Things I love

Ok, so in my last post I mentioned the importance of the small pleasures of life and then I went and illustrated it with fabulous photo's of Mt.Fuji (known as Fuji san in Japan - Mr Fuji), which is quite a big, fantastic pleasure really. So I decided to contemplate the things that make me smile in my daily life.

I love blossom against a blue sky, wild flowers, silhouettes and shadows of trees, Helens chocolate cake with a nice cup of Earl grey, bluebells and forget-me-nots, cats (especially ginger ones!), good manners, dancing in wild abandon round my living room, live music, playing my guitar and getting the flow of a piece just right, Daves giggle, good quality heavy watercolour paper-especially with handmade crinkly edges, watching a good movie, being given a good hug by a friend, smiling at people for no reason and having them smile back, kindness, sitting on a hill in solitude, warm air on my skin, vibrant colour, delicate hues.....

The list is just endless really and so I think I'll be doing more posts on things I love:D

Tea and cake - two of my favourite things

Just a quickie to share some more of my older work with you, a theme very close to my heart (and tastebuds), cakes, yummmm!!

They are all painted on good quality watercolour paper using acrylics, sometimes I add some soft pastel and bits of collage paper (usually pretty washi paper from Japan). The first 2 pics are almost A1 in size and the long thin one is about a metre and a half long, it took me ages but it's one of my favourites, I was really happy with the colours. xx