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 | Apr 20, 2014 | Arts and crafts, Series 13
Zettie – we share a few very special experiences, one of the nice ones an adventure in Crete. What fun to be wife and mum on top of being an accomplished professional woman and an inspiring friend for many. Ek weet dat jy nie ‘n regte egte voorskoot nodig het nie –...
by Alet | Mar 19, 2014 | Arts and crafts, Series 13
I am privileged to have a funky kick-boxing, song-writing, science teaching young friend who inspires me to question my own motives and to live life fully. You don’t really need an apron for preparing those stunning dishes you make from time to time, but you might...
