Experimenting again with 4inch square canvas boards and frames…
I’m just noodling and doodling some different ideas. Abstract and abstracted landscape. Then I’ve got a few miniatures to work on….
New paintings
Tag: Art
Got some!
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.
Need more miniatures!
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
At Orme Art Group Exhibition
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.
Woo Who!
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!
Open day went well
Not my studio….
It’s my neighbours across the corridor. I wish I had that view but my studio is window free, which means it’s easier to heat! A few people came in and said how toasty and warm it was. I sold a couple of paintings from there and a few miniatures in the makers market. But most of all I liked asking people if they were artists, or if they enjoyed it. I enthused to parents to get their children involved in art. It was a good day.
Tried painting Jupiter’s pole.
I tried painting Jupiter’s pole in 2020 I think, from a photo taken by the Juno space probe. I was amazed at the colours that we saw. Not the oranges, whites and reds seen by the previous missions, but wonderful blue black and white swirls that are so difficult to capture. I saw this in my studio today and memories flooded back.
Horse
Thursdays #bandofsketchers prompt was dream. I love horses and this is my dream of one. Another Artrage app drawing. (It might be more of a nightmare than a dream!)
Makers market at Spode
Saturday is the open Studios day at Acava Spode Studios in Elanora Street, Stoke. On from 10am to 4pm, studio holders open their studios to the public and also hold a small sale to try and sell some of their work in time for Christmas.
This is a chance to buy hand made arts and crafts at a local venue in Stoke. There are all sorts of work represented.
I will be in my studio to show people work in progress and also have some of my older work on sale.
Might see you there?
Finished galleon?
I’ve been trying to paint this for a while. It’s based on a drawing I did a while ago. I’ve used a bit of metallic paint on it which I’m not sure about. It looks OK in some lights but a bit patchy in others. Anyway I’m calling it quits for now. I’ll have a look at it in daylight.
Mallaband-Brown 