Three counties open

Posted on July 6, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Burslem, Burslem School of Art, Coast, Colour, England, Exhibition, Fine Art, Painting, Seaside, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, three counties open3 Comments

I’m very pleased to say I have had my painting ‘coast’ accepted in the three counties open exhibition in Burslem School of art later this year.

Burslem School of Art is famous for teaching artists their skills in the early twentieth century. I think Clarice Cliff was one of their students. I know the artist Arthur Berry studied there before becoming famous as the potteries ‘Lowry’.

It’s great that a physical exhibition will actually be held this year. I hope many people will be able to come and see it.

Finished?

Posted on June 10, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Cliffs, Coast, Design, Fine Art, Painting, Pattern, TextureLeave a comment

Clouds pile up above a dark blue sea and waves rise, ready to crash against a rocky coast. Cliffs covered in boulders and vegetation stand above a small sandy area.

Having to describe what I have painted is hard, I know what I can see but finding a description that adequately explains it is difficult, especially since I’ve added texture and patterns. I’ve entered it for a local open art exhibition. It’s a bit of a risk, but I wanted to try. X

Coast abstract

Posted on June 9, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Acrylic on canvas, Art, Coast, Design, Fine Art, Painting, Pattern, Work in progressLeave a comment

I’m trying to replicate a photo of a felt pen drawing I did that I had put through a filter in Photodirector. So this is an acrylic painting work in progress based on the filtered image. An analogue to digital and back to analogue image…. Its interesting to try and add the digital texture. Appeals to my pattern needs. I think I’m addicted to pattern!

Coastline

Posted on June 5, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Australia, Coast, Colours, Drawing, Felt pens, Ocean, Sea, Sketching6 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was coast. I have done a few coast drawings recently and wanted to find a really picturesque view. I randomly chose a photo of the Australian coast to draw. When my felt pens run out I will have to try another technique!

At Lulworth Cove

Posted on May 4, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artist, Coast, Dorset, Durdle door, Holiday, Lulworth cove, Painting, WeymouthLeave a comment

Seven years ago, the sun was shining, we were on holiday near Weymouth and visited Lulworth Cove on the Dorset coast. We met a brilliant artist called Chris. He was painting shells and stones. We bought a stone with an octopus painted on it. The cove itself is circular with a gap in it that allows the sea in. If you catch a boat ride along the coast to the west you can see Durdle door, an archway of rocky cliff extending out into the sea. We had a lovely day.

Out all day

Posted on September 15, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged cat cafe, Cats, Coast, coastal defences, Driving, Flooding, Long day, Seaside, VisitingLeave a comment

It’s been a long day. We went to the seaside to visit a relative but when we went to the sea it was fenced off! Apparently there is work being done on the sea defences to protect the coast from flooding.

That was really disappointing but we did visit a friendly ‘cat cafe’ which was lovely. The cats and kittens are being well looked after and it was very calming after a long drive.

Clouds

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Beach, Black and white drawing, Buildings, Coast, Life, Quick, Rooves, SketchingLeave a comment

Clouds and rooves by the sea.

Quick sketches can be useful to remind you of a view. You can think about weather and how rain falls from the clouds over the sea. The jumble of buildings with slanting rooves, hunkered down for an impending storm.

Sketching fast gives you the chance to record something that may be fast moving, capture motion, in fleeting minutes the whole thing has changed!

Manorbier Castle

Posted on November 15, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Beauty, Castle, Coast, Day trip, Fun, Holiday, Manorbier Castle, Painting, Seaside, South West Wales, Visit, WalesLeave a comment

Painted a few years ago while we were on holiday in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

I ppainted this while we were staying in a caravan in Pembrokeshire, I’d decided to take paints and a canvas for a change (I usually just take a sketch book or watercolours). I did some sketches of the castle but used a guide book for the castle to find an image to work from.

Manorbier is still in private ownership (a lot of places are now owned by the National Trust and other charities). Its really close to the coast, you can walk down a valley to the sea and if you look back you can see the castle up on a hill on the left and the church tower of the village on a hill on the right.

If you ever go to South West Wales it’s worth a visit……

Sea and Sky

Posted on January 23, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Coast, Duplicated, Fun, groynes, Life, Mirrored, Photo, Sea, Sky, Water2 Comments

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Surreal image of sea and sky. I choose things that will make a good picture when they are duplicated and put together in a pattern. The waves were breaking in the distance and the sand was thinly covered with a film of water. The groynes are wearing out but still stop the sand drifting. I like the triangles on poles at either end of them (only one in the original photo) I think this makes a plesant composition…

Hill and fence

Posted on January 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Coast, Driving, Life, Mountains, North Wales, Snowdonia, Travel, Visit, WalesLeave a comment

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Driving through Wales last Year. My sister took us out into Snowdonia, past lakes and mountains. Along streams. Through wooded valleys, over mountain passes. Seeing the scree tumbling down. Sheep climbing jumbled piles of broken slate. Then down steep hills back to the coast, along tunnels bored through the mountains, back to the flatter lands of North Wales (flatter not flat, its not Cheshire!)

The beauty of the country of Wales is amazing. I’ve only really explored the North of the principality, I would love to visit Cardiff for instance, which is in the very South of the country.

Mallaband-Brown

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