New Online Portfolio Launched

Check out my new online portfolio from Carbon made. A great tool for making free online portfolio's for artists.

Art Eye Candy

Here are a few of my favourite Edward Hooper images to delight and inspire.

Getting Local

Here are some snaps of my local park and neighbourhood taken on a Nikon D40 SLR camera. I hope it will encourage you to take some local snaps, sometimes it's the simplest of things that have the most impact.

Great Christmas Gifts for Children

My new baby niece was born just two weeks ago and I wanted to get her something really special for her first Christmas. After a quick google I found a great site for making simply rag dolls. These instructions are easy to follow. A great idea for any young relatives.

Make Baby Stuff . com

Great You Tube Tutorials and How I Acheived my First Oil Landscape

Hello fellow crafters. I would like to share with you a Youtube treat I found. Wilson Bickford was recommended to me by my retired father who has taken up painting in the early morning and just discovered the delights of learning on you tube. I watched Wilson's video on painting convincing clouds to make this oil painting of Blackpool. Enjoy

sorry this is sideways, for some reason blogger won't have it any other way!