Latest Painting

In between all the chatting to customers today I painted this colourful new work.

Its called Curly Wurly for obvious reasons!!!!! it measures 8in x10in and will be mounted ready to frame.The cost of the painting is £30 including P+P.

I will be working on a much larger version tomorrow.

I have some lovely big canvas just waiting for something like this!!!!!

I have just spent the past hour updating all the paintings of the past week or so on the copyright site, ready for putting on my sites. its important to keep the records up to date, Sunday night is my night for doing all the sorting out ready for a fresh start for a new week.

If you need a copyright sevice I would reccommend the one I use www.protectmywork.com

Todays Craft Fair

We had a fantastic day today on the craft market.The weather was brilliant, beautiful sunshine all day.

Some of the traders didnt turn up so we had 3 stalls and was able to spread out.

I have had a commission to do something really unusual, some people have had some new doors with a port hole window in them and they want them painting with glass paint.

I am going to have a practise run on some glass and email the results to them, if they like it they will come round here and see it in real life to be sure of the colours and then I will paint them for them, I am looking forward to doing something different for a change.

Lots of customers coming for classes and another enquiry about a demonstration.

To follow On ----------

We went to Hereford this morning to find some suitable wall tiles--on the way there Bill said ''we might as well do the dining room floor as well(its joins onto the kitchen)
We found exactly what we were looking for on the wall tile front-some lovely glass mosaic tiles in black,grey and white, just the job!!!!!
On the way back to leominster Bill said'' while we are at it we might as well do the bathroom floor as well--its on the ground floor so we can have it all the same'' I had to agree, it would make sense to do the whole ground floor except for the living room--so we had to make 2 journeys to collect the tiles for the job!
It will be the perfect excuse to de-clutter the house-it has been so busy of late I havent had time to do it--I will have to be extra good now and see its done!
I cant wait to see the finished result-my best friends hubby will be helping Bill to do the work.
We are on the Craft fair tomorrow so hope the weather will be kind to us!!!!!!

Meet Holly

Isnt she adorable!!!!! Our little grandaughter is down for the weekend with her mum and dad.

She has grown so much since she was born under 2 weeks ago.

Jordan's Painting

You can see 10 year old Jordan concentrating really hard in the photo, he and his little 8 year old brother Kieron decided to put an owl in their painting, as well as some twigs on the ground, that had fallen off the tree! I love it when pupils decide to do things without being told,it shows that their imagination is working and that I have given them the confidence to express them selves!

Kierons Painting

This is 7 year old Kieron, he has made a smashing job of his very first oil painting, some very dramatic trees and a lovely sky! He decided he wanted an owl his paintng, and the result was great-a cartoon owl, he was really chuffed with the result!

He couldnt get comfortable to sign his painting and had us all in stitches as he kept changing position!

Childrens Class

Here is Paige creating her own masterpiece, she is looking very serious signing her name at the end!

Everyone seems to find that the hardest part of the whole thing-as you will see when I put on Kierons pictures !

More Pics From The Childrens Class

Here is Svanah who painted a great picture in todays class, some really spooky trees, and she tryed really hard to get her reflections right in the pond too!!! She did really well, and listened to what I told the class very carefully!

Some More Pictures from Childrens Class

This little star got more paint on herself than on the canvas-but she is only just 5 years old and Rivkah produced the most beautiful painting! David is putting the finishing touches to his painting by putting a moon in, he is only 7 years old and is Rivkahs big brother.

I have just had an email from Sarah, the childrens mum saying how much the children enjoyed their day painting with me-well all I can say to they is that they were a joy to teach and I look forward to seeing them again when they come next time with all the family!

The Childrens Class

As you can see from the photo we had some brilliant little artists in todays class!!! Jordan on the left has been to me twice before-all the others were new to it! Will post more later!!

Sparky

Been to the vets again this morning with Sparky for another long acting antibiotic and more painkillers.

