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Clay Head. Woman and Bird.
I am enjoying the process of clay so much, it may become my new obsession. Of course i will always paint but i find the medium of clay so soothing and time just doesn’t exist while doing it. Luckily my … Continue reading
Learning English in a creative environment
I am an artist / art teacher and Native English EFL /ESOL/ EAL /TEFL teacher. If your child is creative and wants to learn English alongside art in a creative environment, look no further. Today my Belarusian student and I … Continue reading
Gaia and the Elements
In my etsy shop: All paintings on this blog are my copyright. Do not use without permission or payment. https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/705673508/gaia-and-the-elements?ref=shop_home_active_1
Small Acts of Liberation
SMALL ACTS OF LIBERATION. Alain de Botton It’s not necessarily a well-flagged problem: we tend to situate the risks to our happiness elsewhere – but for a proportion of us, the greatest obstacle to our flourishing lies in a high and … Continue reading
Small Acts of Liberation
It’s not necessarily a well-flagged problem: we tend to situate the risks to our happiness elsewhere – but for a proportion of us, the greatest obstacle to our flourishing lies in a high and persistent degree of inhibition. We are, … Continue reading
Thought for the day
“Everyone experiences pain and most suffer from patterns that continue to make life miserable unless something or someone intervenes. The pain we feel comes from the cross-wise energies that keep curving back and cancelling the wise self and the good … Continue reading
Blue Note
Blue Note. Latest painting inspired by Blue Note Records. In my etsy shop. Link here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/716036819/blue-note?ref=shop_home_active_1
Emma
Fields with sheep in Wittersham Gardens all misty wet with rain Her high-ceilinged house, with wooden sweeping bannisters, objets d’art, Picasso’s wife Jacqueline’s jacket, paintings, enamelled pictures and bowls, red wine at dinners, her artist parents with cigarettes and stories. … Continue reading
Lesson Plan EFL
Lesson plans using art to prompt discussion and imaginative thinking. 1. IMAGINE YOU ARE IN THE PAINTING- LESSON PLAN 2. Lesson aim: Using classic paintings to get my student talking, using descriptive vocabulary- adjectives, vocabulary expansion- similes. Expressing opinion, “I … Continue reading
