August over half way through already! I am
sure by now all my readers will have deserted me in my absence but for anyone
still out there be assured that I have been visiting your blogs, not always
commenting but appreciating your worlds.
Since my last post I have been struggling
to finish a second book commission for Long Barn Books. If you are not familiar
with this company it is owned by the writer Susan Hill famous for her “Woman in
Black”. Susan has recently started a new venture and has added Little Barn
Books to her fold. She has a brand new website with lots of news about her
latest creation for children named Billy Bigheart.
I found the time to work on another
miniature, this time a barn owl for the gallery “Art of the Imagination”. I was
delighted to find a lovely old-fashioned frame to put it in and was rather
reluctant to parcel it up for the postman.
It hasn’t been all work; we had a family
birthday celebration for a youngest son James who celebrated his thirtieth
birthday. Getting the house and garden ready for thirty guests was challenging
to say the least. Fortune shone on us by sending a day of sunshine for the
event. It was a lovely day and I think my lawn may recover at some point?
We enjoyed watching the film "Woman in Gold", have you seen it? I love the paintings of Gustav Klimt, they are so decorative and full of pattern and colour.
Finally, I have got around to listing a new
print in my Etsy shop. I have been trying out intaglio printing, a very old
method of printmaking, which involves drawing directly onto a metal plate with
a stylus. You can read more about the method used here-
I hope you have all had a good summer and I
promise not to stay away for quite so long next time. x