He has been fighting with another cat and managed to get bitten on the other side of his rear end to last time-so he has had a matching pair of scars now!

He has been shaved off and you can see the teethmarks very clearly.

You would think he would have learnt by now.

He isnt too happy about being kept in the house, have got him another Felaway plug in to help him feel better-they are expensive but worth every penny!

Childrens Class Full

The childrens class this thursday 26th July is full--I have children coming from Litchfield, Telford and Ludlow--weather/flooding permitting!!!

We will be painting a version of ''Winter Wonderland''

The ages range from just 5 years old to 10 years this thursday-3 girls and 3 boys so a nice balanced class!!

New Painting

In between everything today, I have been doing a little more to what was a practise run for a commission I did before Christmas last year.

I still have to paint the top and bottom of the canvas but overall I am quite pleased with the result.

Its called ''night fishing'' and the little silhouette of the father and son fishing at the end of the jetty is a scene that we have seen many times when on holiday!

The picture measures 36in x6in and will be ready to post in around 3 weeks, when it is dry, top and bottom. The cost of the painting is £230 including P+P in UK. If you are outside Uk please get in touch.

Flooding

These are a few of the photos we took when in town yesterday.They are all of the area around the famous Ludford Bridge. They have been testing the bridge today to see if it is still sound after the freak weather we have had. In the first picture you can see how the water was banking up before it came under the bridge---you wouldnt belive the smell and the noise that was coming from the water.

Our hearts go out to all those affected by the terrible floods of the past few days.

Sparkys done it again!

I swear the cat knows when we have a little extra money--without fail he gets into a scrape and needs the vet!

Today we got back to find him very sore on the back end and blood all over the spare bed.

He has been fighting again with something.

He will have to go to the vets again tomorrow for anti-biotics and pain-killers.

He is feeling very sorry for his self at the moment!

Amazing!!!

This is a an amazing story--3 weeks ago Bill cleaned out our 4 ft tropical fish tank using the syphon as usual to clean all the muck from around the gravel and plants.It is pumped into a plastic dustbin and we slide it across the room and out of the patio doors on a plastic bag.Then it stays on the patio and Bill uses it to water the patio tubs.

Because the weather has been so bad of late, it has just stood there-- when Bill looked at throwing it away on Friday, he saw a movement in the water, and realised that there were 4 baby fish in there.He caught them and they lived in a coffee jar until he bought a special net so they could be returned to the tropical fish tank without being eaten by the big fish!

They are baby sword tails and they should need warmish water to survive! To think they have been out there in the rain etc for 3 weeks and survived is amazing!

They must have been hiding in the plants and been sucked up when he cleaned the tank!

Moving!!!

we have spent the afternoon helping my daughter Becki and Wayne her partner to move house.Luckily the new house is about a quarter of a mile away from the old one, so not far to lug the stuff!

We had shifted most of the stuff yesterday, but its surprising how much more there was to get today!

The picture is of their cat Lila who is trying to get to know the goldfish Magnet and Steele a little better!!!

She couldnt get near them before-looks like they have to find another place for the tank!

I decided not to do the craft fair today, my back was a bit iffy after yesterday, but I will be there next week--weather forcast permitting!!

Paintings

After finding myself with a free morning after all the floods, I decided to do some tweaking of some of my previous paintings.

There was just a few bits annoying me in each of these Winter Walk paintings!

I just altered the paths a little bit and added a bit more snowy foliage and Im very please with them now!

To Cheer You Up!!!

My sister has sent this link--it will cheer up the most miserable day!!!
Watch it with the sound turned up! http://joe-ks.com/archives_may2005/Elastic_Baby.htm

CANCELLED

Due to Ludlow being cut off from the outside world with floods, I have had to take the decision to cancel the class.
I had people coming from Dudley, Shobdon,Leominster, Hereford and Telford. Luckily I caught Brian from Dudley as he was leaving. He must be keen, he was quite prepared to take a chance on the roads being passable.
The class has now been arranged for Saturday 4th August.