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Sunday Doodling
ANITA DAVIES | September 3rd 2008 by Anita Davies
Doodling in my journal while watching the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. read more
Country Fair
ANITA DAVIES | September 2nd 2008 by Anita Davies
Purchased this toffee apple at a recent Country Fair and managed to take a break, halfway through ravishing it, to make a quick sketch in my journal.Delicious! read more
Snettisham Park Farm
ANITA DAVIES | September 1st 2008 by Anita Davies
Today was the last day of Harry's school Summer holidays, tomorrow he will start a new term in a new class and leave me for six hours daily, five days a week...AGAIN!I shall miss his company and our long days together.To make the most of our final da read more
Egyptian Gods
ANITA DAVIES | August 30th 2008 by Anita Davies
These are the little pewter figurines that my Son Harry purchased from the Fitzwilliam gift shop during our recent visit. read more
Get Smart
ANITA DAVIES | August 28th 2008 by Anita Davies
A great film and the cinema was almost empty which meant I could put my feet up on the arm rest of the chair in front...Pure luxury!I received this lovely award from Mellanie Collins/Genxster...Thank you Mellanie! read more
Lunchtime Feast
ANITA DAVIES | August 27th 2008 by Anita Davies
A quick sketch before leaving the car park after an 'all you can eat' lunch with my boys in Oriental Gardens, Guyhirn.Great company, great food!I coloured the sketch later that evening back at home. read more
St Matthews and Springfields
ANITA DAVIES | August 26th 2008 by Anita Davies
This is the double spread I created while dropping off my paintings to the annual art exhibition at St Matthew's Church, Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire last week. St Matthew's, the only remaining flintstone church in Lincolnshire, is stunning and I on read more
Castle Rising
ANITA DAVIES | August 25th 2008 by Anita Davies
On a recent trip to Hunstanton beach, Harry and I stopped off to visit Castle Rising for the first time. The stone Castle was built around 1140ad and is most famous for belonging to the mother of Edward III, Queen Isabella, following her part in the read more
At The Gym
ANITA DAVIES | August 24th 2008 by Anita Davies
No, I haven't been exercising but my eldest Son has and I created this page in my journal when I picked him up. read more
Inks and a Bin Liner
ANITA DAVIES | August 23rd 2008 by Anita Davies
Played around with ink and a plastic bag.I started with the splashes of acrylic ink first thing in the morning.A couple of hours later I sketched the figure with my Lamy Safari fountain pen filled with red-black Noodler's ink. Then I used a water bru read more
Harry
ANITA DAVIES | August 21st 2008 by Anita Davies
A 10 minute study of my Son Harry watching The Simpsons.I used a black Pitt superfine pen and added the watercolour after he'd escaped! read more
Creativity Rush
ANITA DAVIES | August 20th 2008 by Anita Davies
Doodle in journal - Created while on the telephoneBetween spending time with my boys through the school break, teaching and the usual household chores, I have been adding to my journals as often as I can, painting a commissioned acrylic pet portrait, read more
Summer Soles
ANITA DAVIES | August 18th 2008 by Anita Davies
Aren't they adorable?These are my faithful Summer buddies.For years now I've spent the Summer wearing this type of shoe. I have had every colour you can imagine and a few multi-coloured pairs too. I think they were designed as slippers but I care not read more
Bargain Toys
ANITA DAVIES | August 16th 2008 by Anita Davies
A quick sketch of my recent toy bargains; A wheel barrow for Ellie that cost me just 50 pence at the recent Rose Fair and a mini remote controlled skate boarder for Harry that cost me just £1.74 at Tesco supermarket on Saturday.Ellie is still a litt read more
Sanity In A Can
ANITA DAVIES | August 16th 2008 by Anita Davies
Why do flies insist on circling your head at a distance of two millimetres, stopping only to land on your nose? You'd think they would spend their time flying through the huge vacant spaces between rooms freely without risk of being attacked by rolle read more
Column Week 28
ANITA DAVIES | August 15th 2008 by Anita Davies
This is my newspaper column, in print today in the Cambs Times and Wisbech Standard:Hunstanton beach is often referred to as ‘Sunny Hunny’ and with numerous visits tucked under my belt it’s easy to understand why. I have driven through hailston read more
