Daphne Bennett
I have done a thing.
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By the end of last month I have received an email from Artful revealing the new artful box’s content: soft pastel. I am still quite happy to pay £35 for this edition although soft pastel wasn’t on the list of things I am going to buy. Bring it on, consumerism! About 6 years ago I…
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The days with children are always long. Especially in the summer holidays. My son has gone back to school for 1.5 weeks already. Every morning feels like this. Knackered before the day started. One coffee after another. Recently I have finished one commission work and working on another one. I am not quite sure if…
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All join in! After dinner the kids were playing on the floor. I naively thought I could finally sit down and draw them quietly. But Juno stood up immediately and insisted drawing on my sketch book, then Bertie joins in to draw his sci-fi fantasy. So we sat together until bedtime. For the paint, I…
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I have taken advantage of the Scrawlrbox and got some new Posca and Derwent Pencils. With the limited palette I started some super quick and simple drawings and I am quite happy with it. Recently I have rediscovered pencil colours, as they are clean and very versatile, and I can use them when I am…
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After 5 years I find I still want to keep a blog. After 5 years I am living with another soon-to-be 2 year old toddler and a 7-year-old growing little boy. After 5 years I am still living in Inverkeithing, but this time we have bought our own house with a sizeable garden. After 5…
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Happy new year! Like everybody, I want to make a list of New Year Resolutions on the first of January. The vibrate 2015 is over, and miraculously Bertie sleeps by 8pm tonight, giving me the rare chance to enjoy a glass of wine and a box of chocolate from my beloved ones at Christmas. For…
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As you can see i am feeling a bit lost about what to blog. I want to be consistent but I am genuinely interested in a lot of things, baking, cooking, advocating for extended breastfeeding and cosleeping, gentle parenting,travelling, photography, politics, current affairs… You name it. But I would not be able to voice…
Daphne Bennett 