So we all needed a project during lock down. I decided on a full fresco cycle. Well, in the Cassetta, which is small but still, I am feeling quite grand. I adapted the traditional method. Rather than watercolour in plaster, I used gouache in filler. Meh, near enough. Turns out it is really flexible...Read More
Whilst the rest of the world enjoyed a heat wave this easter we had unseasonally cool weather from Good Friday. Nonetheless we managed to enjoy a traditional Italian Easter meal using the old pizza oven, a lot of wood, half a lamb and plenty of artichokes. Anna, the tutor for the August painting course, set...Read More
I does seem a little strange to spend all this time selling sunshine holidays with snow still thick on the ground. Finally a few sunny days have driven it back to the hills. Having had a disastrous christmas this year thanks to the great white god, (with me snowed into my mum’s house in England...Read More
