oh well, all good things come to those who wait, apparently! SO I AM STILL WAITING...
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