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Week 5 and 6 of Coloriombo
Time flies! Este Macleod’s palette is inspired by Barbara Nissim. Not the style or colours that I normally would pick so it has been a bit of a challenge. Especially page two. I do like page one though, it’s a murmuration of Starlings that my sis-in-law and I witnessed after we went to watch the… Continue reading
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So another half a year gone
More than half a year has gone. Ya we moved from Scotland to Darlo. That alone kept me very busy last few months. I haven’t got a childminder and Juno isn’t in nursery yet. So I haven’t had time to update website etc. Apart from housework and baby duties, I have also been busy making… Continue reading
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Before bedtime
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… Continue reading
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Growth Spurt
I made this drawing when my baby was still tiny, about 5 months old. Now he is 19 months. Still a baby, but a lot bigger and stronger. He is going through another growth spurt this week. He seems to eat quite a lot and nurse most of the time. He was not interested in… Continue reading
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One of the few things we have learnt as parents 1
This is one of the drawings I did when I was pregnant. I am sure there is no quicker way to grow up than being parents. In retrospective, my husband and I seem to have turned into two completely different people after having Bertie. Like every new parent, we had a lot of false assumptions… Continue reading
Daphne Bennett 