Today i achieved all of this!

Thursday 23rd February 2012...

Too often we spend time and energy talking about things we didn't do, things that we wished we had done, or things we should have done. 

I have decided that today i would talk about something a little more positive.  

Today i have......

Completed writing my morning pages

Had a Migraine

Had a deep Bubble Bath

Ordered Food Shopping

Completed some admin

Listened to a beautiful Album

Explored my Oil Painting Kit

Read a Chapter of 'The Artist's Way' by Julia Cameron

Hung Washing out in the beautiful sunshine

Opened all the windows in the house to let the house breathe in the spring air

Begun reading 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' by Betty Edwards

Paid for a school Trip

Paid for my car repairs

Posted some eBay sales

Forgot to post a letter

Drank a cup of green tea

Helped a friend with some admin

Planned a Chinese for dinner

Not bad when you look at it is it?

Try to bring some positivity into your day.  Next time you find yourself thinking i have not achieved... Take a look at your day, you will be surprised at what you HAVE done.

Susan x x

Flower Power! Watercolour Painting Number 2

I am going to be discussing the 'Flower Power' a lot over the spring. 

Why?

Well i want to know what it means to people. 

I LOVE FLOWERS.

So to start my little project off i have had another go at painting.  Again using the Medium of Watercolour.

These flowers are purely in my imagination and not copied.

In fact i am not entirely convinced that some of these were painted with my eyes shut or slightly out of focus.  For some reason it enhances what i do.  (For potential Makeup Clients this is not how i work with Makeup... I have my eyes open for this.)

What do you think?  I can't tell you why i have chosen these colours or the shape of the petals, i can only think that the colours represent how i may have been feeling when i started.

My First Ever Attempt at a Watercolour Painting

Once Upon a Time there was a young girl who totally mucked up her GCSE options at school... (ME)

I had to choose a language between French and German.  Well obviously went for German as i really didn't like the French Teacher...

Now i had selected German as my core language; it meant that the only Arty subject that fitted in with the SET timetable was Graphic Product Design. 

Ok so Graphic Product Design was kind of Arty, but not really the kind of Art that i loved and wanted to do.  I did ok at Graphic Product Design ... Got a C, but really really sad that i did not take Art.

Did i make the right decision in choosing German over French.. NO!  Can't remember a single word!

Finally i have made it into a fairly Art linked career as a Makeup Artist, It has taken a lot of work and time. 

I am now in my mid 30's and I still really really crave and hunger the Fine Arts.  You know there is something wrong when you are having a tour of your Sons school and find your self sniffing things in the Art Block.  (Thankfully not a soul saw me; including my son who would have disowned me instantly).

I have even gone as far as looking to see if i could squeeze a Fine Arts degree into my life; got as far as talking to the Tutor.  Oh look here comes that door slamming again!!!  Sorry you need a high grade of Maths to do Art.  Perhaps you can do a Maths course instead.  WHAAATT!

Now some of those that know me may suggest that i am somewhat stubborn... I can't see it somehow, but i will not give up.

I have purchased some sketching equipment stored in a box that now lives down the side of my sofa.  Self study -  that's my idea at the moment and enjoying what happens when my pencil hits the paper, or the water mixes with the watercolours etc.  Don't even get me started on the smell.  I LOVE IT.  I will see what happens and what the reaction is to my work.

Now when you look at my work please remember the above story, Trained in Makeup Artistry not in Painting but enjoying learning.

If there are any people who do happen across my blog who may be thinking about what their GCSE options could be; really really think about it.  What is it you enjoy doing the most?

Perhaps taking Art now at my age (mid Thirties) will make me appreciate and look at things differently.  I have the experience of working with Makeup Products and textures and Faces.  So i think it will be an interesting process, perhaps one that wouldn't have shone at 15?  Bring on the Museums! 

This post is Dedicated to Joanne Dursley (She knows why.) x x

Oh here is the 1st ever Watercolour that i have painted.

Taken from my imagination!

A little bit of fresh air to blow the cobwebs away.

Hi all.

I have been stuck inside for three days with Master A (age 5) as he has been quite poorly with a high temperature and cold. To be honest we have been surviving on next to no sleep and getting quite tetchy.

Today may be the turning point. Hooray. Master A seems happier and temperature seems under control.

Therefore we decided to grab the opportunity to don some welly boots and head into the field with our dog. (who has also gone a little stir crazy). We were out for only 15 minutes before Master A started to flag.

Yes it was cold and windy but I think the fresh air has done us the world of good.




Susan Bradfield
Professional Makeup Artist

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Can someone show me how to add widgets to the sidebar.

Hi all... Me again.

Finally happy with the layout and design of my blog (For now anyway).

The one thing that i am struggling with is adding widgets or buttons to the sidebar.

For instance I know i can add a follow me on Pinterest.  It will allow me to add the code into a blog post, but this only means that the button appears in that particular blog post?  When i have tried to post them into the add Gadget section it does not recognise the code.  Am i being really stupid here and missing something obvious?  PROBABLY.

Help someone please??

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One of my favourite beauty products.

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