‘Harriet the Hedgehog’ pub painting

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026Leave a comment

Hi 👋 My latest UnicornPostbox blog post is progression photos of an amateur Easter inspired hedgehog pub painting…hope you like!

First of all, we painted a beige peach sort of shape in the middle of the horizontal canvas, adding little beige ears. The painting then resembled a lion cub, I thought, as we incorporated the brown spikes; like a mane. Using our small brush, we created white acrylic highlights and gave a lighter, creamy texture to certain parts of the face. Easter yellow, purple and blue pastel spikes really jazzed it up, as well as cute thickly painted flowers and abstract splodges, literally flicked onto the canvas. This step is always so much fun! I gave Harriet white whiskers, a lighter shade of brown defined her ears – also black features, such as a cute button nose and cheerful smile, made her especially elegant… This was a lovely project, although she’s amateur, I still think she’s rather adorable 🥰🥰 The pub painting classes are always so enjoyable, with cheesy music, a glass or two, joy and laughter all round 😃 And here is my finished artwork:

For my next blog posts in the next month or so, expect diamond arts 💎 🎨 , a travel blog, and theatre review for sure 🥰

Thank you as ever for taking the time to view/read. Much love, and happy Easter, Lauren xx

‘Dorothy the Donkey’ pub painting

August 22, 2025August 22, 2025Leave a comment

Hi everyone! My latest UnicornPostbox blog post is progression photos of a pub painting wonky donkey I painted on Tuesday… hope you like! 🥰🥰

This time Becca, the teaching artist, decided to outline the shape of our donkeys on the canvas, as apparently otherwise it could have gone drastically wrong, haha 🤣 For some strange reason the background looks more a crimson red but it is actually a bright bold pink. It must have been the lighting. The eyes were first two brown simple circles until we added white dots and girlie eyelashes. The mouth, with its grey shades and black features, inclined to look like ‘Jack Skellington’ from ‘A Nightmare Before Christmas’ (I can’t unsee it now!) 🤣 🎄 We incorporated thick brown brush strokes for the mane and fringe, and fluffy ears. Brown block colour first for the head and body. Then it was very free and expressive the strokes for the fur, with our medium brush, starting off with darker tones of brown to light brown, to white. More white definition around the eyes, and more block colour to the background, and hey presto, the painting was complete 🥰🥰

Although in some ways a more challenging pub painting, it was great fun 😄 We have an extra ‘Sunflower’ pub painting this month, it’s tonight actually, so watch this space 😜

I am also to start a ‘Keanu Reeves’ and ‘YungBlud’ pencil portrait, and there will probably be another diamond art 💎 🎨 or two before the next pub painting in October for Halloween 🎃

Thanks as ever for reading/viewing. Lots of love, Lauren xx

‘Pretty peacock’ diamond art

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024Leave a comment

Hi everyone! My latest UnicornPostbox blog post is progression photos of a diamond art peacock 💎🎨 🦚 Hope you enjoy! 😊

It took me absolute weeks to complete this diamond art! It takes so long but is incredibly therapeutic. I am in love with the finished piece, with it’s gorgeous bright colours 🌈 and charming sophistication 😁

My next diamond art is a cute turtle 🐢 and the next pub painting is a Halloween themed Van Gogh starry night, but with pumpkins! 🎃 🎃

So keep a look out 😜😜

Thank you as ever for reading/viewing! Many thanks, Lauren xx

‘Georgina the giraffe’ amateur pub painting

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024Leave a comment

Hi everyone! My latest UnicornPostbox blog post is progression photos of a cute giraffe 🦒 Hope you enjoy! 😁

We started off with yellow acrylic paint for the long giraffe neck. Then, we lightly outlined the shape of the giraffe head and ossicones (posh technical term for horns, ha!) We filled this with colour. At this point the painting looked kind of like a yellow ogre! 🤣 Quite a few others, especially newbies, started commenting ‘Oh no, what’s happening here?’ with regard to their painting. Me and my friend Denise just said ‘don’t worry, trust the process’ 😁 We then used brown paint for the famous spots, and ears etc and a base for the eyes. Next, I added watery brown shading to certain areas, and contrastingly defined lines in black. I think the most adorable aspect of ‘Georgina’ however is her gorgeous heavily painted and flicked eyelashes 😍 What a beauty! And here is the finished amateur art piece…

To be honest, this is my favourite of all the pub paintings I’ve done! I think ‘Georgina’ is a very pretty giraffe 🦒🦒 I can’t wait for the next one next month. It hasn’t been announced yet what the theme will be, so just keep a look out 😜

I think my next blog post will be a ‘Stitch’ Disney diamond art 💎🎨 I am doing for my lovely friend Chelsea

Thank you as ever for taking the time to read/view. Much appreciated, thank you, Lauren xx

‘Timothy and Tina – two turtles’ amateur pub painting

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024Leave a comment

Hi everyone! My latest UnicornPostbox blog post is progression photos of two amateur turtles, pub painting.. hope you enjoy! 😄😄

We started off with a complete navy blue background 💙 incorporating at the top white and light blue shimmer streaks to replicate the sunlight shimmering down…The ocean floor bed was silhouetted with dark blue/black… Then dark green seaweed was added, highlighted with white… Also fluorescent glow in the dark pink and orange coral/clams/shells were introduced, really cool! 😎 After black silhouettes, hexagonal shapes were outlined on the turtle shells 🐢 the features more defined with dark green / light blue shimmer and white to illustrate where the light touches 🐢… and here is the finished painting…

