It’s been a busy month! There always seems to be something to distract me from the things I’d love to do. However, I found time for a few pieces of art in different mediums which was a lovely break from the endless to do list. 
     Unfortunately, the CalmFire trilogy that I’m writing has taken a back seat while I’ve been busy. With this in mind, I have to revise my own timings; and rather than rush through, the first part of the trilogy will now be out next year. I am okay with this. I am enjoying the way the story is unfolding, and I don’t want there to be any plot holes in this first book or the subsequent ones.
     I promised you some art…
     Please bear in mind that I am so much better at creating cakes and painting icing with food colouring, but here are three of my attempts to have a go at different mediums.
     After my acrylic painting in last month’s blog, I thought I’d try acrylic markers. I can see their use in creating bold and stylised designs and so I thought that nature lends itself to this. I decided to try my lotus flower design that I use for my online picture. Pink seemed a good choice as a bold colour (and who doesn’t like ‘a bit more pink?’).
     I used coloured pencils for the background to emphasise the boldness of the design, and I think my mistake was using a small canvas rather than flat paper, but lesson learnt.
     I amalgamated several techniques from different online tutorials and I found that I liked the way each colour worked well over the top of another, but I didn’t like the way they didn’t blend well. I think I will use them again to add bold detail to a design, but maybe not for a whole picture.