Art and crafts blog posts about all things art, crafts and design by Annabel Potter. Includes other artists work as well as Annabel’s and art found during her travels.
So the first day of my challenge has arrived! Week one is of course the letter A To recap I am going to paint an animal and promote an animal related business from each letter of the alphabet over the next 26 weeks. On Monday I need your help with suggestions of what animal you’d …
Apologies that my posts have been getting more infrequent. The days seem to whiz by since starting my business, so I’ve decided to challenge myself to remedy this with your help. From next week I’m going to start an alphabet challenge, painting an animal and promoting a business linked to animals with each letter of …
Thought I’d squeeze in a 2nd post this month. With two weekends away & the hot weather making me feel shattered, my blog has taken a back burner! One of my weekends away was to London. I visited some art galleries, which are always inspiring and had the added advantage of being air-conditioned! Many years …
Hope you’re all enjoying some sun. We’re having a week of wall to wall sunshine in Devon in the UK and the heat to go with it. I’m enjoying the sun but over 25 degrees C is a bit hot for me, although it’s a great improvement on the cold and rain! I had my …
I’m loving painting in miniature and I’ve now got the ACEO bug. Maybe it’s because I’m short, only 4ft11″! My miniature paintings on jewellery have gone down well and I’ve only recently discovered ACEO, which stands for art cards, editions and originals. They are an affordable way to buy and collect art, 2.5 by 3.5 …
Something many of you might like – A great craft project recycling plastic bottles by OddSox
Last week was a week of new things, so I thought I’d write about some of them and would love to hear your thoughts 1) I had a go at painting in a different style, slightly abstract. This was in miniature form and started out with one of my bees and a rose, so initially …
As promised my first giveaway and the chance to win a hand painted necklace pendant with a runner up prize of 25% off at animalglassdesigns 🙂 It’s to celebrate that my website not only links to my Etsy and Folksy shops but now has the functionality to buy my new animal pendants directly from the …
Happy Friday everyone, Today I’ve been looking at craft shops that help raise money for charity and been pleasantly surprised at how many there are. This is my selection found on Folksy and Etsy. Just click on the photo to go to their shop where you can make a purchase and find out more about …
I promise not to bamboozle you with science but there are 2 schools of thought on this! Artists appreciate that black can be created by mixing different colours but white cannot. However scientists would say black is not a colour because black objects don’t reflect any colours of light whereas we see white when an …
