Dbee Robinson Artist - The Fat Struggling Menopausal Artist

For months I have been entering the Friday Forty to win tickets to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child . This week was my lucky week... I won discounted tickets to see both parts of the play for two people. Total cost £80 and I'm told they are good viewing seats too!! How lucky was I, and of course the person I intend to take! After some googling it seems you can't take snacks in, I do hope they let me take my water in. I use a refillable bottle I purchased so I will be upset if they confiscate it as some reviewers and bloggers have said. Anyway, I'm too excited to care. I re read the book yesterday, yup I read the whole book in a day so no painting got done which is a little naughty I know but its really rare I sit and have some 'ME' time, no matter what people think I do all day at home. Guan Yin test piece 2 So I had better stop typing and get painting. Today i'm trailing how to do a Buda / Guan Yin painting for a friend. (My friend and I saw ...

Today I am wearing my Harry Potter 'Dobby has no master' socks.  WHY? I hear you ask! Is it because I do not have a lord and master, and I am free? .....NOPE! Is it because I have done something wrong? .....NOPE! ....Well not that I know of anyway. Is it because I can materialise in different places or make Elf magic? .....NOPE!  (Although my Grand Daughter called me a 'Dream Maker' recently.) Is it because I am small and wrinkly and seem to spend my day serving and clearing up after other people? .....Possibly Ha ha!!  No! It's simple!  ....I am ironing wth a bag of ice strapped to my fingers as I am so tired, I just ironed my hand. Just like poor Dobby. ( click here to see the Dobby scene in Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets.)  Dobby the house elf Sadly though, the bag of ice keeps splitting and melting all over my ironing so it's taking ages just to iron a t-shirt as I have to iron it more to dry it out!! ...