Fun with clay and flowers

What do you do with a ball of clay? What does every artist need?

I know! A paint brush stand here's this weeks step by step:

Make a sausage. Precision engineering is now required to create brush shaped dips. Fingers are good for this.

Paint!
Paint is important - you want to avoid your brush stand being mistaken for a bar of Toblerone.

When mine was completely dry I applied a couple of coats of dark green acrylic paint and of course a few flowers.

The flowers are not botanically correct.

And voila!

See what Sarah did with her paint brushes and new stand by visiting sarahwoodart.com or check out the latest prints available on Imagekind.

Society of Botanical Artists Exhibition

The sky looks so dramatic in this photo. Mike and I had been helping out with the set up of the Society of Botanical Artists exhibition and could hear the rain bouncing on the roof of Westminster Central Hall. Luckily when we left the Hall the rain had stopped raining and the sun had come out.

On the bus on our way home, we could just sit back and enjoy the views, and not worry about the traffic. 

Looking forward to coming back and seeing the exhibition before it closes.

The exhibition is open from today 15th April to 23rd April 2016. Open Daily 11am to 5pm.

Westminster Central Hall, London SW1.

If you are in the area pop in and see a magnificent show, and its free to enter.