Its been a couple of weeks since I got back from my holiday in France and I’ve caught up on house and garden jobs, which means I can get back into focusing on art. And being an artist… Sometimes I have commissions to work on, and sometimes I have ideas for artwork I want to […]
The paraphernalia of old potting sheds is something of a delight to a gardener. The sight of old clay pots stacked up high awaiting this years seeds, the well remembered spades and forks for digging, the old machinery taking the toil away from back-breaking labours, and over the whole pervades an earthiness of compost and old soil, of damp hessian, and the faint […]
It’s going to take hours to do this picture. Hours of pencil drawing, hours of pen drawing, hours of watercolour painting, hours of looking at it to get the ambiance right. Hours of studying photos of it before I even start the work I’ve just described. Hours of peering into tight corners, hours of looking […]
The watercolour finished, viewed from every which way I could think of, tweaked and adjusted so that I was happy with it, I rang the client to say it was completed. We agreed a date and time for him to come and collect it and I got on with the next painting on my to […]
As it’s been a while since I did a proper painting, one from start to finish, with all the thought process’s that are involved with it, so I didn’t expect it to be easy. When I say “proper painting” I don’t mean one where I am just copying a basic scene from a photo, I mean […]
It’s been a while since I’ve had a painting that I’ve been happy about to show you. But I’ve just finished one that I’m really pleased with. The idea was to paint a simple seascape. But as in all things simple, it doesn’t seem to stay that way! I wanted to show the scene of […]
Sometimes simple things aren’t quite so simple. Or at least the illusion of them being simple is actually quite complex. MMm….. I’ll explain…………….. The other week I was asked to do a little commission of St Wystans church in Repton in the county of Derbyshire. No problem, I’m very familiar with the church and the […]
Well………..the de–clogging’s worked so far! 🙂 I had a really nice arty day today attending a local workshop on the subject of dancers and movement in watercolour. A lot of my favourite subjects covered in that one then – people, dancers, watercolour, movement, and it also incorporated “lost and found edges” which is a definite […]
I’ve enjoyed doing this painting – its been fun drawing it out, working out where I was going to hide the “s” and the “m”. I think they’re quite well hidden if you don’t know what you’re looking for, and obvious if you do – which I like, very much!! It appeals to me! I’ve […]
I spent nearly all day yesterday sorting out paintings for an exhibiton at the end of August. It doesn’t sound a lot, to sort out some paintings and fill out a form. But the problem is that I’ve not painted much new stuff for exhibitions this year as I’ve been working on commissions. I’d far […]
Well, I’m ready for it. I’ve been a long time getting myself ready for this moment. I’ve almost forgotten my promise to do it, its been so long. But, a promise, is a promise. And I so want to do it. I’ve been keeping it close to me……………savouring it. This delicious moment. When I take […]
Its always great to hear feedback regarding my artwork, especially when its hanging on another continent, and I’ve fondly waved it off to live elsewhere, never to be seen again. So I was absolutely delighted to see the final resting place of one of my queynte paintings this week. It’s in Canada, and Sweatshopsissy has […]
This is my 222nd blog post! A pretty number, I think………… if you can have pretty numbers! LOL I saw the bride and groom over the weekend. It was good to see them again, as the last time was on their actual wedding day. Two years ago. My wedding present to them at that time, […]
Well, well, well, this is my 200th blog post!!! YAY!!!!!!! But not quite my second anniversary of blogging…… Since I’ve been “fannying” alot recently 🙂 it struck me the other day that I’ve not shown you a watercolour painting I did towards the end of last year for someone who wanted it as a surprise […]
My mind’s full of the Erotica show I’m doing in a couple of weeks but as well as that I’ve had a recent commission to complete. Its nothing to do with Erotica, and isn’t in the slightest bit erotic in any way. But its been very important to do. Because its of a dead person. […]
