by Alet | Feb 11, 2016 | Arts and crafts, Painting
Day 3 and we are visiting our children in sunny South Africa. What other subject to paint than this delightful little girl who came to work with her mother – especially to meet the visiting ugogo (grandmother) Of course Trisha was never going to sit for a...
by Alet | Feb 10, 2016 | Arts and crafts, Painting
Day 2: Painting miniatures was still very new to me. Here I tried an approximately 10x10cm pencil sketch on handmade paper. The subject: a sleeping warthog, seeing that I was in the South African Bushveld and found this an unusual take on a well-known inhabitant. My...
by Alet | Feb 9, 2016 | Arts and crafts, Painting
I started on my birthday, 9 February 2016, with a challenge to produce one miniature painting per day for a year… Seeing that 2016 is a leap year, that means 366 mini paintings. The traditional miniature painting size is about 10x10cm, and portraits (that were...
by Alet | Nov 27, 2015 | Arts and crafts, Embroidery
Our beautiful, talented youngest daughter’s wedding took place in August 2015. The challenge that had come my way was to be creative and come up with a stunning ring cushion. The theme: succulents, and the colour scheme: the colourful lilac-breasted roller, a bird...
by Alet | Mar 24, 2015 | Articles, Writing
Every morning, the last touch on my newly-made bed is the two handfuls of ornamental hearts that remind me to pray for my children and grandchildren – that God would keep them safe and that their lives would glorify his Name, whether in their relationships, their work...
