The painting to the right is a demo I did recently for Brenham Fine Art League. Honestly, in my artistic world, nothing makes my heart sing more than introducing people to a way to embrace art. The way I see and paint is all "learnable stuff", and when people watch my demos, or take my workshops, they believe it, for I have found a way to paint and teach that makes the process understandable, efficient, and great fun. Demand for my workshops has hit an all-time high, whilst my my schedule becomes increasingly impossible, and all my faithful and 'would-be' students await... very patiently... which has created a conflict.

I have a solution...

In short, my life is one big, amazing adventure, all because of this great journey with art. It’s time for me to pass on what I know; to 'give back' in the best way I know how, and I have decided to post everything I ever learned about painting here… on my website...

ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR ANYONE... ...until I am exhausted of ideas and content! I feel it's just the right thing to do. Consider it my true gift. My wonderful website designer, Colin, is creating us a new page which will be called "Lessons With Lesley"... coming soon...

Lastly, I'd like to share here a picture of what it looks like when my heart is singing. Here I am with my dear friend 'Annick the artist' who, blind from birth, never let that stop her! Here we are making some yummy gesso pies together in Karen's Studio at Heartlift in Wigan.

Happy Christmas, Hannuka, Kwanzaa... Happy life! So stay tuned.