Thumb painting?

Posted on February 22, 2025 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, detergent, dried, Fine Art, Oil, Oil paint, Paint, Painting, stains, Thumb, turpentine2 Comments

Squeezing a tube of paint for today’s picture and the top of the tube was blocked. I tried to gouge the piece of card stuck to it and paint squirted out all over my hand! I cleaned most of it off but then thought it would be interesting to take picture of my thumb….

It’s an occupational hazard, that and getting paint on my clothes too. I managed to get blue paint on my top. Most of the paint I use is waterbased, like acrylic, but if you don’t wash it off quickly it can dry and form a skin of plastic on your clothes. In the case of oil paints, they stay wet for longer and can be cleaned by wiping off the excess with a cloth or paper towel, then using synthetic turpentine to dissolve the oil paint and wash it out with detergent.

Small abstract

Posted on June 9, 2024 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, Art, Colour, Fun, Gift, Metallic, modelling paint, Painting, Small paintingLeave a comment

Small abstract swirling wave pattern I gifted to someone last year. She has it on display. I don’t remember it being so metallic but it may be the lighting she has used.

I had some modelling paste that I used to build up the surface and make an impasto effect before painting over it. I guess it could crack if it was bumped or knocked. I do love experimenting.

My old painting found!

Posted on May 4, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, Art, board, Canvas, Found, Life, Memory, not fine art, Oils, Painting, Pattern, Sketching4 Comments

I don’t remember painting this but it must be several years old. I don’t know what I was thinking when I did it. I certainly wouldn’t do this now! It’s too blousy, but it’s got my characteristic patterns. Anyway it was discovered when someone was having a clear out of stuff so perhaps they were not that impressed either. I’m not sure if it’s on canvas or board and it could be when I was still painting in oils. I will have to see. I’d call it a sketch not fine art…..

Pawprints 🐾

Posted on March 28, 2023 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged accidentally, Acrylic, Cat, cat with paint, footstool, Life, pawprints, Paws, SplodgeLeave a comment

Footrest with paint pawprints. The cat jumped onto my pallette on the way up to sit on this footstool a few years ago. I could have cleaned it off, but it makes me laugh every time I look at it. Luckily it was acrylic paint so it was easily wiped of the cats paws. When I look at the photo now I’m happy I kept it (upstairs covered in sketchbooks now).

Blue Thumb

Posted on October 18, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, Art, Blue, experience, Fine Art, Oils, Painting, Paints, Plastic, stable, stains, thinners, ThumbLeave a comment

One of the hazards of painting is getting covered in paint! I stuck my thumb in my pallette and splodge, all over my thumb. Luckily I didn’t get any on my clothes! I can wash acrylic off my hands, but once it’s dried it’s impossible to get out of your top or trousers. Oil paint can sometimes be removed as it’s slow drying and you can use thinners to remove it, but once acrylic is dry it’s solid like plastic. You might be able to peel a bit off but it gets in between the fibers and sticks. Anyway, I love this colour blue. Ultramarine? Not sure….

Cats

Posted on May 14, 2022 Posted in Cat, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, Analogue, Art, Black cat, Cards, Cat, Crafts, Design, Digital, Fun, Ink, Life, Lino cutting, Printing1 Comment

I must do more ‘real’ or analogue art. I mean physical art, not digital drawing or photography. I loved doing these lino cuts as part of my MA final major project. I liked trying to learn a new skill. I could also create cards for sale by doing this. I would maybe use acrylic paints instead of ink? Then I could play with the colours. And by using a lino cut twice but by offsetting the print slightly I could get interesting fringes of colour around the images. Lots of ideas. I just need to do them.

Lake painting

Posted on April 7, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Lake, Lake district, Landscape, Painting2 Comments

Finished Lake painting I started a week ago. It’s of a lake, I think I’m the Lake District, the reference photo was from a friend in the Orme Group of artists. I may have somewhere to show it for a few weeks. It will be for sale. And suddenly I’m painting again. My arm is still shaking and it cramps up when I paint, and the lines wobble a bit but I have to paint. I just have to.

Sudden

Posted on December 6, 2021December 13, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Acrylic, Art, flash, Lightening, Painting, Prompt, Sketching, sudden6 Comments

A sudden flash of lightening (imagined) lit up the night sky. Sudden was Sundays prompt for our #bandofsketchers challenge. I couldn’t think of what to paint until I had a sudden ‘flash’ of inspiration! Acrylic black and blue paint and a bit of glitter glue to try and add a few sparks of light.

Back at the studio

Posted on May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, Art, Back at spode, Black and white, Canvas, no colours yet, Painting, Work in progressLeave a comment

Well, I’ve finally got back to my studio at spode! I started a small painting of a bottle oven, I think it’s going to have a Van Gogh style sky. I need to start getting some work done for a possible exhibition later in the year. I want to do work about the area, but with a bit of a twist. This is a canvas about two foot by eight inches? It will be acrylic on canvas once I’ve painted in the mortar for the brick work I will add colourful bricks. The sky will swirl with clouds and stars and there may be vegitation or a bit of foliage.

My ageing left hand

Posted on May 15, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, Art, black monoprint, Colour, Experiment, Felt pens, Glue, Hand, post-it's, Sketck3 Comments

My ageing left hand. Monoprint in black acrylic of my right hand, then drew round my left hand on top of that, cut it out, stuck a couple of post it notes on the page underneath and shaded with felt pens, then stuck the hand down and added black ink texture to it.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Acrylic