Revisiting the pottery horse and goddess sculpture - Epona






The first stage got the look sorted












however when I returned to it I realised that the female figure had to be cut right back as the woman's head was much too large in relation to the horse...

so there was quite a bit of radical surgery.






I took the female head right back down

After two more sessions I was much happier with her proportions and feel that the horse and female are much more harmonious.











I gave Epona her hair with a braid around the forehead

 then I  worked with the horse's mane and the woman's hair so that they blended into one another...



The figure has been dried out over Easter so will be fired soon; then I will have to decide whether to glaze it or stain it with oxide

Peak District in snow last week and Clumber Park

On 5th April we drove back from Manchester  and stopped near the summit of the Woodhead Pass to draw trees in the snow with the iPad2. This is the first time I have tried using it as a sketchbook on the go though it was too cold to actually sit outside the car.






The second sketch was made in the car park  overlooking the lake at Clumber Park.

I added more foreground to the picture of Clumber Park lake afterwards as I had left it very unfinished.

spring progresses...

More iPad Brushes app; I am learning more about colour and different brushes, but I am still getting the layers mixed up at times though.

This is my view from the bedroom window - more daffodils and the weeping willow are out now.

spring comes to my back garden

Stages in an iPad drawing - with apologies for blatant plagiarism but I am trying to do the same view through the seasons now - and yay! there are daffodils...
Still experimenting with layers, and textures and sneaking a bit of colour in now...

Paper bird dolls for a swap on atcsforall.com

Still playing at iPad 2 trees with the Brushes App and still don't have as much control as I would like...


The top one is the tree I see from my window, I have been trying to add more colour and use different brush widths.


The second one is from a photo in Dulwich park.


I am trying to decide how to simplify what I see while showing enough of the subject...

Oh dear I have been so busy making Sylvanian clothes* *http://thesylvanianfamiliescatwalkcollection.blogspot.com/
that I have neglected this blog, I am obsessed!

However, I am pleased to say that my mixed media piece Mind Games has been selected for the 12th South Holland Arts Exhibition, 29th February to 6th March at the South Holland Centre in Spalding, Lincs