A Couple of Pastels and a Surprise

[smallhobbit]

As I said in my 'Goal' post I haven't been doing any craft recently, but I did purchase some items to attempt Christmas cards for the family this year:



I used my pastels to draw one of the trees I had sketched in the summer:



And I attempted an art contribution for fan_flashworks 



The Challenge was Green, so these are the Greenwoods where the outlaws are hiding.

In the summer one of the Art Card fortnightly emails including a free competition which I entered, not expecting to win anything, but I won a prize:



I have never used oil paints, so clearly I need to learn!

If only I could retire now, there's so much I want to do.

Comments

[badly_knitted]

I get my threads off ebay now too - it's cheaper than the shops and I can just get whichever colour I'm running short of. So convenient.

Crafting is addictive and there are so many fabulous things out there to use!

Good light - and reading glasses - help me see what I'm doing.