The Crafty Cat Art Club

Overdue post and excited to be sharing some of the work I have had the opportunity to create at the The Rowdown Inspire to Aspire Foundation Art Masterclasses with some brilliant little people and Ros Troop

Very very sad to say “bye” 😪 but so pleased I can pass on the reigns to the wonderful Hue and Bristle by Ginny Singh 💖

And... I’m back teaching!!! 😁 1st one-to-one class after TWO WHOLE YEARS and just realised how much I’ve missed it!
Absolutely buzzing after a great class and a very happy customer 😊

After 18 whole months, this happened on Saturday! 🐼🎈

First group session in that long and these brilliant, beautiful little people eased me right back in! It was funnnnnn!

and surrounding areas!

Evocative and emotive - expressed excellently via an eclectic choice of colour... just so brave and beautiful! 💜💙🤎🙌🏼

🔊 Calling all my Crafty Cats (and not!)... The inspiring is calling artists young and old from anywhere and everywhere🌏 to include art and writing for their The Dear 2021 Project.

Entries will be included in their zine which is to be published in the spring.

You can find all of the details of the project here: https://dear2020.writesparks.co.uk/dear-2021-zine/

The closing date for submissions is Sunday 7th March and each submission needs to be sent with a signed consent form, which can be found at the link above.

It’s free to enter and open to writers and artists of any age, living anywhere! (Did I say that again! 😬)

**Artwork by Isabella, 13


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by Isabella (age 13)

Boxed in behind a 4ft x 2ft board, working away on a greyer-than-grey day 🌫 when I looked under and beyond my board to see my beautiful teenager - completely engrossed and creating this beauty... so inspired and very impressed!!

🌈❤️

{be still}

Got sent this earlier today just when things were feeling a bit difficult.

Painted by Elodie (Age 9)

Blown away by the colours used and just how much serenity it radiates. Went hunting for something which might help us all and especially now...

Stillness is
where
creativity
and
solutions to
problems
are found.

~Eckhart Tolle

Happy happy happy birthday to the incredible little lady who created this!! 💖

Hope you have a wonderful day Grace 🥳

What fantastic drawing!! I also love the contrast of her bright, happy dress against the dark, ominous background 👏🏼👏🏼

by Elodie

Beautiful blue-skied monday to you all! 💙🌞

Loving the smudgy clouds ☁️☁️ and the colour gradient to give the mountains ⛰ a sense of perspective. Oooh, and the dry brushing that represents foliage. Very well done Elodie 👏🏼👏🏼

Bright day, gorgeous brighter painting! 🐙🦑
Super texture, shading and 3D looking tentacles!! Well done, Juliet!! 👏🏼👏🏼❤️

If you’re out and about in Caterham, please look up 👀when you get to Costa and Clarks at The Church Walk Shopping Centre.

Hope the colourful sea life 🐟🐠🐡🐙 will bring you some cheer on this utterly gloomy Sunday.

Made from household plastic waste by children and some adults in the community to remind everyone of what plastic is doing to our planet.

Our CHILDREN (certainly) NEED A FUTURE.

This project has expanded and contracted several times over the last few weeks with impending COVID restrictions but it’s a relief to get the ball rolling and to have part 1 of hopefully many parts of this campaign up and exhibited for public viewing.

The virus has been all consuming but my environmentalist friend and colleague Fiona Hoppe and myself have made a commitment to make this very important awareness project grow and want to take it as far and wide as possible.

It certainly would not have been possible without the heartwarming support we received from you, my street, my town, my community.

Super special thanks to... Joan Tolman for giving us her time and expertise, Eleanor Osman from 101 Craft House for all those excellent fish and endless support ❤️, Caterham Valley For You for all their support and pesky paperwork help, Natasha Nicolaou for love and transport ❤️, 1st Woldingham Rainbows 🌈 for your brilliant beautiful contributions, Caterham Round Table and wonderful Mr. Jenkins from Caterham Rotary. https://www.facebook.com/thewestwaycentre/ for the awesome support and building room, https://m.facebook.com/churchwalkshoppingcentre/ The Church Walk Shopping Centre for of course giving us the all important exhibition space and supporting the cause. https://www.facebook.com/CaterhamIndependent/ our fantastic local paper for supporting the cause and spreading the word.
My past and present students and supporters of The Crafty Cat Art Club and of course... the Caterham super hero himself - Andy Parr 👊🏼

Hope the rest of your Sunday is a good one and even with lockdown looming and what the implications of that might be, take care of yourselves and hope you are able to still find joy in the small things.

Wishing you love and light always, P x