I love colours on walls, and painting the white wallpaper in our tiny spare room was the agreed testing ground for bolder projects. I first sketched out the design of the tree and raven in pencil, and then painted the sky (a combination of deep blue and purple tempera) and then the ground (ochre). Completely easy-peasy painless process , aside from the cramp in the biceps of my paint-applying arm. Originally I was going to add more detail to this – paint the tree and the raven – but now I quite like it the way it is (although I will jazz up the ground at some point).

Next project- painting skeleton leaves on a white duvet cover with fabric paints.