Tales from the Wild Wood

I thought it was about time I resurrected this blog. I take lots of photos of the art I make with the intention of writing about it on here but so often I'm starting work on the next thing before...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2017/10/blog-comes-back-from-dead-pumpkin-store.html

Its been bears all the way for the last few months as I worked towards a show at the end of May. Some of the bears who still need homes are now on the Ursa Minor Facebook Page  The link should t...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-month-of-forgotten-projects.html

I get ideas all the time. I never know when something will just pop into my head so I have numerous notebooks scattered around the house, in hand-bags and coat pockets so I'll always have somewhe...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2015/04/it-was-crazy-idea.html

I had hoped to bounce into 2015 with the same energy I had as we finished 2014 but I was flattened by a cold virus in January that put me off my stride a bit. But I'm feeling much better now and ...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2015/02/still-alive.html

So very long since I last posted anything here. You could be forgiven for thinking I'd disappeared in Faeryland but I have been working on a whole lot of things. A whole lot of things that I just...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2014/08/busy-busy-busy-no-really-i-am.html

It was the height of summer last time I wrote. Unbelievably for the UK we were sweltering away in a heatwave and I was in a post-acrylic weird place, trying to figure out which direction to take....

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2014/01/way-overdue-update.html

I should really post more often, with deviantart and facebook I tend to forget that I've got a website too. A few little snippets of bits and pieces to show you this time. Having recovered from ...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2013/07/bits-and-pieces.html

You might have noticed that I haven't written a blog post for quite a while. I took a long break from the web starting in February because I was feeling directionless and overwhelmed by too much ...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2013/06/im-idiot.html

So here comes 2013. Where did last year go? I think I said that already, didn't I? I had to wait until the cats had worn themselves out battering fabric baubles up and down the hallway to get som...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2013/01/so-here-comes-2013.html

Just wanted to send my best wishes to all of you for Yuletide. Thank you for visiting and commenting on my site/blog over this past year. I had hoped to have a new painting to show you -...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/12/yuletide-greetings.html

It's been a while since I posted anything because, well, it's been a while since I painted anything. It's that time of year again when I catch the crafting bug. It happens every year, a bit like ...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-crafting-bug.html

As you can see I've made some major changes to the appearance of this blog. I'm in the process of transferring a chunk of the content of my Wild Wood website to this one, so that, eventually, thi...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/10/work-in-progress.html

So, I was watching Labyrinth last week. All those fabulous Froudian creations. And it got me all fired up to finish my troll. I'd been working on a few bits and pieces over the last few weeks - c...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/09/tadah.html

Well, I have made a start but, as usual, I've been a little side-tracked by other things - wrestling with CreateSpace, making miniature bears for an exhibition in September, the seemingly perpetu...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-great-august-sketchbook-project.html

I've always known that inspiration and the creative urge to make art can be fickle things. They can flit about, disappear just when you need them, refuse to cooperate at exactly the time you've s...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/07/sketchbook-of-doom.html

I suppose it was too good to be true, that I'd actually get my troll made without anything going wrong. After baking for the final time I know painting should be the next step but I was starting ...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/06/disasters-repairs-paint-and-hair.html

I've got quite a clear image in my head now of how I want my little troll to look when he's finished. Whether I can achieve that is another matter but it's finally time to work on the head... I...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/05/headology.html

As an artist I know how difficult it can be to draw and paint hands. It's one of the things that lots of artists struggle with. I know I have and still do from time to time. Get it even slightly ...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/05/sculpting-hands.html

Yup, I think it's going to be a troll... The Fimo and the armature survived its baking in tact, no burnt tape, noxious fumes or damaged ovens!! Finally I can start the sculpting proper. I go...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/05/big-hairy-troll-feet.html

The milliput I put round the hip is looking a bit dodgey but I think it'll hold for now. It's time to make some bones! yay! I was going to use ordinary white sculpey but that whole 15 minutes p...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/05/scary-stuff.html

I've realised that the 'thing' sitting on my desk looks like the demonic spawn of an orgy on Planet Clanger . But not to worry. It'll all be hidden eventually. I was itching to get the clay out b...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/05/half-baked.html

Okay, so,  I have all the things I think I might need on my desk, just waiting to go.(Yes, that is a very sorry looking sculpey Porsche 911 you can see on top of the green box. Long story - I b...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/05/okay-so-i-all-things-i-think-i-might.html

I've been eyeing up a box of Super Sculpey I've had lying in a drawer for years. "I really must do something with that," I've been telling myself. I don't really do a lot of sculpting. I haven'...

https://shonammacdonald.blogspot.com/2012/05/so-ive-got-this-lump-of-sculpey.html