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My June challenge has been to draw leaves 10 different ways. If I'm honest I'm comfortable drawing leaves and I could happily draw them all day. Below are my 10 drawings. I may eventually paint some of them in watercolour and gouache. Next month the challenge is to draw faces. I'm not sure what possessed me to choose faces of all things. This is going to be a lot more tricky. If you would like to take part in this challenge the list of different things that we have to draw each month is in last weeks blogs post which...

I have been thinking of doing another drawing challenge for a while now but I want to do something a bit different. I thought I would prefer to draw the same things but 10 different ways. Every month I will post what I have drawn that month. Here is the list of what I am going to focus on over the next 12 months. Leaves (June) Faces (July) Houses (August) Flowers (September) Clothes/Outfits (October) Cats (November) Potted Plants (December) Teapots (January) Butterflies (February) Cups (March) Cakes (April) Trees (May) If you want to join in with the challenge PLEASE do. It makes...

On Sunday 10 friends and I completed the Stirling Triathlon. What a day it was too. It was an early start. We all had to be up at 4.30am to get there for registration at 6am. Heidi, Anna and I entered the Sprint Triathlon (750m swim, 20km cycle, 5km run). Lesley, Caroline, Karen, Vicky, Ashley, Kate, Gillian & Thomas where in the Novice Triathlon (400m swim, 14km cycle, 2.5km run) and we were all so nervous. The transition area looked scary enough with everyone laying there kit out in preparation. Everyone looked so professional. I'm glad it started early as...

  This bank holiday weekend my husband and my children decided we should go camping. I must admit that I am a very reluctant camper. The weather however looked fine so I thought what the hell I don't want to ruin their fun. The thing is with camping I'm not sure it’s a holiday. First there is the organisation needed to go: Food list - breakfast cereals, bread, jam, marmite etc. that's only breakfast then there are snacks and cold food storage! Milk, butter etc... Camping equipment, chairs, tent, sleeping bags, inflatable mattress, pillows etc.... Stove, logs for the campfire...

My favourite social media app has to be Instagram. It's so visual and I just love seeing what my favourite illustrators are up too. I do however also find it totally intimidating and sometimes find it hard to post myself as you want it too always look perfect and co-ordinated. I think this is also where you can learn a lot from instagram feeds you love so here goes with my top 5 illustrators on Instagram. Flora Waycott - florawaycott I have been following Flora Waycott a while now and I found her in Flow Magazine. I just love her...