A tartan-tinged view of life (or ma ain wee blog)
This is another design from Samira Mian. This featured in her August 2022 tutorial pack. It was quite a straighforward pattern to follow but I ended up tiling on A3 paper and then it took me a long time to paint As I painted, I wasn't convinced that I liked what I was doing. I... Continue Reading →
Finding time to do a bit of art is still proving difficult. So many other things take priority and even at the weekend, with the best of intentions, I just never seem to get round to it. I managed to do a bit before christmas...spurred on by the fact I needed to make some christmas... Continue Reading →
We took the dog out slightly later than usual tonight. It was starting to get dark. We decided to do our usual circumnavigation of the village, passing Phantassie Doocot and crossing the river Tyne to Preston Mill. The first thing of note was the spectacular sky. Beautiful colours, amazing cloud formations and the village skyline... Continue Reading →
The weather was reasonable on Christmas Eve so my daughter and I headed off to walk the John Muir Way from East Linton to Dunbar.
I used to do Christmas at Kew with the family when my kids were small. The first couple of times, they loved it. As they grew older, they kind of fell out of love with it and we haven't done it for a while now. As usual, the adverts for it started around June and... Continue Reading →
Christmas crept up on me yet again. I've done lino cut cards in the past but last year did a geometric design instead and I did the same this year. I haven't done as much geometry this year, largely due to getting a dog but I needed some cards and wanted to make rather than... Continue Reading →
Having a puppy has meant that all things artistic have taken a bit of a back seat this year. Most of the time has been taken up with getting used to the new member of the family. As she's now no longer really a puppy, I seem to have more time on my hands so... Continue Reading →
This is one of my daughter's latest paintings. I love her and I love trees so I definitely love this.
I usually go to the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy either on one of the members previews days or within a few days of it opening. This year, I found myself going just before it closed. The Guardian gave it a really poor review, however I think the Guardian always gives it a poor... Continue Reading →
The puppy has had her first proper haircut. I got her a "puppy groom" a couple of months ago but this was just a quick tidy up to get her used to being at the groomer. She tolerated that pretty well. However she was definitely getting on the shaggy side and while this makes her... Continue Reading →
Tartantastic 
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