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Under the light of the moon...
Wolf moon rising This was the full moon rising to give the darkness a little bit of glittery sparkle. This moon is known as a Wolf Moon...
colouroutsidetheli
Jan 16, 20251 min read
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Looking up in January
Epiphany skies I used to dread January. The greyness. The dark. The Monday-morningness of it all. Then a few years ago I starting...
colouroutsidetheli
Jan 14, 20251 min read
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Season's end
It's coming to the season's end at my chalet on the Fitties, the place closes up for winter on January 3 and doesn't reopen until March....
colouroutsidetheli
Nov 12, 20241 min read
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Wheels through time
From 14-19 October 2024 my illustrated work from my CreateNEL-funded project, Wheels Through Time, is on at the Albert Room in...
colouroutsidetheli
Oct 17, 20241 min read
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Journaling on a shiny autumn day
Lovely day yesterday with a special group of ladies enjoying an autumnal art journaling workshop down at the Fitties on a beautiful...
colouroutsidetheli
Oct 4, 20241 min read
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Working on walls!
I've been trying something very new in the last couple of weeks. I was asked to paint a mural on a school in Grimsby as part of the Paint...
colouroutsidetheli
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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Autumn art journaling
I hosted an autumn themed journaling session at my chalet at the end of September. We went to the (very windy) beach to collect some...
colouroutsidetheli
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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Dates at the House with the Blue Door
Dates are available for the House with the Blue Door, it's just a few minutes from the beach and is decorated with my artwork inspired by...
colouroutsidetheli
Sep 20, 20241 min read
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Art and gardening
As part of my #dycp funded year, I've been doing an online course with UAL about book illustration. This week's project was inspired by...
colouroutsidetheli
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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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...
colouroutsidetheli
Sep 5, 20241 min read
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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...
colouroutsidetheli
Aug 30, 20241 min read
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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...
colouroutsidetheli
Aug 29, 20241 min read
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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...
colouroutsidetheli
Aug 1, 20241 min read
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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...
colouroutsidetheli
Aug 1, 20241 min read
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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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Aug 1, 20241 min read
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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...
colouroutsidetheli
Mar 21, 20241 min read
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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...
colouroutsidetheli
Mar 19, 20241 min read
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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...
colouroutsidetheli
Mar 19, 20241 min read
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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...
colouroutsidetheli
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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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...
colouroutsidetheli
Dec 14, 20231 min read
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