August 4, 2018Published by avrilejean at August 4, 2018Categories ADHDavril e jeanavril jeandinosaursHow-to tutoriallearningPranksoftware development33 Non Destructive Pranks you can play at work that should not get you into troubleOk so most of these I don’t have photos for as they occurred before I had a smartphone and I didn’t carry a camera with me…but […]
June 30, 2018Published by avrilejean at June 30, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanegg temperalearningLife events and musingpaintingEgg Tempera, work, bass – Sounds like a “coming of age” self journey book title, dunnitWork Working again has spurred my creativity at the same time as removing the time I have to spend doing it. That is so annoying. Work […]
June 27, 2018Published by avrilejean at June 27, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanlearningLife events and musingPrankCombining craft with a prankRecently I bought a bag of soap ends, a fairly big bag of the offcuts from the home-soap making business. They turned out to be a […]
April 30, 2018Published by avrilejean at April 30, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanHow-to tutoriallearningLife events and musingpaintingpastelStill life in pastelI came into the class today to find I was supposed to be drawing this. Look, I don’t do still life often. Um, have I ever?…..huh. […]
April 23, 2018Published by avrilejean at April 23, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanHow-to tutoriallearningLife events and musingpaintingpastelportraitTime line of a pastel paintingYo! I have completed my second pastel session. The first is here. We had the same model and the same pose, but yesterday I chose to […]
April 18, 2018Published by avrilejean at April 18, 2018Categories ADHDavril e jeanavril jeanlearningLife events and musingSeven annoying and unexpected ways my ADHD manifestsA lot of my female friends have been diagnosed with ADHD in their 30s (as I was). So there is a fair bit of discussion and […]
April 16, 2018Published by avrilejean at April 16, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanlearningpastelportraitTaking art classes – first session in pastelsI joined the Victorian Artist’s Society this year because why not. I’m having a break from technology work until I am ready to go back or […]
February 24, 2018Published by avrilejean at February 24, 2018Categories avril e jeanavril jeanglueMonster High School RepaintpastelCustomising Monster High School Dolls is my current obsessionSome time ago I was noodling around on Youtube and found an entirely new thing – customising dolls. I knew people had done it but I […]
November 3, 2017Published by avrilejean at November 3, 2017Categories avril e jeanavril jeanlearningLife events and musingNew thing! Now with biscuits!It had been AGES since I’ve made a bit of furniture or done things with wood/construction. Partly time, partly I didn’t really have anything I needed. […]