Had a day out at the V&A this week, specifically to see the Ballets Russe exhibition. All about Serge Diaghilev and his greatest acheivement, his dance company the Ballets Russe, this exhibition contains scenery, music, paintings, sketches and of course some costumes from the Ballets themselves. Here are some quick costume sketches of my own:

This exhibition is a fantastic mix of different creative that came together to make productions that revolutionised early 20th Century arts. It's a must see ( and a great escape from the retail frenzy of this time of year!) and is on until January 9th.

See the next post for some images from the exhibition!

Joined another life drawing session at short notice last week. The class was busy which hindered where I could stand, well were I wanted to stand anyway! On reflection this was a good thing because I had to draw the angle I got; and what I got was a twisted torso and lots of fore shortening!

I normally leave out the parts I'm not very good at (feet and heads!) but model Mark had excellent foppish hair that I couldn't resist. Still left out his face though...

Prick and pounce is a traditional method of accurately transferring a design. It is suitable for all materials, even velvet and heavier weight dark coloured materials.

Push the pounce powder through holes in your design then join up the dots with paint or pencil!

This kit includes black, grey and white pounce powder in individual screw lid storage pots, a pricker, suedette pounce pad, instructions and a free part pricked embroidery design!

Buy the kit and refills from my shop.

I am now on Twitter! I add to this website frequently and thought I could tweet the latest additons as I make them, so why not check out my page and be the first to the free stuff, first to sign up to new classes, and first to new shop stock!

Anyone who knows me knows I'm not much of a fan of Facebook (understatement!), but Twitter seems a bit more intuitive and a place to share useful happenings. I update this site regularly so why not check on Twitter to see what I've added?

Find me by searching for SarahHomfray (no spaces) or click on Sarah Homfray now Tweets!. The best bit though (unlike Facebook), you don't have to sign up to read my tweets!

Went out to a local DIY store to buy paint and came back with a book on Japanese Temari! They have a table of second hand items by the door and a bucket to give a donation to charity in exchange for the items. The book is much more interesting than the paint! Perhaps I will have a go in my copius amounts of spare time (still got my birthday skirt kit to make up).