"Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?"

Written by Jane Austin to her sister (15 June 1808)

I'm in that usual place of too many projects and nothing finished! So here are some further acrylic pourings, when I tried adding some of the Pebeo fantasy paints - Prisme and Moon. I didn't add enough, but I do think the combination will work if I'm more adventurous with the quantities!

This was mainly an acrylic pour with some green Moon and turquoise Prisme.

Here's a close up.

The Pebeo paints don't sink below the acrylic, but to get the special effects I should have added more of the Pebeo paint.

I was pleased with this pour, as I got lots of cells without applying any heat. Think this will go on the front of a notebook!

Lastly, this was pouring colours separately. Another notebook cover ...?






















I recently visited the village of Chawton in Hampshire, which was home to Jane Austen. Jane Austen's House is now a museum, which I could quite happily live in!

This 17th century house in where Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life. The cottage was part of the Chawton Estate which her brother Edward inherited. Edward offered his mother and sisters this cottage as their home.

We visited in April when the garden was just coming to life. Very pretty.

We then went to Chawton House which was where her brother lived.

Jane refers to this as the "Great House".

"Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort."

Jane Austen

Strut your stuff ...

Took part in a fabulous workshop on Sunday. This is quite a large canvas, 24 inches by 12 inches.

We used acrylic paint, and also did some very mini pours on the peacock tail feathers, so a little bit random. There is also a little crackle paste on the background, for some texture. The background is very subtle, with just a hint of colour.

Came home tired, paint spattered, and very happy.