Ho Ho Ho.....

Thank you to everyone who pops in to visit, I do so enjoy reading all your comments and I hope I don't bore you too much with my average antics and boring life.......

The craft fayre on Wednesday was a successful evening in that they raised £150 for charity, but I would estimate that during the hole evening 12 people came in...... I and many others from the estimated 23 stalls didn't sell a jot!

It was however a fun evening meeting a lot of like minded people and a couple of friends I haven't seen in a while.....I think I need to get out more!

I have decided that I am never doing one again. I really don't have the time or energy to get into it and I absolutely hate selling my own art work and crafts. I find it incredibly uncomfortable selling items that I have created. Hence the reason I generally give them away!

I spent 12 hours painting a Christmas design with acrylics on a canvas I found on a shelf in the shed, I started it 5pm Tuesday evening and finished around 2:30 in the morning and then resumed finishing touches Wednesday morning and then dashed out the door to drop Daniel at Mums so that I could help Joanne pack cakes and wash up while she baked and then legged it home via mums to collect Danny man, to finish off the painting and pack the car for the craft fair!

what a pa lava!



I am glad I didn't sell the painting as I want to add some gold leaf to the star and sleigh bells so I have time to add finishing touches....... Mum wants me to get it copied and make it into Christmas Cards or a poster so that she can put it on her lounge door at Christmas so I will have to look into printing costs. I have to admit I am dubious about posting images of my Art work as I have been ripped off on numerous occasions, which is probably the main reason I have given up designing wallpapers and furnishing fabrics, it is soul destroying to have your ideas and designs stolen, I don't mind people borrowing it as long as my name is attached to it, and it is not being used for financial gain by others.

Unfortunately that is not the world we live in and greedy unscrupulous people will always rip off the trusting, kind people of the world.


I also love to draw fantasy pictures, I blame my brothers as most of my youth was spent listening to them play role playing games and I am a sucker for a good myth or legend. I have always drawn horses, I was mad on them as a child, I don't ride any more as I am way to fat and I would pity the poor horse that had me on their back, but the feeling of freedom and exhilaration as you cantered across fields and felt alive was amazing....


I found a picture of a horse in one of my many reference books and I made up the rest of the image from my imagination.... I love the sea and through many hours of life drawing at college I am not to bad at drawing a figure, but if you are ever in doubt cover as much as possible with cloaks and clothes....

I hope you enjoy looking at my images and by all means use them for our own personal pleasure but please do not use them for financial gain.

Bye for now and I will be starting my next painting which will be "Cakes make the world a better place" October give away prize!

XX Alex

6 days to go.....

Well its been a dull chilly afternoon so the fire has been lit, and smudge our springador is a happy lad, being a cross between a liver and white springer spaniel and a chocolate labrador he has plenty of bounce but not a lot going on between his ears!



The 12 days of Christmas continued........

The 4 calling birds have been joined by their 2 missing friends, one is slightly larger scale than the other 3 but I am sure the Brownies won't mind....

5 golden rings are nestled in their own sprigs of holly....

6 Geese "a" laying, actually 3 are "a" snoring...!

and 2 swans "a" swimming..... the other 5 should be swimming soon, but I need to cut up some more brown cardboard to mount them on......

so I only have 6 more days of Christmas to complete, unfortunately that is still 55 pictures so I had better get tea on the go and get cutting some board..... plus Daniel has just woken up so he will want to get his toys out again.... its a bit of a struggle when you only have the lounge and the kitchen to accommodate everything but no doubt I will manage....

Hi Ho, its off to work I go!!!!!

Sleeping Dragon

The last time I went to Glastonbury Festival (2004) I found myself getting a craving to be artistic, after a hectic day helping the children in the green field make amazing arts and crafts projects with the Resource Service and Scrapstore I felt inspired by my surroundings. I found a dry spot and sat and sketched my sleeping dragon on a scrap piece of card from the art tent.

As an art student in Yeovil I never felt the urge to go to Glastonbury but when I was working at the Scrapstore the opportunity arose to go and I eventually agreed, I am glad that I was talked into it as it was an experience not to be missed.

The music, the atmosphere and the people are fantastic and one day I hope to go again as a helper in the children's green field.