As mentioned in previous posts I am influenced (like all artists) by the things around me and the things I am interested in. For just over two years of the previous five I have been pregnant and for four of them I have been breastfeeding.
This latest piece from the easel of Ally is my depiction of those fantastic nine months, not forgetting when baby is skinside.
The original sketch of this is in twelve parts, the nine months of pregnancy and then three slides showing breastfeeing a newborn, a toddler and a preschooler.
I have had some really postive responses to my colourful pieces so thought I'd brighten up these dull days, bring on the sunshine!
This is still on the easel and needs quite a bit more time put into it. I'll be working on it
over the next week and will hopefully have a finished piece to show you later on in the week.
I'd like to remind you all about the competition to win a custom canvas. You can find the competition
here on the
Natural Mamas forum
When this one ends at the end of the month, I will be running a monthly prize giveaway here on my blog.
I offered my 'Light of the World' painting as handpainted cards recently and I had a few custom orders for different colours. This purple to lilac is one of my favourites.
I've been having some really late nights recently, burning the candle at both ends sorting out setting up my business, opening two shops and being swamped in Mother's Day orders so when I saw this in Emily's shop, I just had to have it. Tjis bar is called 'Synergy' and I'll tel you what, I was sceptical at first that this might help to energise but this combined with copius amounts of caffeine is definately working. The smell, is indescribable, when you open the packet a fresh, zesty smell jumps out at you and really woke me up. I just can't stop smelling it - what's the protocol on putting these in your drawers to freshen your clothes?!
My cousin is getting married on Saturday and I cannit wait. It was planning the present for my cousin that led to me starting to sell my stuff and think that people my might want them - so a great big thank you to Fran!! As you can imagine it was quite a shock to me when I got a message through from Fran commissioning a piece of my work. The girl with a flower on the right is that commission. As a present I have done a matching boy with kite and also (when my supplier gets back to me) will be doing a couple on one canvas, I'm hoping this will be before Saturday but it may have to be a one week anniversary present.
I'd like to remind you all about the competition to win a custom canvas. You can find the competition here on the Natural Mamas forum
I received this from an excellent Etsy store a few weeks back and wanted to share it all with you. I look at it everyday n my front room and can't get over how beautiful it is. The work (wo)manship is just fantastic. I really speaks for itself.
