Mon Espace Créateur - { My Creative Space }

One of my all time favourite artists would have to be Monet. As a leader of the Impressionism movement whereby artists used small brush strokes to create an "impression" of something, his use of colours was superb! I would love to have visited his garden in Giverny, France which served as inspiration to many of his famous artworks particularly Waterlilies, but sadly had to settle for a tour of his artworks in Le Musée D'Orsay in Paris. Oh boo hoo I here you say!

I have dabbled in a little bit of painting, mostly watercolours, but marvel at those who can wield a paintbrush and oil paint with ease and perch somewhere pretty and paint the day away. Oh to have one of those dear little palettes, a linen smock...a beret...a curly moustache...Oooh I'm heading into dangerous territory now...rewind....Oh to have one of those dear little palettes and a linen smock. Much better.





Sadly, most of my painting these days is in the form of walls, skirting boards and balustrades. And the occasional toe nail overhaul! But poppet on the other hand is creating up a storm. She has discovered how she can make marks on paper with pencils, crayons and paint....and at times has transferred this knowledge to other mediums such as furniture and walls...she's gifted I'm sure! In order to live a little vicariously through mon petit artiste I made her a little linen smock. A little coloured felt paintbrush and paint, some "Frenchy" embroidery (I am an artist!....no, not me, that's what the writing on the smock says), some plastic and some vibrant binding and Bijou now has a weeny little smock to match her weeny little easel.






Perhaps my next trip to Paris might not be so far off...some of her artwork should be hanging in the Louvre!


For more creative spaces please make yourself a giant cup of tea and settle in at Kirsty's inspiring blog.