Screen Dazzlers
ANITA DAVIES | August 13th 2008 by Anita Davies
Two recent journal pages involving two magnificent screen experiences.The Beijing Oympics opening was just awesome, I was stuck to the screen throughout the whole event along with millions of other people.Wall.E is such a fantastic film, it has a lit read more
Church Farm
ANITA DAVIES | August 12th 2008 by Anita Davies
As you can clearly see on my journal page, we visited Church Farm some time ago back in May, I had put it on the reserve list for my column and not used it, came across it again today while browsing my image files and thought I'd share it here.It was read more
An Afternoon At The Flicks
ANITA DAVIES | August 11th 2008 by Anita Davies
Zipped off to the cinema in Huntingdon after a my student left last Thursday to discover the film we wanted to watch was full, so we watched Kung Fu Panda instead. As soon as I got my sketchbook out the lights dipped, so not much chance of a decent s read more
Lunch At Clarice
ANITA DAVIES | August 9th 2008 by Anita Davies
Harry and I are like two peas in a pod, we both appreciate art, architecture and elegance, which makes our days together all the more pleasurable.I've been visiting Clarice House for a few years now, a residential spa situated in Suffolk, the perfect read more
Pet Prep
ANITA DAVIES | August 7th 2008 by Anita Davies
I have been commissioned to paint a portrait of the Pet of the Year from the competition ran in the Cambs Times newspaper. Last Friday I collected the photos and I've been so busy that all I'd managed until last night was a quick 'getting to know you read more
Snapshot Sketching
ANITA DAVIES | August 6th 2008 by Anita Davies
Early hours of this morning found me flicking through the photo files on my computer, stirring memories. This particular photo had me thinking about my good friend Joannie and it wasn't long before my fingers were twitching and my sketchbook was in m read more
Blue and Green
ANITA DAVIES | August 5th 2008 by Anita Davies
The first sketch shows my nifty, new fan purchased for my studio, a very welcome addition at the moment. The background is made up of the design on Harry's new bedding and a splash of the emulsion we re-decorated his bedroom with called 'Tea Tree' w read more
My Harry
ANITA DAVIES | August 4th 2008 by Anita Davies
A couple of quick 'lead-free' studies of my youngest Harry and the toy boxes that have taken over a corner of my lounge since we've been re-vamping his bedroom.Click image to enlarge read more
Neighbours Times Two
ANITA DAVIES | August 2nd 2008 by Anita Davies
My Parents house, 'The Farmhouse' painted from my front stepsMy parents live across the yard from me to my left and the house to my right was owned by my Uncle but has been vacant for years. He recently sold and I'm happy to say that Ellie will be mo read more
Column Week 26
ANITA DAVIES | August 1st 2008 by Anita Davies
This is my newspaper column, in print today in the Cambs Times and Wisbech Standard:The school holidays are in full swing, my most favourite time of the year where I get my children all to myself and our schedule is all our own.My eldest has his own read more
Nibbles and Notes - Day 31
ANITA DAVIES | July 31st 2008 by Anita Davies
Did you know that cucumbers are 96.4% water?The last day of my July Food journal 'Nibbles and Notes'. I didn't have time to paint it tonight, too busy painting the walls in my youngest Son's bedroom, but I may colour it in the morning and re-post.It' read more
New Journal For The School Break
ANITA DAVIES | July 31st 2008 by Anita Davies
River Nene - March - 21.7.08I have started a new journal for the school holidaysChoosing which sketchbook to use for this most favourite part of my year (except Christmas) was a difficult decision but when given choices most decisions are pretty much read more
THE Bag
ANITA DAVIES | July 31st 2008 by Anita Davies
Click image to enlargeA quick sketch, after filling in my food journal page one night before bed, of my favourite hand bag. This little baby holds a large moleskine with ease, has pockets and places for everything I need and is casual enough to go wi read more
Nibbles and Notes - Day 30
ANITA DAVIES | July 30th 2008 by Anita Davies
Did you know that green potatoes contain alkaloids which can be severly poisonous? read more
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