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.
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 …
I’ve just painted a horse on a coaster and only when I’d finished him did I realise that I’d painted on the wrong side of the coaster! The fused glass coasters I use, hand-made in the UK by Bea Schirmer, have a shiny side and a slightly rough side. I usually paint on the rough …
Oh dear, hadn’t realised it was quite so long since I wrote my last blog post! In my defence I have been away for some of that time and I’ve been experimenting with combining acrylic painting with glass painting. As you probably now know I love trying new ideas but this time I am sticking …
I’m starting to add background to more of my animal paintings now and generally pleased with the results. It can be quite tricky painting around the animals because unlike painting on paper you can’t overlap glass paint because the original colour can be seen from the other side of the glass. This means I’m unable …
My latest painting is a ginger cat on a glass mug and I added the goldfish bowl for a bit of character! Hope you like him. Trying to get the colour ginger was quite difficult, I used orange, white and a spot of brown in the end. However having looked at other people’s work ginger …
Not only has the sun been shining but my website is now live with my new brand name ‘Animal Glass Designs’ and I have freebies to celebrate! I’m offering customers who make a purchase in February from my shops or website free UK p&p (use coupon code freeukpostage) and not to miss out overseas customers …
My Robin christmas decoration/sun catchers have literally been flying out of my house, which is great news. I’ve sold them on Folksy, in Quay Presents shop and on craft stalls. Shame I don’t get any real ones in my garden! It made me realise that I currently have a collection of birds for sale. As …
Friday already, where does the time go? Well I am now in possession of a new mobile camera phone. I was brave and ordered a 2nd hand Nokia N8 from ebay! This was my first attempt at bidding and with trial and error and a few failed bids, I eventually won an auction. The purchase …
First up I thought I’d share with you my mission to get a new camera phone because it has taken over a large chunk of time! It is a maze of offers and I’ve spent hours on research, partly because the mobile I’d like is of course too expensive and I don’t need a £30+ …
An odd combination perhaps – mobile phones and painting! Read More »
