December sees the end of the term for classes - and for me everything slows down, giving me time to spend time on my own work which provides a great time for a bit of playing around and experimenting. It's also a good time to explore new ideas as well as revisiting old sketchbooks looking for inspiration for the new year. Digging around in my plan chest I came across some old experiments with earth pigments from Roussillon which were given to me by a friend on her return fro