New paintings and regular art updates.
Name your top three pet peeves.
MY THREE PET PEEVES….
TV adverts
Musac (especially Christmas musac) in stores in July….
Stressful situations at home (that don’t have to be)
So I wrote this poem:
Take a seat
Take a seat
Brush off the leaves
Wipe away the rain
Sit down and breathe….
I went to get some tiny canvases today. I went back to the craft shop I got them from previously and spoke to the lady that runs it. She said she hadn’t been able to get anymore of them, they don’t seem to be making them now? I asked if she had other small canvases so she directed me to the right aisle. As I looked through the canvases there were 5 packets of 2 canvases per packet! I was really glad that I’d gone and looked and not taken her word for it!
I only sell them for £2 each so it’s not much of a markup. I’m effectively only getting 90 pence for something that can take a few hours painting. But I like the idea of sharing my art.
I’d played with this photo of a sunset and posted it to Facebook three years ago. I think I was mesmerised by the colours. The branches add interesting structure and the chimney and small lights show humans existence in the world. I can’t recall where I took the original photo.
I’ve sold half of my miniatures in the last couple of days, I’m only charging £2 and the canvases are 80 pence so it’s hardly a goldmine, but I’m enjoying people liking them! So now I need more of them to paint. I’ll try and get some done this week!
I think they make nice Christmas presents or stocking fillers. X
Cold, chilly, breezy
Old windows in winter
The plants cling on
To cold life
Succulents seem impervious
To the chill factor
Unlike us humans
Who shiver
And wither
Who are your current most favorite people?
It could be anyone.
It depends on what you are like?
Are you pleasant?
Do you care about others?
There are so many people
With different traits
Fantastic ideas
Idealistic behaviours.
Do you have to be perfect?
No, humans aren’t,
But if you try….
You could be a current favourite.
Today’s Exhibition was good. I put some work on display that I hadn’t shown with the group before and I got a good response. I also had small paintings for sale and I was painting a few replacements as the day went on. I was pleased to be able to paint despite my arm shaking. Somehow I managed it. I now have four new miniature canvases along with the original ones.
I had these two paintings together and I realised they both represent waves. Water waves in my copy of Hokusai’s Great Wave of Kanagawa, and the waves in the atmosphere of Jupiter with it’s Great Red spot (and they are both ‘Great’ too). If I don’t sell them I am going to hang them together if I can find the space. The Hokusai on the left flowing into Jupiter on the right. X
What are your favorite animals?
He looks small, but the floral print is really big.
I love all cats, that includes Tigers and Lions, cheetahs, snow leopards, ocelots, domestic cats, or any other form of feline. I don’t think I’d like to meet a real big cat, I wish they could be left alone in the wild. I read somewhere that there are more big cats in captivity, or kept as pets, in America, than in the wild. Our obsession with them is causing massive decline in their populations. And yet domestic cats have become pests in some countries. They have decimated wildlife and are sometimes hunted to try and eradicate them. We live in such an upside down world. Too many people pursuing too few wild animals.
David Tennant is back as the 14th Doctor Who. He’s starring alongside Catherine Tate as, Donna Noble and as usual they try and save the world.
This digital drawing was done in about 2006? I drew it at a website called Sketchfu that no longer exists, I did quite a few portraits on my old wacom tablet. I’ve always been quite proud of this one!
I love that Tennant is back for three special episodes over the next few weeks. It’s made me happy!
Mallaband-Brown