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Win Sunday Lunch with Santa

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The Holiday Inn are running a competition to win Sunday lunch with Santa. With a week left of the summer holidays, why not get your kids to design a Christmas card and enter the competition? [scribd id=275829917 key=key-T5ShRotgML2zoAYAdUWH mode=scroll] You have until the 30th of September 2015 to enter. Hand in your design at reception … more…

Castles, Dragons, Pirates and Vikings with Eric Heyman

Welcome to Warped Drawings Ltd, the home of Cardiff based illustrator Eric Heyman. We came across Eric’s brilliant work when he posted this sketch of a sleeping dragon below Castell Coch. Dragon sketch, sleeping Dragon below Castell Coch near Cardiff pic.twitter.com/tVW3JDlAih — ERIC HEYMAN (@Eric_Heyman) February 7, 2014 The final piece is a brilliantly imagined … more…

Kelly Cuts Castell Coch

Kelly Rosser started paper cutting just over 2 years ago. She designed her first papercut as a gift and got the bug! Kelly told me, “I set up my Facebook page within 2 months and started putting photos of designs on there. To my delight, I started getting commissions and Kelly Cuts Paper became my … more…

Paintings of Castell Coch – Part 6

Welcome to another instalment of our series featuring paintings of Castell Coch. Jian Chen The first painting is by local artist Jian Chen. Her unique style has produced a stunningly vibrant interpretation of our famous landmark. The mounted original is on sale in Jian’s Etsy shop where she also sells prints of various sizes. Jian … more…

Watercolour Classes with Alison Fennell

Local artist, Alison Fennell, is starting a weekly watercolour class at the Tanyard in Tongwynlais. Alison started painting 20 years ago after visiting an exhibition at the Tanyard. She met Arnold Lowrey and attended his beginner classes for six months. Since then, Alison has been teaching herself and experimenting with the medium. Her work has … more…