Woohoo New Paints... PPF

I'm having to be super quick posting today, as I have visitors and as they've just nipped out I thought I'd nip in!

I'm so excited to have new paints and can't wait to use them. 

I've not painted using gouache paints before, so any tips and advice will be gratefully accepted. 

I thought I'd colour in my own design that I posted last week, but as you can see below...I didn't get very far before my visitors arrived. 

I'll have to wait (with baited breath) to get to use these new paints...but I'm hoping that we can become great lifelong friends.

I've also joined an online course, so hopefully I'll be able to share details and results from class with you soon.

Must dash...the hostess with the mostess duty calls.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and thanks for your visit.

I'm linking up with the Paint Party Friday gang.

Thanks Eva and Kristin for hosting once again.

Love Nature...PPF

Well today I'm feeling a little spaced out, as I've been prescribed strong antibiotics.

I'm not sure, but I may have made a mistake by reading the extensive list of possible side effects.

I hardly slept at all last night and my stomach is definitely off today! 

Enough of that...but I'll certainly let you know if the hallucinations kick in!

Last week I shared a snippet of my drawing, so I'm happy to say that I actually finished it and have started another. 

I can't decide whether to paint it myself or use it for others to colour and share their interpretations. 

How cool would that be?

What's your view on the colouring craze for adults?

Do you think that the craze has ran it's course?

I'm not sure if people are still interested in this creative stress reliever or not?

(Love Nature A3 Black Micron Ink Pen)

Whilst drawing I plugged myself in to some brilliant music... (basically to drown out the football commentary... with the odd expletive from my hubby) and spent a wonderful evening drawing whilst looking out over the sunset lit fields. 

I'm going to use the English Premiership matches for my creative time, because it certainly made a perfect evening for everyone.

It's a win win situation. 

Everyone is happy!

I haven't shared any watercolour paintings with you lately, so here's a painting that I created as part of Tracey Fletcher King's Delicious Paint online class.

I had such a great time, plus learning brilliant tips along the way, that I've decided I'll revisit the course...it's available for life once you enrol. 

How brilliant is that!

Tracey is an exceptional teacher and so generous with her time and brilliant talent.

If you are interested in joining in too, then here's the details.

Classroom is now open and you can enrol here... Delicious Paint

Just in case you're wondering...I'm not being paid in any way for promoting this course...not even a gold star from the teacher!

But for now I think I'm in need of a long blink...zzZZZzzzZzzz

As usual I'm linking up with the Paint Party Friday gang.

I'm always happy to see you and will hopefully pop in to your place soon.

Have a great time this weekend.

Flutterbys and Snowflakes... PPF

Unfortunately, I haven't had much time for painting this week, so I thought I'd show you the finished butterfly page from a few weeks ago.

Yesterday, I spent the day doing extensive spring cleaning which even included cleaning windows both inside and out! 

But I shouldn't have bothered because by lunchtime the sun had disappeared and the snow flakes drifted slowly down like confetti. 

They gained momentum until the ground was covered with a white blanket. 

I couldn't believe the difference from the spring sunny morning to an afternoon spent in a winter wonderland.

Here's a photo of Mufftypup having a very confusing time. 

She virtually slammed on the breaks as she went running out of the door to this chilly white scene. 

It was certainly time for just a splash and dash!

(My son took this video of the snow. The birds singing at the beginning of the video certainly indicates that they think it's spring...he then made it slow motion which makes the snow flakes look great but you don't get to hear the wood peckers vibrating noise as he pecks the tree trunk)

I'm sorry that this post has been virtually a monochrome page. 

Hopefully, I'll have lots of colour for next week... especially if spring wins the battle over winter.

I'd like to thank Eva and Kristin for hosting the Paint Party Friday link once again.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend with lots of creativity

I'm away for the weekend but I hope to catch up with you all soon.

Enchanted Forest... Paint Party Friday

This is to be a super speedy link to Paint Party Friday today, because basically I've nothing to show. I have been away and unlike some artists who paint whilst their on holiday, I'm afraid all my good intentions amounted to nothing. Even though with limited weight allowance I still carried my art supplies, so the intentions were there... but then time disappeared. 

But one thing I would like to share with you today, is my adult colouring book.

I must say I'd never thought about mentioning adult colouring books would cause a stir until my son's face told me it had all sorts of different connotations. 

So I'm going to say it's a colouring book for adults.

Oh my... it doesn't sound good no matter how I say it. 

Or maybe it's just me?

Anyway... let's move on 

Here's the book

I've thought about creating a colouring book myself and know Johanna Basford's work's already, so I've been keen to purchase it. A flight delay meant I had some time to wondering around the book shop and just had to have it when I saw it on the shelf. 

By the way... Johanna actually lives in Aberdeen too.

This is a beautiful book and I was showing someone all the intricate details, when they realised that I wouldn't be colouring it in. They were surprised, but I wouldn't dream of doing that.
I want to keep it just as it is... which I suppose isn't the point but then that's just me.

Hopefully, I'll have caught up and produced some artwork for next week but if you'd like to visit Eva and Kristin's party then click here

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and hopefully I'll see you again soon.

p.s. Wish me luck because I'll be spending some time over the next week editing and loading my photo's (all 1556) onto a hard drive. If you hear a squeal... then you'll know I've lost them!