Morning Mist

Morning Mist

Painted in oils onto a staple free box canvas, this painting is very atmospheric. Swirls of fog surround the tree and bushes in the early morning.

The canvas is staple free and all of the edges are painted to give a contemporary feel. It is strung and ready to hang .

It is one of my recent works,and so is still wet but will be ready to post in around two weeks time--15th Aug onwards.

It measures 20 cm x 50 cm.

The cost of postage and packing in UK is included in the price.

If you are outside Uk please get in touch. £65.00

Class of August 9th--Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland is a popular subject--we use a black canvas to start with--something I find is easier for some students who are particularly nervous!

You will learn to use several techniques, brushes and other materials .
This painting is suitable for all abilities from first timers to more experienced artists.
If you would like to join this class please get in touch via the website http://www.paintingmyway.co.uk

Please note there are only 4 places left for this class

Jake

As you can see Jake has settled in very well with us.

He really is a laugh a minute-the sounds he does are crazy--fire engines,telephones etc.

He whistles the Mc Donalds theme tune perfectly.

When he coughs and sneezes its so realistic its unreal. He does a real smokers cough!!

He says lots of things too-''get down Jake'' ''good boy Jake'' and all sorts of thing.

At the moment he doesn't say much when we are in the room but as soon as we go out into the hall or kitchen he starts off. Yesterday we were stood in the hall listening to him, Bill started laughing and immediately Jake copied his laugh perfectly-its a bit spooky when you hear it.

Paddy is a bit miffed that Jake can produce so many sounds-maybe he will learn some of the things from him!

Its going to be a long job introducing them to each other--it has to be done very slowly so they dont get stressed.

At the moment they are at different ends of the sofa in their cages so they can both see each other but at a safe distance.

I think life is going to non stop fun with this new addition!!

Birches

Painted across 3 canvas each measuring 20 cm x 50cm this artwork will look great on any wall. Each canvas has been painted on all sides and has been coated in 3 coats of artists varnish to protect it. The paintings have been very popular with people this past year, they are every atmospheric to look at, and you can see different things in the backgrounds of each one!

This work will be protected with 3 coats of varnish before posting.

the price is £200 including P+P in Uk

please get in touch viahttp://www.paintingmyway.co.uk

BIG Canvas!

I have treated myself to some giant canvas-some are 5 ft and some 4ft.They are stored on the landing at the moment as we are short of space!
Im itching to get started on them and will be painting one of the 5 ft ones later today.Its going to be interesting working this big-the problem is where is it going to live while drying!!
The house is full of canvas-all shapes and sizes-we could do with an extension to keep them all in!
I will post the work in progress on here a-if I remember to take the photos-I tend to get carried away when I am painting and forget to take the pics.

Changes In the Garden

There are going to be some big changes to the garden.Bill has decided that its not worth trying to grow vegetables on the bottom level of the garden.Its such a lot of work and the results were quite disappointing last year.So he is going to turn it into a flower garden instead.We have been and bought a lovely weeping willow tree and loads of plants to put in, but the first major job is to make some new steps down to the level, like the ones we have from the first level to the second.The original steps are very steep and I didn't like going up and down them.So Bill is going to make some new ones.The bricks and concrete have been delivered and its just a matter of getting it done now.Its not a quick job but it will be lovely when its done.

Class Cancelled

I made the decision yesterday to cancel today's Winter Wonderland class.
The weather forecast was absolutely awful and as the people who were coming had a far distance to travel I was happier cancelling than risking them travelling.
When I spoke to them they said it was fine, they were getting nervous about the trip anyway.
This is only the second time I have done this in 4 years, but better safe than sorry.
I am re-booking them into another class in May, I have no spaces left until then.

So I am having a lazy day, catching up on the website updating-have joined another 2 sites to sell my paintings on and am going to take a look at the local art society exhibition later today.
Its blowing a gale here today and the radio have been giving out weather warnings and telling people not to travel unless its necessary, so I know I made the right desion to cancel the class.

Inspiration!!!

I am always out and about with my camera looking for something interesting to paint, the bottom 3 images I took earlier this week from Whitcliffe common, overlooking Ludlow.
Its pretty sensational.The big majestic Ludlow Castle dominates the view , but then turn slightly to your right and St Laurences Church comes into the picture with Clee Hill behind.
Now all I need is the time to paint all this beautiful scenes!

class for May 31st--Spirit Of The Falls

A very mystical painting--"Spirit of the Falls" is painted onto a black background which makes it a great painting for first timers and more experienced artists.
The waterfall paintings have been some of the most popular ones to date.
Please get in touch via the website if you would like to join the class.
www.paintingmyway.co.uk
Check out my 'snaps' pages on my site to see all my happy students with their paintings---you will see that many of my students come back time after time--my classes get booked up very quickly and I have a waiting list for some subjects.
The classes are very friendly,laid back and informative at the same time- great fun and a beautiful painting to take home as well!
Take a look at my Guest book on the website to see what the students have to say about the classes!
I have kept my prices the same for the past 4 years--£35 which includes all materials used in class. We paint on a high quality box canvas which does not need framing-although if you wish to do so we supply a lovely frame to match your painting for just £12. Great Value!

