January 5, 2017Published by avrilejean at January 5, 2017Categories avril e jeanavril jeanHow-to tutorialsewing and embroiderySock MonkeySock Monkey tutorialI have been sewing a lot of sock monkeys recently. I thought I’d record my progress so you can see how easy they actually are. What […]
December 16, 2016Published by avrilejean at December 16, 2016Categories avril e jeanavril jeanCatlearningpaintingwatercolourParting gift to work friend – a painting of his girlsA guy I have worked with for 5 years, and who i worked very closely with over the last year or so, finished up yesterday. These […]
December 3, 2016Published by avrilejean at December 3, 2016Categories avril e jeanavril jeanegg temperaguitarlearningpaintingportraitEgg Tempera. Messy, difficult, addictiveA while ago I did a series of posts on painting with egg tempera. I’d finished the first one – this portrait of Ada Lovelace holding […]
October 11, 2016Published by avrilejean at October 11, 2016Categories avril e jeanavril jeancoloured pencildrawingillustrationlearningLife events and musingpaintingColour pencil courseI did a colour pencil course with a very experienced tutor, Richard Klekocuik, this was with the Grampians Brushes art classes they run each year. I […]
August 17, 2016Published by avrilejean at August 17, 2016Categories avril e jeanavril jeancoloured pencilpaintingpencilColoured Pencil – learning a new mediumI’m going to do a two day course on using coloured pencil in a month or so – looking forward to it. Apart from anything else, […]
March 13, 2016Published by avrilejean at March 13, 2016Categories Australian Landscapeavril e jeanavril jeanpaintingpastelKata Tjuta/The Olgas looks like Homer Simpson Lying downFrom the angle we watched the sunset over Kata Tjuta in the Northern Territory, it was pointed out that the rock formation looked like Homer. It […]
February 21, 2016Published by avrilejean at February 21, 2016Categories avril e jeanavril jeanBuilding and WoodworkDrumming shedI’ve spent most of my weekends this summer working on soundproofing a shed in order that the african drummer has somewhere to go to a)store his […]
January 24, 2016Published by avrilejean at January 24, 2016Categories Australian Landscapeavril e jeanavril jeanCamping at the Murray riverAfter getting a new camp bed (this time with no puncturs!) we ended up camping at at Barmah, which is an utterly beautiful section of the […]
January 19, 2016Published by avrilejean at January 19, 2016Categories Australian Landscapeavril e jeanavril jeanlandscapeHolidays; camping in the arid north of VictoriaOne of the things I like to do for a holiday is a few nights camping here and there. Back in the 90s when I was […]