Busy bee

So we are nearly into May, time seems to have run away this year. I have moved house and been unpacking things I have had in storage for years. I found these drawings I did a long time ago.

and I have been such a busy bee lately it was quite apt. I have been teaching lots of art workshops in schools and really enjoyed them. I have sent new paintings to The Janet Bell Gallery. I have also been printing and painting for a new online market place: What I always wanted-more on this to follow, it launches very soon, exciting!

Finding these pictures did remind to take time out once in a while, enjoy drawing, and not be too much of a hectic bee.

Have a lovely weekend.

The birds will always sing for you

New prints in The Design Shop, Dean Clough now....

and Valentine cards too x

Little birds and winter walks

I had made a lot of prints before Christmas, so I wanted to get back to some good old fashioned drawing. I had a break in Kent and used the time to do these...

And have lovely walks in the Garden of England...

The twelve days of Christmas

I hope you are enjoying the Christmas holidays. Before Christmas I was doing workshops at Battyeford Primary School as part of their fantastic Adopt an Artist scheme. Here are the beautiful pictures the pupils did.

I was really pleased with the results. The pupils added lots of layers to their pictures using various monoprinting techniques.

Hope you have a happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

The Art Market in Huddersfield

Last weekend I was at the Art Market in Huddersfield, as part of the Festival of Light celebrations. There was a wide variety of work on display, all to a really high standard.
This was my stand...

Christmas Stockings.

Cards.

Aura Que was opposite me.

And Liz Salters' beautiful paintings.

Helen Russell.

Print for Love of Wood.

And I'm a lucky owner of this fantastic Julie Miles vase after swapping it for one of my prints. I couldn't wait to get it home.

All in all I had a good weekend! I met some great people who said lovely things about my work. I have a commissioned print that was ordered, which I'm really looking forward to doing. And I will be getting all my new prints on my website very soon I promise.

The Art Market

Yesterday I had a great day at the Art Market, Holmfirth. I got to meet lots of lovely customers and see some very talented artists' and makers' work. In preparation I've been screen printing at home. This has taken  me a while to get used to, but it has given me a chance to experiment  more and produce more, which has been exciting. Anyway yesterday was the first time I got to see if people liked the new prints and I was so pleased that they did!

Screen printed Christmas decorations.

My stand with paintings and screen prints.

If you missed yesterday its on again this Sunday and there will be a completely new selection of artists.

Brighton and the sunshine.

Is it really October? I got to enjoy the beautiful, unusual sunshine we've been having and went to the seaside this week. I haven't been to Brighton for a long time. My boyfriend and I ate pizza outside in the heat.We wandered through the lanes. We sat on the beach...

I bought these fantastic wooden letters and had a good old chat about how beautiful these old alphabets are with the shop owner.

and we tried to make plans.