fantastically floral

gardening is one of those things that most people of my age (15) don't tend to enjoy, altho most much like me enjoy the products. flowers! There colour and shape make them ever the subject of pictures and paintings. They fascinate us with there complexities and beauty. 

many of these photos where takes in a flower market in London.

light on a lily pond

 

last summer i whet on a trip to France and when we where there we visited Monet's garden. it was one of the most beautiful places i have ever been and it gave me lodes of inspiration to do a painting so when i went home a started one and i documented its progress over the 6 months it was in progress.

i did this on an art program on my computer called art rage it is amazing!!
 but sadly i just took a photo of the screen.

                                            using the above pictures I began to paint...

then the proses of planing begins. first i use light pencil to out line and then I use a mix of thin watery acrylic and ink to block in some areas.

so here is the final result ... ohh and happy new year! .... 

festive spiced apple pie

I made this with all the apples we had frozen from the summer plus a couple bought ones for the top. 

1.  first i made an apple souse by coring and peeling the apples and then blending them with some sugar. nothing was measurements properly so it was ruffle 3 tea spoons of caster sugar.  

2. then i greased the pie dish with some butter.       

3.  then I rolled out the pastry to about as thin as a 50 pence, and put it in the pie dish.

4. layer the apple souse in the base and cut up some thin apple pieces to go on the top.

5. cover the chopped apples with a very small amount of caster sugar and arrange them in a pattern on the top of the tray.

6. if you want you can cun a shape for extra decoration out of the pastry left over (I used a star shape).

7. bake in the over at a medium temperature for around 30 mins to 1 hour.

have fun

yum.... 

an Autumnal Adventure

The autumn is my favourite times of year. the colours are absolutely incredible. when I went on Holliday to the island of skye I spent most of my time there taking photographs of the area and altho there are not very many trees the scenery is amazing. They's are some of the best ones ... 

owl obsetion

I have always absolutely loved owls. one christmas some on asked me what my favourite animal was and of corse my reply way owls. from then on i was endlessly given things with owls on them.

one of my mums good friends came over from America and she was showing me some paintings. they inspired my to do my own version

Macaroon Madness!!!

macaroon's are my favourite sweet foods. they remind me of the sun, france, and all sorts of happy experiences. To day I made some...

-lemon macaroons-

                             

and then because it was my Aunty's birthday my mum and I mad a cake ....

           

- rose petal chocolate cake-

                               yyyyyuuuuuummmmmm.... xxxx

in a land of green!

...this was one of the first large paintings i ever did ...