trimmingthesails

In your dreams ...

... and only there, or in your imagination, could flowers possibly look like this! Great fun to try, with lots of help from Sandrine Pellisier's book, and a bit of a tonic on a grey day.

Puddle around with colour to create a background, squint when it's dry to see interesting shapes and textures, and then paint out the bits you don't want in white. And the final painting, turned into a card, looked like this ...

A bit of paper, some poster paint or acrylics, a brush ... Cheaper than buying yourself flowers, lasts longer, you might be able to give it to someone,  a real spirits-lifter when you can't take any more news bulletins without imploding or hiding under the duvet - do let me know if you give it a go :).

Summer should be fined ...

... for speeding. (Not original, saw it somewhere on my travels). On the second day of Autumn, I haven't quite embraced the seasonal shift yet - though some indoor sock-wearing might be on the agenda. After a few days away, just catching up with This is Life 2020 ... (click for a clearer view).

And as the rain starts to fall, I might raise my spirits by reviewing and editing the photos from our lovely few days on the Norfolk coast last week - and remember introducing this little lady to the sea. Always makes me smile!

Sending you all warmest good wishes for happy and creative moments this week, Alexa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The great escape ...

Finding a bit of escape and solace in some acrylics and yupo paper - and the inspiring Sandrine Pelissier, whose instructions for this made it so easy ...

When I was younger, books were a great form of escape, absorbing attention and taking me away from my surroundings; I think paints might be a new tool for this in these taxing times when there seem to be too many words uttered with so much vehemence ... And imaginary flowers are so forgiving, because they don't have to 'look like anything' except themselves. And there's nothing the matter with a bit of imagination and escapism, right? Thank-you for popping in!

Still Truckin' ...

... and mostly fine, and hello! It's been a while - the general turbulence in the ether left me unsettled and restless for a long while, and family visits have taken us away and back in a lovely but tiring rhythm over the last few months - but I am still here and feeling the September-let's-begin-again vibe. This Is Life 2020, the last third of the year, got jump-started ... (click for a clearer view).

Having purchased Shannan's Planner Pages, I tweaked them a bit and hope to keep using them as a kind of backbone, interleaved with other things. But there has been a satisfaction in the discipline of doing a little everyday which is motivating and grounding. Homework, I guess!

Thank-you for popping in and I'm sending you warmest good wishes, Alexa.