Hare Again

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I am painting hares again. This is the first one for a while, he looks kind of laid back and solid, which I like. This painting went well but the next one was a disaster, sometimes things just don't turn out the way you would like. I'll try again tomorrow. I might put the hare in my etsy shop or I might save him for the next makers fair in two weeks time..... I'm going to be flat out making more paintings for the next little while anyway so I will try to post more images as I go. I  need to practice taking photos with my new lights, these images were taken with no natural light at all, which my camera has never coped with before, so my little £10 spotlights from ikea have been a good investment and should make life easier in these dark winter days. I'm looking forward to a busy weekend visiting family, checking out a craft fair on Sunday and painting inbetween times. It's easier and better to be busy than bored!  

P.S. this is my 100th post! Thanks for keeping up with my rather erratic ramblings !!

Wintry walk

This was taken yesterday high up in the Cairngorms, there is a big cloud of snow coming in on the left, the change in the light as it moved across the mountains was amazing, it was so dark in places and so many different shades of blue. It made me want to start painting lanscapes again. We heard ptarmigan on the coll and there were groups of red deer stags on the valley floor. A raven came and checked us out , just gliding by with a beady eye on us. First proper winter walk of this year and it was a beauty.

Some of my sea pottery brooches ready for tomorrow, the bird one is around an inch across. These pottery shards were all picked by me from a Scottish beach . The feather and bird ones show the original patterns of the pottery, I wonder how old they are?

Craft Fair preparation

I've been preparing for my next craft fair and did a practice set up this afternoon, my table is smaller than the one I'll have a the fair but I've made two folding corner boards which means they will fit on to various sized tables and are light and easy to carry. I also made removeable poles which I can string and hang more illustrations on. I still have a few labels to make and other things that I have probably forgotten about......

It's getting dark before 5pm now, chilly and snow coming at the weekend. There were a flock of fieldfares in the garden this morning and I saw redpolls yesterday, one perk of winter that I enjoy is the variety of migrant birds that we see. I'm hoping the waxwings visit again this year.



Little winter birds