A slow Christmas project from the Friendly Forest
A slow Christmas project from the Friendly Forest. Simple foil embossing using borrowed templates, everyday tools, and no pressure to get it right.
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From Café Walls to Woodland Colours
I didn’t plan any of this (sort of). All I really wanted after handing over the café was slower living, some breathing space, more time with the kids, doing something creative again, and a bit of life that wasn’t run on coffee orders and timers. Nothing dramatic. But part of slowing down meant I finally…
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Rainbow bunting project
Since sharing about this exciting project we thought we would give you more information. For those who have not heard, here is where you can read how our idea came about. Essentially our idea is simple. We want to bring joy to the community and shift focus from being anxious, scared, or bored to a…
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How to create your own palette using paint
Colour palettes are useful little things when designing, especially interior design. Colour palettes are a selection of colours kept on a board or paper as a reference, ready mixed for specific project/artwork. It helps you to keep focus on the selection of the colours that create concept consistency through the design/painting process. There are many…
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Watercolour challenge: starry sky
It’s that time of year when the nights are long, Christmas cheer is all around us and neighbours started lighting up their fairy lights. It could not be a better time to learn how to do galaxy paintings (A must must have skill for water colour painters!). These could turn into magical magical Christmas cards,…
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Watercolour challenge: repeating patterns
This month I am doing something very exciting for my watercolour challenge. Yes, it’s patterns, my favourite art form! However it would be not very challenging if I did something I am good at already?! This is why I decided to perfect my skill of repeating patterns with some new methods.When I used to create…
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Watercolour challenge: brush lettering
Last month I was reviewing my yearly goals and I realised that I was nowhere close to learning calligraphy. This is when I decided that I needed to focus on hand lettering, hence watercolour brush lettering! I also used bible verses for this project so that way I could meditate on the word as well…
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Watercolour challenge: underwater
Last month while exploring Carhaix-Plougue in France I was surprised to see so many creative wall murals around. These were mostly underwater creatures and seaweed that were appearing not only on the walls. There were few similar artworks displayed on the windows too. So inspired by all this art I decided to paint similar art for…
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Watercolour challenge: planes and letters
Sooo, we are still on the mission to fill the walls in the kids room with pictures and Lukas is involved in this project as always (even if I don’t ask him to). This months watercolour challenge theme is planes! Obviously because Lukas loves planes! This boy builds the planes out of lego, pretends to…
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Macrame inspired crochet wall art + free crochet pattern
Do you remember when I made watercolour and embroidery wall art? I did say I was not 100% sure if it went with our bedroom interior and I think I was right (although there is no right and wrong when it comes to deco they say). This artwork never grew on me and it was…
