This month’s theme was chosen by Jenny, and for June she picked Selkie. A lovely theme and a brilliant excuse to rewatch one of my favourite animations, Song of the Sea. It’s a beautiful film, superbly animated with a gorgeous score and tells the story of Ben and Saoirse, (pronounce ser-sher) children of a lighthouse… Read More AE Theme Reveal – Selkie

We got a fabulous theme this month from Sue, one that I have been looking forward to since she first announced it. I’ve not had as much time as I’d have liked to really explore my ideas though, I have classes and a fair happening as we speak and I’m trying to do a million… Read More AE Theme Reveal – Forest

This month’s theme challenge was set by Lesley, and she decided to do things a little differently than usual. Rather than giving us a topic, we were given the task to repurpose something…. recycling it in to something other than it’s intended use. I have to admit, it threw me a little, but after a… Read More AE Theme Reveal – Repurposing

I was made up when Jen chose the theme for this month. It was a happy coincidence that I already had some plans for a Luna Moth piece so I didn’t have too much thinking to do! If you’ve been following along with the theme reveals, you will have seen that I’m currently obsessed with… Read More AE Theme Reveal – Luna Moth

I’ve had a brilliant time with this month’s theme. For February, Cathy chose Birds of Prey, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Just after Christmas, I got a phone call to say I’d won in a raffle. I never win anything so I was really excited to find out that I’d got… Read More AE Theme Reveal – Birds of Prey

It’s the last theme challenge of 2018 and for December, Claire chose White. A brilliant choice with lots of scope for creating. Of course my first thought was snow. As I mulled over ideas, my thoughts were taken to fairy tales, then Narnia. Stepping through the wardrobe in to the world of eternal winter. Meeting… Read More AE Theme Challenge – White

It’s the end of October and winter is moving in fast… We’ve had some cold days here in the North West and woken up to some gorgeous frosty mornings. The end of the month means it’s time for the Art Elements Theme Challenge reveal and this month it was Karen’s turn to host. She chose… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge – Petroglyphs

It was my turn this month to host the Art Elements Theme Challenge and I chose Fairy. I picked the theme earlier in the year with an ulterior motive as I wanted to explore lots of ideas I had for creating models and scenes, and this was the perfect excuse to spend some serious time… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge – Fairy

It’s nearly the end of the holidays which is a relief, this month doesn’t seem to have passed by quite so quickly… having the kids at home all day does that! Ha! We’ve had a good time though and took a trip to up to Lindisfarne to the abbey to see where the Lindisfarne gospels… Read More Art Elements Theme reveal – Swirls

It’s reveal day for the Art Elements Theme Challenge, and this month it was Jen’s turn to host with the theme of seed pods. Read her post here. I was really inspired by this theme and had loads of plans and ideas. I was particularly taken with snap dragon seed heads, the little skulls are… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge – Seed Pods

I love horses even though they’re a bit scary. I’m not a great rider, and haven’t done any more than feed them a bit of grass since I was a kid, but they are beautiful creatures and a wonderful source of inspiration. As a bored child in the school holidays I used to go round… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge Reveal – Horses