I realise I’m not the best painter in the world, but I find it very therapeutic. I’m so glad our pub painting art teacher is back! (Since the start of the year, she was teaching art on a world cruise with her fiance, living the dream!) It’s very sociable the pub painting sessions, me and my friend Denise love it 😀

The next pub painting in May is a giraffe 🦒 I’m well looking forward to it because I love giraffes! 🦒 Becca is also going to offer a free oil painting introduction soon too and her fiance, photography lessons, so that’ll be fantastic! 😄💕💕

I also have a couple of diamond arts to start; one of ‘stitch’ (lilo and stitch) for my friend Chelsea and a gorgeous sunset diamond art 💎 🎨 So watch this space!

Thank you as always for reading/ viewing..much love, Lauren xx

‘Leonardo the lion’ 🦁 Diamond art

February 18, 2024February 18, 2024Leave a comment

Hello everyone! My latest UnicornPostbox blog post is progression photos of a lion diamond art! Hope you enjoy! 😁😁

And here is the finished piece:

I love all the different tones and colours. This one took me weeks and weeks to do, I started it before Christmas! 🤶🎄 To be fair though, I haven’t been doing it consistently, with many breaks in-between. I do find them very therapeutic though

My next two diamond arts are a gorgeous sunset and a ‘stitch’ character diamond art I am doing for my friend. She loves ‘stitch’ so much she has a recent tattoo on her arm!

I am possibly going to Hull theatre next month to see ‘Shrek – the musical’ with my best friend Robyn for my birthday 🎂🥳 So if I do so, please look out for another theatre review 😜

Also, in spring, my art teacher is coming home after teaching on a world wide cruise (and getting engaged 💍 I’m so not jealous!) so expect another pub painting come April..

Thank you so much as ever for reading/viewing. All the best, Lauren xx

‘Lucian the Lion’ amateur acrylic pub painting

August 9, 2023August 9, 2023Leave a comment

Hi everyone! My latest UnicornPostbox blog post is progression photos of an amateur acrylic lion painting, painted at pub painting… hope you like! 💕💕

We started out sketching the facial features with watered down paint. From there, we began the brown mane, a cream for the face, and layered cream onto the brown mane. We used a fantastic glow in the dark orange paint to really add character and expressiveness. White whiskers, black and gold shimmer eyes, gold shimmer in the mane and… shazam! 🦁🦁

I think this one is one of the most technical and challenging pub paintings, with quite a lot of detail to incorporate… but the end result isn’t too shabby! 🦁🦁

The next pub painting is a colourful peacock, so really looking forward to doing that one! I’m also on with a ‘tree of life’ diamond art, and perhaps some upcycling projects!

Thank you so much as ever for reading/viewing!

Catch you soon, Lauren xx

‘Penguins in love’ amateur acrylic painting

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023Leave a comment

Hi everyone, thanks for checking out my personal blog! My latest post is progression photos of an amateur acrylic painting of two love struck penguins, created this month at pub painting..hope you enjoy! 😀

I must be honest, out of the other three pub paintings I’ve done, I found this the most challenging..when it came to silhouetting the two love birds anyway, lol.. but although I am only an amateur artist, I think they’re a little bit cute, hehe…I’m looking forward to the next session in a month’s time with my friend Denise! 😀

And here are the finished ‘Penguins in love’🐧🐧 💙💙

Thank you so much for reading/viewing, and keep an eye out for my next artistic project blog post..

Lots of love, Lauren xx

‘Eliana the Elephant’ diamond art progression photos

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022Leave a comment

Hi everyone! My latest blog post is progression photos of an Elephant diamond art. Hope you like!

Diamond (or crystal) art is so fun and therapeutic, although it takes forever and a day to complete, hehe. I’ve been on with this one for a number of weeks. Elephants are my favourite animals, they’re so beautiful. It’s lovely to sit in my little art room at home, listening to music and completing the diamond art… And here’s the final piece:

I have a few projects to do next for the Children’s Air Ambulance; a white gloss cabinet, some decoupage tables and painting/creating a drafts table.. so I’ve plenty to keep myself occupied lol 😆

Thank you as always for taking the time to read/view my blog post!

Kind regards, Lauren xx

Casper the Cosmic Wolf diamond art – progression photos

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022Leave a comment

Hi fellow bloggers / followers, my latest blog post is progression photos of a cosmic wolf diamond (crystal) art, with over 6500 jewels. I hope you like…

With there being over 6500 jewels, you can imagine it’s very time consuming to complete a diamond art; it is however greatly therapeutic. It’s lovely to put my music on and enjoy the creative process. Moreover, it is deeply satisfying once the art piece is complete. I donated it to the Children’s Air Ambulance 🙂 🙂 Here is Casper!

I’ll look now at purchasing some more diamond arts, either from the Range again or online…

My third upcycling project for the Children’s Air Ambulance is a storage book I mentioned previously, to which I’ve already decoupaged and painted. So watch this space! Likewise, I’m going to get knitting hats / scalves etc for refugees, I think that’ll be a lovely thing to do 🙂 🙂

As always, thanks so much for reading /viewing 🙂

All the best, Lauren xx

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