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A late bloomer on a continuous journey of art exploration and creative discovery through mixed media, paint, textiles, ceramics and jewellery. Lover of colour, form and texture.

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New art class starts in a couple of weeks so new s

New art class starts in a couple of weeks so new sketchbook required... I couldn’t decided on a colour though so I had to get a few.
#aephotoprompt #aeitsacolourfulllife #lovecolour #sketchbooks @pinkpigsketchbooks @art__elements

@art__elements photoprompt: ‘It’s a colourful

Sunday morning... Bookshop sale... Coffee shop...

Sunday morning... Bookshop sale... Coffee shop... all is well! 😊📚☕️ #books #reading material #booksaremybag #myhappyplace #love books #lovebookshops #lazysunday

@art__elements weekly photoprompt ‘stand and sta

@art__elements weekly photoprompt ‘stand and stare’. Being more mindful of your surroundings can give you a different perspective on everyday things like this tree canopy.
#aephotoprompt #aestandandstare #standandstare #treecanopy #inthewild #rspbarne @rspbarne #woodlandwalk

I’m supposed to be resting up (with bronchitis)

I’m supposed to be resting up (with bronchitis) right now but I’m so sick of being cooped up I decided a bit of mindful communing with nature would be better medicine ( what do Drs know anyway 😁). So I wrapped up and brought myself to the RSPB reserve at Arne... so wild and peaceful and beautiful even on a grey day. #rspbarne #naturewalk #freshstart #freshair #communewithnature #aephotoprompt #standandstare @art__elements

Year of colours... my usual earthy palette is prom

Year of colours... my usual earthy palette is prominent as ever...
#yearofcolour

‘Feel the Force’. Happy new year from Yoda cat

‘Feel the Force’.
Happy new year from Yoda cat! 😁😁😁
#yodacat #cleothecat #happynewyear2020 #feeltheforce

One of my favourite Christmas gift was this wonder

One of my favourite Christmas gift was this wonderful Portrait of Cleo by the Uber talented @laneymead. Not only is it beautifully and accurately drawn but it captures her expression perfectly. #cleothecat @laneymead #coloredpencilart #petportrait #animalart

@art__elements #aephotoprompt for this week is cre

@art__elements #aephotoprompt for this week is creative companions. I was away for Christmas so had to leave Cleo in her favourite cat hotel so my brother’s moggie Maisie very kindly took in the role for the duration and kept me company while I explored some art books I’d been gifted. Maisie was found as a stray at about 5 weeks old so she is more attached to humans than other cats and always likes to know what’s going on. #aephotoprompt #maisiemoo #catonloan #creativecompanion

This weeks @art__elements photoprompt is #creative

This weeks @art__elements photoprompt is #creativecompanions and this little mite has been mine for best part of the last 17 years. 2019has been a bit of a struggle for her... she’s lost some of her sight and suffers from episodes of disorientation which are a little disconcerting but probably more for me than her. These days she mostly sleeps and has a bed in the studio so she can be near me. She has the cutest nose and toes. #aephotoprompt #creativecompanions #studiobuddies #cleothecat #catsofinsta

This fabulous thing is going to keep me quiet for

This fabulous thing is going to keep me quiet for a while...
#theintentionalthread #sketching #drawingwithstitch #needleart #stitchcraft #christmasbooks #thankyousanta

@artelements photoprompt: Nostalgia... Just spotte

@artelements photoprompt: Nostalgia...
Just spotted ‘The African Queen’ on the TV listings and the memories came flooding back... this was always on around Christmas when I was a kid and was my dad’s favourite film. Christmas wasn’t such big commercial event back then and the little things stick in the memory. #theafricanqueen #humphreybogart #catherinehepburn #christmasmovies #nostalgia #aephotoprompt #art__elements

@art__elements photoprompt this week is nostalgia

@art__elements photoprompt this week is nostalgia and I just came across these plates whiles looking for something in a cupboard. I’m not overly sentimental about keeping things and have disposed of a lot of ‘stuff’ that I kept after my parents passed but, I did hold onto theses fish plates because they remind me so much of my childhood. They came out for Sunday tea and special occasions and the big platter was usually loaded with tinned salmon and cucumber sandwiches (very aspirational back then. The plates are made by a company called Shorter and Sons and a long time ago I did some research that indicated that Clarice Cliff worked there and had a hand in this design... well before she’d become famous of course.
#aephotoprompt #nostalgia #fishplates #oldplates #childhoodmemories #backintheday

Christmas shopping 101... always add a little stoc

Christmas shopping 101... always add a little stocking filler for yourself! 😁#selfcare #christmasshopping #colouredpencilart #artbooks #colouredpencils #arttechniques #christmasgifts #pressiesforme

This weeks @art__elements photoprompt is nostalgia

This weeks @art__elements photoprompt is nostalgia...well you can’t get much more nostalgic than a Victorian Christmas with a sing-song around a piano led my Queen Victoria on a tambourine!
#aephotoprompt #aenostalgia #russellcotesmuseum #victorianchristmas

Great view towards the Purbeck Hills from the Russ

Great view towards the Purbeck Hills from the Russell Cotes museum today...
#russellcotesmuseum #bournemouthpier #purbeckhills #aroomwithaview

It’s arrived... just got to decide what to put i

It’s arrived... just got to decide what to put in it now...
#sketchbookproject #sketchbookproject2020 #libraryofartists #thesketchbookproject2020 #brooklynartlibrary #shareyourwork #itstartswithanidea #

And meanwhile... far away from the chaos of Christ

And meanwhile... far away from the chaos of Christmas shopping and political mayhem life goes on at a slower, calmer pace.,,
#newforest #dogwalking #winterwalk #farfromthemaddeningcrowds #peaceperfectpeace #christmasgrinch #ponyandcart

@art__elements weekly photoprompt... this week it’s holiday sparkle. Love this animated tree in a local independent book shop window.
#art__elements #aephotoprompt #holidaysparkle

Scrappy little doodle of Cleo doing what she does

Scrappy little doodle of Cleo doing what she does best...
#cleothecat #scrappydoodle #roughsketch #tuxedocat #sleepingpuss #catsofinstagram #pensketch #quickdrawing #artforall

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