Now for something different.....

Spent a lovely time in the forest last week 

at Center Parcs in Longleat

Lots and lots of activity !!
(still a little saddle sore from all the bike riding !! TMI !! )

Lots and lots of eating !!

and a couple mornings of play :)

While all the boys were all out doing some serious activity stuff

I booked myself into a couple of morning crafty sessions

An Art Class

..for some water colour techniques

most if it was mixing colours !!

Then we learned how to make a basic landscape

and some clouds

Here is my feeble attempt...

The Beach

I also had a go at silk painting

I really enjoyed this...

we discovered some silk painting techniques

and made a silk wall hanging...

First we had to trace a template

I chose a pic of a

mystical mer-horse/ sea-horse creature

used gutta for the outline

then dyes to colour

and some salt and water

to create some wonderful effects

My Mystical Mer-horse

This was a lot of Fun

I will definately experiment with this medium again.

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Now I've got to catch up with all the holiday washing and ironing!!

Hubby is taking the boys off camping for a couple of days...so I am hoping to grab some serious craft time while they are away climbing mountains !

Thanks for Looking

Jan x