Waiting to be fired.

Posted on December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Canal, Etruria art, Etruria Artists, Etruria Industrial museum, Industrial museum, Lock 40., Pottery, Summit lock, Trent and mersey canal, Warehouse2 Comments

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Finished off my take on an Easter island head this week by hollowing it out and adding texture to the surface. It now needs to dry out so it can be fired. If the clay is wet the water in it will expand and may cause the pottery to blow up. It may not be an accurate representation of these wonderful statues, but I hope it is not disrespectful to model it?

We have started to meet on Thursday mornings at Etruria rather than in the evenings, this means we are there at the warehouse on the Trent and Mersey canal by summit lock 40. From 10am to 12 noon.

* note, we are meeting on an ad hoc basis at the moment dependant on the weather.

Sunlight patterns

Posted on December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Colours, Glowing, Mirrored, Pattern, Photos, Sun, SunlightLeave a comment

Take a sideways glance, see things differently. Twist and turn, change the colours, change the exposure, change the contrast. Fire in the sky, glowing, shining, silhouetted, the world can be an amazing place.

Geese in progress

Posted on December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Based on a Minton tile, Geese, Mural, Painting, Tired, Water, Work in progressLeave a comment

The mural is about half finished. There is a lot to do still, more details on the geese. Splashing water, not added yet, I’ve been trying to get the background done first. Then outlining the patches of water. The little goslings need a stronger yellow. Then the reeds and leaves need finishing. I’m getting tired.

Trending…

Posted on December 2, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Angel, Art, Creativity, Dove, Life, Love, Peace, Tiny art, Tiny paintings, TrendingLeave a comment

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Among tiny paintings sold this weekend…

Three bees,

Two angels,

Two doves of peace,

Which makes me think, people do care about nature and climate change, people care about loving one another, and people care about peace.

The most interesting thing? They were mainly children who seemed to like them. Maybe having a symbolic image gives some comfort in these strange days.

I made sure I didn’t charge more than what it cost to make them. Had a chat this evening with my hubby. I know I really don’t do this for money, more to encourage people to take up art. If you can have the opportunity to do something creative, Take It! This world needs more creativity and thinking outside the box.

November circles

Posted on December 1, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Circles, Design, Diary, Drawing, Fun, November, SketchesLeave a comment

My thirty sketches in circles for November. Not all the same size, a bit sketchy, and I didn’t do all of them on each day. But it is a vague diary of what happened. The lighting made a strange effect on what was white paper. Still I found it an interesting challenge.

Sketches at Cherished Chimneys.

Posted on December 1, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Cherished Chimneys, Longport, Sketch, Sketchers, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Urban sketchingLeave a comment

This is a shop just over the road from the waiting room gallery. They sell ancient and modern chimneys, teapots, pottery and other collectables. Today they had a craft fair and they had a lot more stalls than us. Including lovely jewellery, art, fabric, illustrations and mulled wine and minced pies..! They also had santa Claus. I’m amazed that anyone came over and bought from us.

Urban Sketchers, Stoke-on-Trent had a get together and drew pictures of what was happening and what the place looked like. Unfortunately my photos had a reddish shade to them. I’ve tried to correct it on photo editor but it didn’t really work. I want to post better photos but I ve lost my sketchbook

Today was fun

Posted on December 1, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Craft stall, Life, Longport, Ornament design, Printing, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Waiting room gallery, WorkshopLeave a comment

Long day again, but it was good to see new people, a lot of the purchases of my tiny paintings were children asking their parents to buy them pictures of angels and snowmen that I’d done.

There were printing, stamp designs for Christmas paper, and Christmas ornament making workshops at the waiting room gallery. Everyone seemed to have fun.

There was also Walnut cake, Lemon drizzle cake and scones to delight the customers.

Yes, all in all, a good weekend.

New painting plans

Posted on November 30, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Craft fair, Design, Fun, Ideas, Painting, Sketching out, Work2 Comments

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I sold a few pictures today so I need to replenish my stock… So I’m planning to paint a few more tiny pictures tonight! I’ve sketched out a few ideas. If I’ve got the energy I will start painting after I’ve had my evening meal.

Wish me luck!

Forgot my phone

Posted on November 30, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Cherished Chimneys, Forgotten phone., Life, Longport, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Tired, trying to blog, Waiting room galleryLeave a comment

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What a long day, and when I got to the Waiting room gallery for the craft fair today, I realised I’d left my phone at home.

Not good when you like to blog. There were beautiful frosty images of hoar frost on leaves, I could not photograph. Lots of ornaments and cards made by people visiting the free print and crafting workshops. These were very successful and a lot of people enjoyed the experience.

I just tried to blog about it, but I’m so tired I’m falling asleep as I type. I would write more but can’t keep my eyes open.

I typed two or three paragraphs that have disappeared because I just hit the delete key…. Argh!

Pattern

Posted on November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Duplicate, Fun, Mirrored, Moon, Pattern, Photo, Playing, TreesLeave a comment

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When you duplicate a photo you can get some interesting effects, like this duplicated photo of the moon through trees and looking out of a wet window. Somehow I see xrays of brains, or skulls, or pictures of alien twins, or strange little aliens with outstretched arms.

I remember looking at flock wallpaper and seeing animals, or looking at clouds and seeing dragons or elephants.

There is a name for this, but I don’t remember. I must have a very active visual mind.

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