Sealife
For my next care home project I am planning to make a collage of tropical fish. I find the varied shapes and colours of these creatures...
Breakfast at the Wild Mint cafe in the House of Fraser
Today I enjoyed some camomile tea and a toasted tea cake in the delightful sourroundings of this department store on Manchester's...
Crafting
Eight of us met in the Sanctuary hub today, pursuing individual card making and embroidery projects. Two people are learning to crochet....
Art in hospices
Today I had a "pottery experience," using a potter's wheel for the first time since school. It is harder than it looks! There is also...
London Cruising
Four residents added colour to my drawings with watercolour paints and crayons and brush pens, while a few more helped to colour in...
River boat cruise
In preparation for a workshop, I have drawn on watercolour paper with a black sharpie some of the boats and landmarks I saw on a recent...
Seedheads
I began this painting with draeing in the lighter areas wiht oil pastels, and then painting over them with washes of watercolour paint. I...
Laskey Farm
This sketch shows a greenhouse and one of five interconnecting ponds at this award winning garden in the Cheshire village of Thelwall....
River Thames
Today I painted the background to a collage of the River Thames using a decorater's brush and acrylic paints. I painted the sky in...
Dried flower arrangements
Eight of us met in the Sanctuary hub today to paint glass jars and arrange dried flowers in oasis.