Jessie Lilac Blog

As you can see from my photo above and the title of the post,  this is going to be all about my love of pretty cottages! I took this one above of Rose Cottage at Cockington Village near Torquay, I love the thatched porch don't you? Here's another from the same area, with a gorgeous garden too...  This next one that I took is in Lacock in Wiltshire. I can feel my heart beating faster just looking at the little leaded windows and the beautiful old stonework! If you've been to St Ives then you might recognise Norway House. (above) How sweet is that fenced garden with the tall hollyhocks?! Helford Village in Cornwall is such an idyllic place with thatched cottages nestled around the creek. It's the same area where the novel 'Frenchman's Creek' by Daphne du Maurier is written. I took this photo while on holiday in Cornwall last summer and I was reading that novel at the time so it made it even more enjoyable for me to see.

Hello Spring! It's finally here and what an entrance! A glorious warm sunny day today following the excitement from yesterday of the solar eclipse. It must mean that new starts and changes are afoot don't you think? My paintings seem to have changed with the lovely sunshine. What do you know? I've found myself painting flowers again. (close-up crop) (side view showing the deep sided canvas) Here's my new painting hanging on the wall. I love my purple walls. :) It's called 'Morning Revelation' and measures 12 x 6inches, which is 30 x 15cm. It's painted on box canvas (I think some people would call this gallery wrapped canvas?) and the sides are 1½ inches, or 4cm deep. As you can see above, it's ready to hang on the wall, no need of a frame. Please click here to see all the details. :) You might have noticed my blog banner is now sporting this new cheery painting. I thought it would be perfect to welcome in the Spring

I love a bit of sparkle don't you? I'm quite partial to a mermaid too so I decided to put the two together and make my mermaid of gold! I loved using the gold paint and seeing it shine when tilted to the light. She's painted on 10 x 7 canvas board and looks beautiful when caught in the light. Little golden fish swim with her and I've used touches of pale blue iridescent ink in the background too, creating a watery magical sea in which they swim. Her hair is a pure golden colour and swirls around in the water, decorated with tiny flowers. If you'd like to own this pretty mermaid of gold, please click here to see all the details. :) Thankyou for coming to visit today, I hope you're having a lovely week! xx

I mentioned in my last post that I was working on a new painting and here it is, the new finished piece. :) It was inspired by my recent trip to Cornwall where I saw a baby grinning at me while being carried by its mother. I've called it ' The Journey ' and it's now  listed it in the shop if you'd like to pop over and see. I've had this tube of violet oxide for a really long time but I've never used it because for some reason I though it was an ugly colour and I didn't see the point in it. Why did I buy it? Well it was so long ago now, I can't remember! Maybe it was because it had 'violet' in the title and you know me, I love all shades of purple. :) But purple it ain't and because I don't like to waste paint, I'd often feel guilty that this one would stay at the bottom of the box, never used. crop of ' Looking Back '  So what happened? Well to mu surprise I found I enjoyed working with it for the first