Latest Paintings

Ive been adding to my collection of art materials over the past few months, and inks are one thing been adding.Ive had great fun over the past few days experimenting with them on various papers and canvas. I have found them very interesting to use , they take a while to dry  and they keep moving until they dry so you don't quite know what you will end up with.....the one above has been done on a 10in x 12in canvas..

I love the one above..its been done on a watercolour paper.....I think it looks like E.T  ....

I had play with the inks on a spare mount that had got marks on it and couldn't be used otherwise...lovely,bright and vibrant...

the colours are brighter than watercolours,,the metallic Ive used in places don't show up in the photos though..

another one done on canvas...might add some more to it tomorrow..

This afternoon I got out some acrylics to have a play...I had bought a new primer and wanted to try it out, so I used just black and white paint to create these 3 pictures....I'm quite pleased with them and will be adding them to the class subjects -monochrome is always a popular choice..look out for it on the workshop dates later in the year..

Ive added  a few birds to this one..

this one was the first one I tryed--what was going to be the sky suddenly became some snowy distant hills LOL-- and the dark water just sort of happened as well......sometimes it just happens that way!  If you want to join this workshop check out the website www.paintingmyway.co.uk

 

 

Few Spaces Left

Ive had a couple of people cancel this Saturday due to illness..so if you fancy having a go at this painting please get in touch...the canvas is 36in x 14in  and you have a choice of colours.    

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The red/orange version is always popular....

the browns and beiges have been a popular choice too.....

Yesterday " always gets great results even from first time artists....

Cant Wait!

Well after the sorting out we did yesterday with the paints etc-Bill is now going to build me some shelving to house most of my paintings and craft fair stuff!

I cant wait to get everything sorted out and in its proper place at last.
It will make life so much easier when it comes to loading the car for craft fairs and demonstrations.
The wood will be delivered tomorrow and hopefully it wont take too long to get it put up.Bill is great at DIY !
There will be spaces for the 16in x 20in up to the 36in x 36in pictures-and room for the blank ones as well.
I will be on hand to make the endless cups of tea--its about the only thing I can help with really-and I will be finishing off a few more paintings Ive sorted out and decided they need a few more little touches to complete them.

Busy Day Tidying Up !

We have had a busy day today doing a lot of tidying up different things that have needed doing for ages!

Ive managed to finish off 2 paintings that were not quite complete-and started a new background for another.
Bill in the meantime had started in the garage--blimey I didn't realise just how much acrylic paint I had!! There is bottles and bottles of it!
Trouble was they got put into various boxes when we were going to do demos,craft fairs and shows and when it came to ordering more supplies I wouldn't remember just what I did have!
Some shelves have been cleared and all the bottles are out where I can see them now--easy for me to grab and take along for the students to buy when we have a class.

I also have a big box of acrylic in tubes and a box of smaller tubes of my special effect paint.
The cupboard that some of the acrylic bottles lived in is now home to all the mediums,varnish, texturisers and other bits and bobs-all together so I can find them easily again.

The one thing that didn't need sorting today was the brushes-they are always cleaned properly and put away carefully after each painting class into the pigeon holes that Bill made for me hanging underneath the cupboard next to the sink where they are cleaned--its amazing really to think I'm still using the same brushes as when I first started my classes 6 years ago-and they are still as good as new today.I have added to them as the classes have grown in numbers but it goes to show that looked after and cleaned properly they will last many many years!

Another job that I had put off for ages was cleaning the tops of all my oil paint tubes-they don't get wiped of excess paint when I'm doing a class and it builds up on them until they get hard to unscrew!
I spent an afternoon in the dining room watching daytime telly and cleaning the tubes up-quite a therapeutic job to be honest.
They are all nice and clean and tidy and in order of colours in my work box ready for the next session!
Its been a long day but very satisfying--looking forward to more painting tomorrow!

Ludlow Slow Food

Well its not often you get something for nothing-but today we had a full english breakfast free of charge!
It was organised by the local group of Slow Food-its aims are
protecting agriculture and food biodiversity,developing food and taste education,connecting producers and consumers and developing networks. for more information you can see their website
www.slowfoodludlow.org.uk


All of the food was locally sourced-and delicious and they catered for 100 people-all free of charge to promote the worthy cause--

the strawberry and vanilla muesli was from The Ludlow Nut Company
milk was from Mawley town Farm, Cleobury Mortimer,
Bread made with flour from Bacheldre Watermill, Powys-Ludlow Food Centre

then we had beautiful
free range bacon from Tudges Butchers, Orleton, Ludlow,
Free range pork sausages from DW Walls and Sons, Ludlow,
Free Range eggs from Country Flavours, Madely, Herefordshire
Handmade black pudding from the Ludlow Food centre
home made sauces-including damson ketchup which was beautiful came from
Ludlow Jam Pan

then to follow we had some toast and a range of jams including
lemon curd,raspberry jam, lime marmalade,grapefruit and cranberry marmalade.

Everyone enjoyed it and it has certainly encouraged us to go and take a look at the Ludlow Food Centre, just out of the town--its been open a while now but we haven't made a visit there yet--we will be dropping in there this week--I must get some of the damson ketchup among other things--I don't mind paying a bit extra for quality!