All about the layers...

January was a time for experimenting...

Playing with layers...

Playing with paint...

Sketchbook explorations...

Exploring nuno felting in a more painterly way...

Experiments led to two finished pictures which I'm happy with, but there's always progress to be made...

‘As the Crow Flies’


‘Pink Haze’

February was a time for trying something new...

An oil and cold wax painting workshop with Laura Menzies...

Luscious layers...

Contrasts in textures...soft/hard...creating differences.

Dissolving layers...

Scribbling...


Pressing in bubble wrap...

Scratching through to show what lies beneath...

Colour pops...

Wonderfully waxy

Scrummy colours...

Still all about those wonderful layers, this workshop seemed so relevant to what I’m trying to explore within felting...but also now has me inspired to try oils and cold wax again in the future...it’s such a lovely medium to spread around and play with.

February has also been spent getting our holiday cottages ready for our first guests at Easter, so less time for felting, but I've been studying, reading, listening to podcasts, following free art courses and trying to get my head in a good place for creating when the time allows...

There's no rush, but my fingers are starting itch...the need to get making is real...

I am laying out a work table of intentions...inspiration, materials, sketchbooks and notes...

Particularly liking this image I’ve created on Procreate which is basically a photo I took in one of our fields that I’ve ‘painted over’ in the app.

I can't wait to get stuck in!

Hope you are all well and have started 2020 as you mean to go on...

xx Tanya xx

SPRING FORWARD

'...thoughts flitting through my mind like clouds on a windy day' (David Gray)

I'm a bit new to this blogging malarkey, but I thought I'd give it a go...and what better time than as we haul ourselves out of winter and into spring - the season of hope and new beginnings.

There are signs of new life everywhere - budding, blooming, fluttering, unfurling, singing - lots of great verbs going on out there in the big outdoors!

I would love to make art and creating a more definite part of my days, and it's a bit of a journey for me. Self confidence, fitting things around the day job, procrastination are all things that get in the way, but I feel itchy when I don't get chance to make, draw or felt something for a while, and I'm feeling a bit like that now.
Too many ideas, not enough time!!

My next blog will hopefully show some work, processes and inspiration - time to get the creative juices flowing!!  Care to join me?!

Wishing you a wonderful week

xxxxxxxx Tanya xxxxxxxx