And My Latest Illustration!

Thought I'd just show you this! I originally painted this image for a trade with an artist friend, Linda Woolford ( check out her blog - it's on my list!). I was so pleased with it that I painted this, a larger version for sale. Now sold, but I will be making prints of it.

A Rainy Day means Computer catch up!

Well, it poured with rain this morning - a welcome excuse to stay home and catch up with some computer time. The long neglected blog gets another installment!
I am currently working on a new batch of prints. My latest ACEO's, animals and birds done with a simple Indian Ink line work really well as enlargements. I especially love the simplicity of the rabbits!

I took Marlene, my 3 year old Dartmoor pony to her first show at the weekend. She behaved beautifully, loaded there and back without hesitation, and was calm with all the showground sights. I took her in a large mixed unregistered Mountain and Moorland Class, and was thrilled to come second! I had been having a niggling worry at the back of my mind that her short action in front was maybe more than simply sore feet ( our land and yard is granite and gravel, and she hates walking on the stones), but on the grass at the show she moved freely and happily. I suspect she is going to need front shoes on at an earlier age than I would like.

Easter Term Begins

Pheww! I was able to breathe a sigh of relief yesterday morning as the children all went back to school. Now I can get started on my 'to do' list, which has been growing steadily for the last six months. First is this blog - it's a new venture for me, so it is taking a little while to get to grips with setting it up. Trouble is, after weeks of horrible weather, the sun came out this morning, and it is glorious outside. I've had to drag myself away from de-lousing ponies and sorting out fencing, and all those jobs that you put off in the rain or biting wind.
We had a fantastic time on our 3 day ride last week. We stayed in the bunkhouse at Runnage Farm, Postbridge, and rode all day everyday. It has brought the girls confidence on in leaps and bounds, they are all happy cantering off the lead rein now. My horses are all barefoot, and they coped with the ride with no trouble at all, which was a relief. So , we have to plan the next one in the summer holidays!
For now though, I need to get back to painting and get some money in, and I have a charity project to do for WHOA, a fab group of Equine artists. I must get that done this week, and I will work out how to link to the Blog about it.

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