It's the start of a new era with the Masham Art Group! A little bit of news of my teaching role! I'm taking over the admin and the hosting of this group! I get asked a lot about classes on watercolour and nature art journaling when I visit different festivals and events. This is one class I devote a lot of different approaches to painting to. The class boasts one day workshops, and indepth tuition but also guest artists too. Recent Karina Wiles mixed media and textile artis

Come and see us on December 14th. 1pm till 4.30pm. We will have tasty treats! Are you coming to our MINCE PIE AFTERNOON? When is it? Dec 14th. Where is Dale House? It is in Northallerton behind the MOUNT VALE NURSING HOME, we are next to Rosedene Nursery. We are on Mount View on Standard Way. Free entry. There will be mince pies, cakes and biscuits... plus teas, coffee and juice. We are accepting donations for Macmillan Cancer Support If you would like to come and see our art

If you are in Northallerton, North Yorkshire on Friday 21st November, pop in and say hello as I am in the Costa coffee shop in Tesco!!! I will be displaying my wild arts! What will I have on display? I will have my wild arts printed onto eco fabrics - there will be tea towels, wash bags, oven mitts and greetings cards too! There will be lots that will make your interiors look calm and relaxing. They all promote well being, by bringing the outdoors in. I have suddenly become i

Yesterday my car broke down on the way to my watercolour class. I was all prepared with 5 samples of greens in the landscape, autumnal trees and beautiful wet in wet washes. I was very much looking forward to seeing everyone's work after each demonstration. Ahhh nevermind these things are sent to try us! So I was stood in the rain away from my car for hours and added water from the spray of traffic too. I was drenched or 'satched' as we say in Yorkshire. I toddled off to the

What a lovely welcome! Treske were so friendly and interested in my work! It was a brilliant opportunity to show off my work and see it i their wonderful showrooms! They deliver kitchens all over the country and visit lots of shows, they have just returned back from one in Harrogate at the conference centre. Treske create beautiful bespoke kitchens and hardwood furniture, work with brilliant designers and have an excellent reputation. A flagship company for Thirsk, based nea

Growing nicely. It is taking me time to prune and attend to the little off shoots to fill my shop. I have some time this week to add more products and make it look good. The branding will start to be added witha feel of the outdoors, foraged materials, ingredients and recipes. There will be some great ideas for Christmas gifts especially for the nature lover. Tea towels and cushions that have remedies and recipes on them from wild plants you may have growing on the outer are

I promised myself that I would get on and create a website shop. It's been on my list of to do for a while now. I've struggled with tech and lots of other things lately but finally today my mind was cleared. It's been a long journey to get this far. I would appreciate if you have time to take a look and let me know your first thoughts. https://wendi-wobble-wild-arts.sumupstore.com/ It's a work in progress and needs a lot doing to it. However I'm going to congratulate myself o

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