Sutton St James, Lincolnshire UK

 

Spent a lovely weekend visiting family and watching the Mayweather fight

People

August Lunch

 

A family dinner

40's Festival

 

A great day spent at the March 40's Festival; lots to see and do!

Will definitely attend next year.

Costa

 

 

March Cambridgeshire UK

 

Quickie while waiting for my new tyre to be fitted

Saul

 

Saul at 8 weeks

 

Our latest family addition

Wild Frost Cafe

 

The Wild Frost Café, Ramsey UK

Summer Soles

 

Watercolour and a little pink pen

Mica Riera

Sktchy - Watercolour pencil on the first study and watercolour on the RHS portrait

 

Never Can Tell A

 

A day at Wells-Next-The-Sea with family crabbing.

Thursday

 

Daily journal

Kinx

 

My beautiful boy lazing in the sun

Frida

 

My friend recently gifted me a book on return from her holiday; Kahlo by Andrea Kettenmann.

So, obviously, I had to journal it!

Family Tree

 

The big tree you see on the left in my painting was planted from an acorn by my Father; this is his back yard, it faces my door a half acre or so away. It has grown strong and outlived him as I imagine it will my entire family if left alone.

 

When we had to sell my parents house I collected some acorns and planted one of my own. I stuck in a potted plant in my porch and had little expectations.

 

It is now around nine inches tall, gaining height and sprouting leaves daily.

There is a long way to go before I dare transport it into my own garden but I thought, when I do, I might put it to the right of my Fathers' and block out the home my parents once lived in with new life, giving me a vision of family, strength, hope and tradition.

Draw This!

#FEFDRAW

 

I recently found a page on facebook that offers FREE life drawing sessions in LIVE time!

I am thrilled!

It's called Draw This

It's really difficult to get life classes here in the Fens so this, for me, is a dream come true.

 

 

The sessions include a series of 1, 2 5, 10 and 15 minute poses.

I sketched the model Mara Cole who was fantastic. I only got a little way through the 1 and 2 minute poses as I discovered it very late at night but the site leaves the LIVE video up so I will be going back to it along with others that I missed.

This was sketched in my current daily journal; an S&B softback Zelta but I think I will be allocating a separate sketchbook for these sessions as I filled two pages pretty quickly. I still have a bundle of those FREE DR books they sent me to test the paper in, they failed for a daily journal for me but would suit this project well which means I can finally make use of them!

Bonus!!!

Mixa Trixa

 

When my boys were young they used to mix lots of flavours of dilute into a glass, like a cocktail, before adding water...They called it a MixaTrixa

 

This spread is one of those!

Drivers Awarness Course

 

So....

I got my picture taken by one of those yellow boxes going 34 in a 30 zone on my birthday!

As a result I was offered the chance to avoid points and a fine by attending a course...so that's what I did and I took my sketchbook along.

 

Ramsey Cambridgeshire

 

Ahhhh....Fish and Chips on a bench with the church to our right and the ruins of the Ramsey gatehouse to our left....took the long way home and found some great places to stop and sketch with a slightly higher view point of the Fens (hills are rare on the Fens) will be returning!

Houghton Mill

 

Spent an afternoon walking at the beautiful Houghton Mill