Alphabet challenge by the blogger Annabel Potter to paint an animal for every letter of the alphabet. Includes blog posts for her first challenge painting miniature ACEO, followed by a later project to do an animal alphabet colouring book.
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 …
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 …
Hope you all have a healthy and happy 2014. The new year here in the UK started with torrential downpours and strong winds but at least it’s quite mild. Luckily my car leak is fixed but the conservatory now leaks. In an attempt to minimise the damage until I can get it repaired I decided to …
The Christmas season has started and I’m pleased to say I’m busy, hence the lack of a post last week. I’ve therefore decided to postpone the rest of my alphabet challenge until January but I wont disappear from blogging completely between now and then, so dear readers please don’t abandon me! I have managed to do …
I’m a bit behind this week having had visitors and a tummy bug! However I did manage to paint this red lemur for my challenge, in my usual style painted with glass paint on acetate and placed over an acrylic painting on canvas. For letter L businesses I discovered there is a lemur conservation foundation: ‘DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND …
