It was my birthday yesterday which was March 9 and I turned 49 but I still feel younger than that, I thought I would be much more grown up now but unfortunately not. Just my body is older. I do have more confidence and don't care so much what people think and I just wish I had had those qualities when I was much younger but what can you do?
We went for a drive to a place called Normanville on the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula. There is a small outdoor Cafe there and we had fish burgers and fish and chips which was really nice. Then we drove to Rapid Bay which is further south and this is where I took this photo. This photo is looking north back up the coast. It was quite cool and windy but at least the sun was warm. It was a great day by the sea.
I made this girl painting on Khadi 320gsm handmade paper which is quite thick and I was really happy with how she turned out. I used Paynes Grey watercolour for her top and I really like the colour. I was looking at artists on Instagram who do collage and stitching, combining fabric and paper and I was really inspired by what they do. So I decided to add stitching to the top of this girl. I was learning a lot of embroidery last year and really enjoying it. I thought I would do the French Knot stitch and please forgive my stitching because the French Knot is my weakest stitch and I'm not very good at it. The girls on YouTube make such immaculate, neat looking French Knots and hopefully one day I will be good but not today!
You can see the stitches better on this photo. The paper is A5 size.
Thank you for looking, I hope you enjoy this post!
