A Sneaky Peek at an Easter Hare

Just a quickie tonight, to show you my latest Work in Progress.
I wanted to thank everyone for their thoughts on the last post, it was great to see what everyone thought. The result is that I will invest in some better brushes for acrylics, and keep practising ;)
Have a wonderful Easter weekend, and hopefully I'll have the hare woman finished by the end of it.

Of Bears and other Beasts

Fairytales are everywhere I turn at the moment. There is wild magic in the air, the raging winds which buffet my little house make us want to curl up and retreat into imaginary worlds. We lit the fire, and watched a film - The Secret of Moonacre, which I somehow overlooked when it was released at the cinema. It was a beautiful, enchanting tale of the dangers of pride, redeemed by the ultimate act of self- sacrifice. It had my daughters and I mesmerised!( and it made us cry a tiny bit!)

See the trailer here

And this song - Beasts by Slow Moving Millie, is the perfect song for a night of fairytales.
(Yes, it's THAT song from the Virgin advert)

I have been re- reading East of the Sun and West of the Moon, and reminding myself how much I am in love with Kay Nielsen's illustrations. His polar bear is hauntingly beautiful.

There are polar bears everywhere I turn at the moment. Tomorrow night we are attending the Fire and Ice Dinner, at Castle Drogo, which is fundraising for the Ice Bear Project. It promises to be a great evening, in a spectacular setting, with talks from Mark Coreth( sculptor), Nick Baker (wildlife expert and TV presenter) and arctic explorer Pen Haddow. There are still a few tickets left if anybody wants to come!

And here is a glance at the rough sketches for my latest project.
More on this later ;)

Pre- Christmas Sale on Etsy

This is one of two commission pieces I've just finished today. I thought you might like to see the Work in Progress pictures.





And this is the second. I'm pretty pleased with the way they turned out. They are both 6 x 8 inches.


And I thought I'd give people advance warning of a pre - christmas sale. I'm taking part in the Etsy wide promotion over Black Friday and Cyber Monday. ( That is Friday the 28th November to Monday 1st of December ) During that time period all the prints in my Etsy Shop will be 'buy 2 get a third free' AND I am offering free shipping for all orders purchwsed during the sale. I've got a couple of new prints to list too.