Give a bunch of Children gloss paint.........

What would happen if you gave some under 11 year old's a selection of gloss paint and told them to decorate a playground wall?.......well unsupervised it would probably look like an explosion in a paint factory but with the guidance of 2 fab teachers (Jenny, and Terri) the end result was amazing.


The children really loved it and got very creative indeed, the end wall was drawn by me and painted by the children, I will pop back sometime this week and black out line the insects to show their features.


Whenever requested I would conjure up whatever insect they required, bee or a worm or a dragonfly to join the garden of beautiful flowers that were completely their own creations.

The children see the wall every playtime and get great satisfaction in talking about their artistry with their friends, perhaps next year we can add too it and end up with a wall chocka block with flowers and mini beasts.....

This is Jamie's school


and straight opposite the school is St Barnabas Church.......

I am not really a church goer but I can appreciate the workmanship involved with these structures especially as my grandpa Tucker use to build leaded lights (windows). My brother use to go to my grandpa's workshop when he was about 15 and help him, when he left school he went and worked with grandpa full time and has become a very gifted craftsman himself.

The PTA are organising a Christmas concert with Sherborne Town Band and we are holding it in the church this year, I think it will be a wonderful evening in a beautiful setting. Mum (the retired florist) has agreed to come and do a beautiful pedestal arrangement with a Christmas feel, so I will start coveting anyone owning a holly tree with some berry on it!

These are the thatched cottages next to the church, we live 2 villages away from Queen Camel as house prices in this particular village are a little out of our league and personally if I were to spend that amount of money on a house I would want land and a private driveway.

I hope you enjoyed a look around my local area...

**Alex**

October give away results......

Well I am astounded by the response and I thank you all for joining in the October give away.......
I had 9 entries in total from:

1. April (Cake makes the world a better place)
2. Jellybelly*jellybrain
3. Karen (Karens play time)
4. serendipitylovesnewyork
5. mollycupcakes
6. Josie (sykesssillysite)
7. MarmaladeRose
8. Buffy (BuffysCharms)
9. Dawn Woodward

The lucky winner was drawn by Mr P and is ..........



Number....... 1

Congratulations April (cake makes the world a better place), I will be painting your canvas of cakes/cupcakes using lots of pinks.

If you have a particular style of picture that you would like me to mimic
feel free to email me on
pinkfeatherparadiseatlivedotcodotuk
also a delivery address would be good....!

I loved the other themes, especially the princess and the fairy cake, you never know I might work my way through the whole list eventually

I will have your painting ready as soon as possible April

Cheers Alex

October Giveaway.........!

I want to give something away........

would anyone like a mural on a large canvas ?

I can paint (within reason) whatever you would like and I will use a box canvas so that there are no studs on the sides......

Everyone who leaves a comment will be entered into the draw and why not tell me what you would like a mural canvas of and who would it be for..... !

although this will not have any effect on the results as all names will be put in the draw

(don't worry Joanne I will still have time to do your dinosaur canvas)

I am about to draw 78 A3 cards for a friend, that show the 12 Days of Christmas but my deadline for those is the end of October,
So the lucky winner would receive the canvas by the end of November at the latest..... so it would make an ideal Christmas gift.

Go on be a devil.....
....... and get your name in the hat!

And just in case your wondering I carved the devils head for a 5'cs Carnival float about 15 years ago, I had never carved anything before and it was very daunting but it worked out and looked good on the front of the generator, plus adding the colour after someone fibre glassed it was great fun! They even had smoke coming out of his mouth......

** Alex**

Do you think I over did it?

When I was expecting Jamie 10 years ago, I found myself wondering "how should I decorate the babies room" as a frustrated artist I automatically thought

"MURAL"


Starting at the window I worked my way back towards the door and went for it



When I took the photo's I hadn't quite finished painting the under water section



I was working in Boots at the time (the shop not the foot wear) and I think my creative needs had been stifled as when I look back at the pictures now I think it was a little unsuitable for a baby.....!



Jamie doesn't remember this mural, we moved when she was about 3 years old
I have to admit I haven't done another since
She's 10 now and has a pink and lilac bedroom and a mad love of unicorns
so you never know I might post a new mural soon!

Cheers
**Alex**