Updated classes dates--April 5th

I am introducing this painting to the class of Saturday 5th April.It is called "Eternal Dawn" It is a scene from the top of Titterstone , Clee Hill nr our home.
It is suitable for all ages and abilities including first timers!
If you are interested in joining this class please get in touch via
www.paintingmyway.co.uk

Slide Show Of Some Of My Work

http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=25677&Tab=SlideShow
If you click on the link you will be able to see a slide show of some of my work
I hope you enjoy seeing just how many different subjects I paint!!
Its on one of my sites called Art Wanted which is an american site-hence the prices being in $ instead of £.

Class for April 12th

Todays class is going to be another advanced class for people who have been to me before.They will bring their own picture that they want to paint.Any copyright free picture they want. I will supply the materials and will help them through it.I will have a selection of my own pictures there for them to do if they have been unable to find something suitable.

FROM SMALL ACORNS

Here are some of the pics from the start of the "from small acorns " exhibition.

Chip came down from Telford with his lovely owner Sharleen,you can just about see him in the company van-watching every move we made while filling the back of it up!

Many many thanks go to Sharleen for all her help(and Dennis)

Some of the other pics are of the paintings I have put in--I have not shown the rest of the paintings because I DO NOT WANT THE STUDENTS TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE JAN!!!!!

look forward to seeing you all tomorow!! lots of love Di x

Waterfall class

We had a lovely relaxed class today.

Everyone had been before to my classes and some had met each other at previous classes.

We didn't get started painting right a way-as usual in the classes we all have to put the world to rights first-then Jan finished preparing the canvas with linseed oil for me while I checked that we all had the correct colours on the palette!

We had some beautiful waterfall's , each one different to the rest-its always amazing just how different they can be-just a little more pressure on the brush when putting in the waterfall can completely change the finished effect.

The sky's were very dramatic , some did not need a moon adding in at the end-they already looked like there was a moon behind the clouds!!!

Jan's and Jacks were really striking skies!

Everyone is getting excited about the forth coming exhibition--many thanks to Sharleen for offering to pick up Jan and bring her to the opening night-

I have ordered the extra frames that students want for their paintings and they will be ready for the exhibition.

Visit to Stratford

We had a lovely time looking around Stratford Upon Avon in the week. They were busy putting up the christmas lights in the streets, it looks like it will be a beautiful sight when they are lit up!

The giant teddy bear was just gorgeous,he was standing outside a teddy bear shop funnily enough!

We went for a nice stroll around the park next to the Royal Shakespeare Company and the young swans thought that Bill had some goodies in the bag for them--unfortunatly it was just some new painting materials!!

Some fun sites!

Have just found 2 interesting sites you might like--the first one is hilarious www.eyegas.com/attackofthesprouts
and the 2nd one donates a grain of rice to starving children with each correct answer.It soon mounts up so give it a go . www.freerice.com

Tomorrow

We are on the craft fair tomorrow, lets hope that the weather keeps fine.We are having a different stall, to usual, the old one was quite exposed to the elements. We will be on the opposite side to normal and we will extend the stall backwards, as we do on the sunday, so we have lots of room for all of the stands and loads of paintings.

Good Idea Bill !!!

I always clean the brushes out in the garage sink after a class/one 2 one etc.

It has been getting a little cluttered up out there lately cos Im not the most tidiest of people, and the brushes have been hanging around on the draining board til they have dryed out completely.

Bill has said for a while that we need something to put the brushes into straight away after they have been cleaned, then they can dry out thougherly, then they are ready to put into the individual boxes for the classes.

Simple but effective, he knocked up this storage unit for the brushes this afternoon while I was doing the one 2 one with Penny!

I can put the brushes straight into there as soon as they have been cleaned in the odourless turps and cleaned in the brush cleaning soap and dryed , and they are ready to put into the boxes for the classes. So much easier -thanks Bill xxx

I have just replaced all the scriptliner brushes that we use in the classes with new ones and the old ones I will keep for when we do acrylic classes. The new brushes are also available for sale for just £3.50p including P+P

I also have a new stock of painting knives that will be on sale for just £4.50p including P+P-they sell out as fast as I get them in-once people see just what can be done with them , they all want one!!!

BIG HUGS FOR SHARLEEN AND CO !!!!!!

Loads and loads of great big hugs for Sharleen -one of my students, who has designed and printed the invites for the private viewing and the posters for the ''From Small Acorns'' exhibition.

Me and Bill would have been days sorting that out! We still are not the most computer literate of folk, the computer is a necersary evil as far as Im concerned!

Sharleen has made a fantastic job of doing the invites and posters and we are chuffed to bits with the result!

YOU ARE A STAR!!!!!!!

Also a great big thanks to Penny who is going to supply some of the cheese for the ''private viewing'' She is so enthusiastic about the whole thing--she cant wait to get her paintings on display to the general public!!!

Its great when all the ideas come together, it literaly started out as a small acorns sort of thing and has grown and grown to be this great big oak tree!!!