The Adventures of Hare and Snail
One thing about illustrating stories is your character has to be consistent throughout the book and a lot of you have seen this develop...
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Angie James
- Dec 22, 2022
- 4 min
Skint, but happy.
Spotify Playlist - Favourite Songs of 2022 (I'm adding this here, in case you don't make it to the end! and really, if I'm honest, the...
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Angie James
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
Paint Your Garden
During the Inktober challenge (which I shall post about next time) I like to set myself an extra challenge, something I want to improve...
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Angie James
- Oct 26, 2022
- 4 min
Lebe Deinen Traume.
(Live your dreams) Cantoria Spain - The Loft Travelling is relatively new to me. I've always loved the idea of visiting new countries but...
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Angie James
- May 28, 2022
- 5 min
Music was my first love...
While I was painting for the 100 Day Project last year, which was Hare and Snail paintings inspired by books I'd read, I was thinking to...
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Angie James
- Apr 10, 2022
- 2 min
Fundraising!
I thought I'd make things a little easier and create a catalogue of the paintings available for my GoFundMe project to raise funds for...
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Angie James
- Feb 7, 2022
- 3 min
Hiraeth.
The word stems from Celtic origin, dating back to the earliest of Welsh poetry , is used in Cornwall too; Hyreth. We call it 'hiraeth'...
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Angie James
- Dec 31, 2021
- 4 min
I'll Tell You All My Secrets...
(but I lie about my my past - Tango 'Til They're Sore - Tom Waits) (Edited - When I first published this post, I lost half of it due to...
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Angie James
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
An Enemy I Can See
it's a battlefield trudging through the bog bright light shining dimly through the fog there's a low voice speaking maybe a Cohen song...
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Angie James
- Nov 13, 2021
- 4 min
"I Will Find You When the Night is Over".
(The Love That Moves (The End is Beginning) - Alex Henry Foster. 'emanation' detail. Alcohol and drawing ink on canvas. It's very rare I...
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Angie James
- Nov 7, 2021
- 7 min
"I'm gonna take you down, deep down"
(lyric from 'Woke Up This Morning' - Alabama 3) I'm not entirely sure where to start, but I suppose the beginning is the most logical....
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Angie James
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
Just Living is Not Enough...
It's part of a quote by Hans Christian Anderson, the Danish author of children's stories. I was recently asked where the inspiration of...
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Angie James
- May 29, 2021
- 3 min
Gauntlet Thrown - Challenge Accepted.
And the Ass Saw the Angel - Nick Cave The #100dayproject was probably one of my biggest challenges to date. Not only was it just a huge...
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Angie James
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
"a word contained in a grain of sand"
(a quote from the song 'Palaces of Montezuma' by Grinderman) Back in 1999 I was invited to the Ayreshire Literature Festival, with a...
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Angie James
- Nov 11, 2020
- 4 min
Behind the scenes...
Word of warning, if someone asks you to illustrate the 12 Days of Christmas, you say no. Or at least think about it for a very long time....
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Angie James
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min
The Beauty of Art.
Wow! It's been a busy month to say the least. I love inktober. I love all of it's camaraderie, although some of it feels forced, but...
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Angie James
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
LA LA LA!
Finding a good supply of tools without using the internet is getting increasingly difficult. I try to keep my carbon footprint as low as...
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