Little commission

Posted on November 26, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Commission, Dinosaur, Drawing, Fine Art, grandchildren, minature, mini canvas, Sketch, stegosaurusLeave a comment

What have I got to paint…..

It’s a tiny matchbox sized canvas. I painted a pink rabbit for a lady’s grand-daughter while I was at our annual exhibition today. Since I managed that I then was commissioned to paint a dinosaur for her grand-son. Help! I managed the rabbit, after all they are quite like cats with a longer, deeper snout. But there was no WiFi in the hall so I had to say I would do this one at home. I will have to Google what they look like, in the meantime I sketched it out to remind me to do it!

Cycling

Posted on November 25, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Bike, Broken, Car, collapsed, Cycling, Driving, head injury, Life, Memory, Sad5 Comments

I was thinking about when I used to cycle several years ago. I used to be able to ride for miles. Unfortunately I was knocked off my bike and sustained a head injury. When I recovered I carried on cycling, but I did not know the brazing on the front of the bike had been damaged. I was cycling up a hill when the headset and down tube seperated. The front wheel bent forward and the forks collapsed!

I decided to have the bike repaired as I only have short legs, I’d tried getting a new bike, but it wasn’t the right size or shape of frame. Unfortunately the bike shop I took my bike to was a little disorganised. They lost the frame for a year. I didn’t have a bike, so I took driving lessons. By the time I got the bike back I had a job that I had to commute to, so I used the bike less and less. I eventually gave up. I keep thinking I will try and get on my bike again, but my hips and back are too stiff…. Life, sometimes it really gets you down.

Wild

Posted on November 25, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Animals, Frogs, Life, Meditation, Nature, Poem, Poetry, toads, Water, Weather, Westport lakeLeave a comment

Wild birds

Wild land

Flowers and sedges

Bullrushes

Frogs and toads

Dragonflies

Watery world

Weathered fences

Water voles swim

A meditation on Westport Lake

A little jigsaw

Posted on November 25, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Box, envelope, Fine Art, Jigsaw, Life, Painting, Poppy, Present, Print, Printing, Wild flowersLeave a comment

One of my paintings has been turned into a little jigsaw by the gallery I have it in. I need to decide whether to order a few off them. I’d like to get some flat boxes to put them in so I can have a picture on the front of the box. Probably unrealistically expensive but I think it would look nicer in a box than just a plastic bag? I need to find out about sourcing something. Maybe a strong envelope?

A dear friend

Posted on November 25, 2022 Posted in Cat, Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Black and white cat, Cat, Fine Art, Friends, Loved, Painting, Portrait, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

I painted my cat sitting at the top of the stairs behind a flower pot several years ago. I just saw this on my Facebook memories as I no longer own the painting. She was a very loving cat and lived to at least twenty years old. (She was a stray when we took her in). She was very clever and used to ride on my shoulders when I walked round the house or the garden. I’ve painted and drawn many of my cats but she was the one I painted the most. X

New work at Harper Street

Posted on November 25, 2022November 25, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged abstracted landscapes, Art, experimental fine art, Fine Art, Gallery, Harper Street, Middleport pottery, New work at the gallery, Painting, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

I’ve just taken some of my paintings up to the Arts and Minds Gallery at Harper Street in Middleport. It’s opposite the Middleport pottery entrance. Some of them had been on show at Etruria, and one of them is an abstract painting of Jessie Shirleys Bone and flint Mill at Etruria Industrial Museum in Stoke-on-Trent. This is because the museum has reduced opening times in the winter and I wanted to show my work to a larger audience.

Fish..

Posted on November 24, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Drawing, Felt pens, Goldfish, Prompt, Sketching, world record6 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was fish. I drew a Sixty Seven pound goldfish caught in a lake in the UK this week. It was the largest one ever caught. I think it was a world record weight. It was released back after it was weighed. Quite difficult to draw in felt pen, the colours are a bit off and I should have done a better job of the background.

Dog drawing

Posted on November 24, 2022November 24, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white drawing, Dog, Drawing, fine line ink pen, Life, Sketching2 Comments

Sketch I did of a friends dog. He’s a cross between a Husky and a Spaniel. He looks like a giant Corgi, because his legs are a little short in relationship to his body and he has a curly tail. He’s a real personality and is called Rassie or Rasputin. He’s very handsome and dark grey and white. I drew the outline when we met him on the back of an envelope then redid it and added shading at home.

David

Posted on November 23, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, David, Davinci, Felt pen, Fine Art, Marble, Michealangelo, Renaissance, Sculpture, SketchingLeave a comment

Tuesdays #bandofsketchers prompt was Marble. I thought of drawing glass marbles but then saw a programme about Michealangelo last night. It had information about the rivalry between Davinci and Michealangelo. I didn’t know both had Sculpted David. So I drew the bust of David that I found on the Internet. I used felt pens so it’s not really smooth enough. Fifteen minute sketch.

Got mini canvases!

Posted on November 23, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Exhibition, Fine Art, Fun, Life, minature paintings, mini canvases, Painting, Saturday6 Comments

I went and got some mini canvases today (small matchbox sized) I’m going to paint a few of them but I may do some on Saturday at the exhibition. It will help keep me occupied….

I haven’t been able to do many craft fairs this year so this is a bit of an opportunity to share my work. I haven’t decided what paintings I will be showing. I’ve got too many!