Open chalet Sunday
Join in Heritage Week celebrations by coming along to the Humberston Fitties and enjoying a stroll around the site to do some...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Aug 30
- 1 min
Chalet availability dates
My chalet on the Humberston Fitties is filled with my artwork of the area, and dates originally from 1932. This table and chair set is...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Aug 29
- 1 min
New ways of working
Thanks to a Develop Your Creative Practice grant this year I've been able to learn new techniques and try new things. One of which was to...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Aug 1
- 1 min
The queen of the English Channel
As part of the Fishing Heritage Centre's Hometown Heroes' celebration of North East Lincolnshire's sporting heroes I was asked to paint a...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Down by the sea
Mr Blue Door and I have been down at the House with the Blue Door inbetween summer rentals to do some work on the old place. It was built...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Under the sea workshop
In July I worked with Coritani Creative on their Fuelled sessions to put on art workshops with an environment theme. I opted to use...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Mar 21
- 1 min
The greatest story never told!
Since the autumn of 2023 I've been involved with a big project aiming to raise awareness of the Grim and Havelock story and what it means...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Mar 19
- 1 min
February's journal pages
This is volume 78 of my illustrated journals, I started this odyssey 8 years ago, and I had no clue at the time that I'd be using this...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Warrior Women of the Marshes exhibition
For the last few months I've been working on a community project in Grimsby called Warrior Women of the Marshes. It was a joint effort of...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Feb 20
- 1 min
Stamford town
I had the great fortune to stay in Stamford in Lincolnshire last weekend. What a joy to walk among the creamy stones of centuries-old...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Dec 14, 2023
- 1 min
Handwriting Christmas cards
Treated myself to a lovely new pen, that's refillable, from Toms Studio and I'ev enjoyed using it to design my cards for friends and...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Oct 18, 2023
- 1 min
Grim and Havelock book illustrations
For a few months over the summer I was working on a fabulous illustrations for a new book about the Grim and Havelock legend in Grimsby....
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colouroutsidetheli
- Oct 18, 2023
- 1 min
Visit to Ightham Mote
#sketchbookontour I've been out and about on tour with my sketchbook last week. I went to the National Trust property Ightham Mote in...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Sep 19, 2023
- 1 min
Illustrated recipes
Like many people I have a battered folder full of recipes that I've collected over the years, cut-outs from magazines, scribbled notes...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Sep 18, 2023
- 1 min
Find the good in each day
I've started a new theme in my art journal, that is about me finding the good in each day, some of which will be about daily observations...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Sep 18, 2023
- 1 min
Art journal number 69
I first began doing an illustrated journal in January 2016. Back then I would take 3 months to fill each A4 landscape sketchbook. Since...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Sep 13, 2023
- 1 min
Wheel of the year illustrations
Currently working on a set of illustrations for a new nature-based art journaling project. I've been struggling for focus for the last...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Sep 12, 2023
- 1 min
July 2023 sketchbook flick-through
Flick-through of one of my summer sketchbooks. I'm currently getting through one sketchbook every 3 to 4 weeks now. When I first started...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Sep 12, 2023
- 1 min
Wheel of the year illustration
I've been wanting to design my own wheel of the year for a long time, and now I've finally created something that I'm happy with! It's...
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colouroutsidetheli
- Jul 4, 2023
- 1 min
Lovely chalet guests
I'm always really nervous about renting my chalet. It's our family holiday home, and sharing it with other people can feel quite...
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