Richard the friendly bear

IMG_4426, originalmente cargada por judyfarr.

This is a portrait of Richard. My grandmother made him I believe, and he has always worn this friendly, head-tilted-to-one-side, expression, bless 'im.

Robin

robin, originalmente cargada por judyfarr.

This is a chirruping christmas robin, he is very happy because a nice person, unknown personally to the robin, has chosen him as their favorite flickr picture.

Drawings of Catalonia

So I did this doodle from different photos of trips I've been on around Cat. I like it, it's illustrationy. : )

Maials

This a little painting I did this summer of my boyfriend's village in the south of Lleida.

Christmas Card

This is Josephine my lovely little sister receiving the long lost parcel.

This is my Christmas story!

CAKES

Cakes are great, I feel that no more need be said on the matter.

The Joy of Knitting

These are my bear friends who are currently renting a shelf in my cupboard. The white one, aka Bruce, was made by my mum with accessories by my sister (scarf and bag). The other bear, not yet named, is sporting a beautiful pink scarf made by yours truly. My first step into the world of knitting.

White Owl World

I found this on the dear ada blog, which I look at everyday because it's beautiful and makes me happy. This little scene is so cute and makes me want to make my own, it's by saeleeoh and southersalazar. I've been contemplating why I love the world of the cute and crafty so much... it just makes me feel happy being inside my imagination or someone else's, which is more valuable than being angry about the world and it's problems. That's not to say that I would neglect the world, but that to be strong and care about things enough to change them I need to be happy and positive. Well that's what I think anyway.

The house at pooh corner

I've been reading The House at Pooh Corner, it is good, Tidely Pom!

Fairy in the garden

Here are some rough sketches for a story. I have this idea for creating a little story using my friend as the protagonist. I don't want to say too much now though.

Toy Story

More toys from Sintra I just never get tired of these things. Toys are so exciting to me, especially old toys.

Drawings of small things

These are some things I found in an old box and I really enjoyed drawing them.

WE WANT THE INTERNET

At the studios where I rent space for drawing and painting we don't have access to the Internet, so it's been a little difficult doing the whole blogging thing. My dream was to get into a routine where by I would do work and show it on my blog and therefore have a record of my progress... However not having the Internet makes it very difficult. The studios were originally set up by the council to "help" artists, you present a project and then you get to rent a space for a reasonable price. However, it turns out that once you're in they don't want to know anything more about you. There's an art gallery on the ground floor, which is supposedly for us, but there's a woman running it who only exhibits the work of known artists. AND WE DON'T HAVE THE INTERNET. Not even a blasted telephone line. So we are trying to organise ourselves to get them to install a line.

Our dresser in our flat... full of all our stuff.

Here a couple of pictures of stuff I've been doing recently... I've been really enjoying myself over the last week, letting go of over complicated ideas and dreams and just doing stuff no matter what.

The kitchen cupboard in my parent's house.
The festival of Los Moros y Cristianos in Lleida, a Moor on a camel walking down the my street.

A toy ship hanging on the wall in the Toy Museum in Sintra.