Firstly thanks to Stephie from Stephanie Guy Fine Art for suggesting vampire animals, they hadn’t occurred to me and all I came up with was a vole or vulture! So here is my vampire bat, painted on a pendant. Most bats eat insects or fruit but the vampire bat feeds on blood. Amazingly they are able …
The letter U choice for my animal alphabet challenge was quite limited. There are Umbrella birds believe it or not, who have feathers shaped like an umbrella on the top of their heads. However after all the rain we’ve had in the UK, I reckon we’ve seen enough umbrellas! So I chose sea urchins to paint. Urchins come …
I was a bit slow with last weeks letter T challenge, so a tortoise a few days late seems very appropriate! As my friends know I also have a rather large collection of tortoises in various different forms but no real ones! It all started when I was quite young and I fed my neighbour’s tortoise buttercups. …
This week is the letter S alphabet challenge and I’ve chosen to paint a snake ssssssssssss! I’ve painted him on a pint glass using glass paints, so it would make a good present for men, often so hard to buy for. I would also like to give a mention to Stephie at Stephanie Guy Fine Art, who …
Hope my UK readers are keeping safe in this very wet and windy weather. Just heard on the radio that we’ve had the worst winter weather for about 240 years, shows how extreme it is! That of course is no consolation to the many that have been flooded and I hope you get the help …
I was pleasantly surprised by the animals I discovered for the letter Q art challenge. Aside from Quail I’d not heard of the others and will hopefully remember them as useful scrabble words! There are the cute Quokka, one of the smallest Wallaby species in the world and found in Australia. They are a bit …
Thought many of my readers will be interested in this, so reblogging. Happy bird watching!
Hi, can’t believe another week has gone by and it will be February soon. At least that means spring is only round the corner and the bulbs will be coming out. I love spring with nature bursting into life. For my alphabet challenge this week is the letter P. I’ve chosen to do a puffin because a young girl …
I’ve painted owls before so decided to paint an otter for my letter O animal. This time I experimented with some hand made paper, which I made years ago and discovered recently during a tidy up! It has a great texture and I painted it with acrylics, as I’m not sure it would have survived very wet paint! The …
My cat Lottie has become fascinated by the television. It started with nature programmes, when she goes right up to the tv in response to animal sounds, she also reacts to babies crying. Today she takes after me and is into art! Whether it was the brush strokes or Bob Ross’s voice Lottie watched intently, …
