#artistsupportpledge

The #artistsupportpledge is an initiative by Andrew Burrows who came up with the idea f artists painting small unframed works that can be posted and are up to £200 then when they have sold a £1000 worth they have to pledge to buy another artists work. It’s so helpful and great to be discovering new artists and also helping them you can see all the paintings i have done on this dedicated page. #artistsupportpledge

#createwithnel WEEK 5 WOOD

Wednesday’s seem seem to come around so fast don’t they! I hope these challenges are keeping you busy and may be also making you think about the world in a different way or just look at everyday things in unusual ways. I am touched every week by peoples imaginations and also the are going to build things. As my old neighbour used to say to me (who was retired), when he saw me being a busy bee at the weekend, ‘Rome wasn’t built in day Nel!’ , he used to casually say while leaning on our partly wall. And I used to say ‘ But I only have a day Don! Things are a bit different now although I find my creative brain now has more time to flex it’s muscles and so the things I want to do and make keep multiplying like sour dough!

i decided to finally try to build a gate and fence for the side of our house as my effort for #createwithnel WEEK 5 WOOD. ‘Gateville’ that it has now been dubbed in our house, is on going and I am now on weekend 3 as trying to build a gate from only bits of wood we had in the shed and wooden palettes retrieved from skips on our walks, certainly makes life interesting. ( SEE PIC BELOW)As you can see from the wall that I had to attach, the left hand post to, everything I had to attach things to is all wonky, as most of our house ,as it’s old, is not very true to the vertical. But it certainly gets your brain working not to mention your muscles. Those of you who ever tried to pull a palette a part will feel my pain. So the next thing i have to work out is how to make a frame to attach the circular grill off the defunct firepit to the top of the gate and then hope to hell it’s not too heavy for the hinges or post!! so Gateville part 3 will be next week!