New paintings and regular art updates.
I’ve never really got into online shopping or banking. I don’t feel I can trust them.
I’ve thought of using ebay or shopify to sell paintings but I have never done anything. I can imagine it might be a way of selling my art but then when you look into it you can’t really sell things for much and it feels like you would have to paint a high volume of things to make it pay.
I don’t know, maybe I should take the plunge….
Little steps.
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I’m painting a Little owl for a friend. I started it on Saturday, and need to get it finished.
I think these are the smallest owls found in Britain.
I love the piercing eyes, the ruffled feathers. I’m adding Holly in the background to make it more seasonal. It’s another acrylic on canvas, which I find works best for me with this type of subject.
It’s a commission and already sold so I had better get a move on and get it finished.
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I love skies and I love twisting them so that there appear to be objects on the horizon line or floating in the sky.
The trick is to get a long low horizon and to choose an interesting cloud scape. Or choose one corner of a building and then duplicate and twist it around. Changing the colours in different filters also helps.
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Internally reflected,
Bright shining sky,
Water pools serenely
Clouds burst with flame.
Pinks and grey’s co-mingle,
Blues and violet rain,
Lowered in black conundrum
Flowers that will confound.
Branches, trees, buildings,
All so pristine,
Sparkle with a magic,
Glitter with a sheen.
this is another work in progress. Little owl, acrylic on canvas.
The smallest species of owl in the country I think. I’m adding holly branches to make it more seasonal.
The picture is about 6 inches by 4 inches. I want to work on the feathers and legs and feet.
Those eyes look like they are about to blink at me, and I can imagine the soft but strong feathers fluffed up against a north wind…
As the nursery rhyme goes. .
The North Wind shall blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what shall poor Robin do then?
Poor thing!
He’ll sit in a barn,
And kerp himself warm,
And tuck his head under his wing
Poor thing!
I did a series of illustrations for the canal and rivers Trust a couple of years ago. They were included in a leaflet about James Brindley the canal builder.
Each illustration was acrylic paint on watercolour paper because I wanted a more opaque picture than with watercolours. Each one was in an oval or round frame.
I wish I had a copy of the leaflet but I think they all went..
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Continuing the travel theme for the panto. I finished a picture of the pyramids and the angel of the North.
The photos I’m working from are good because they have lots of contrasting orange and blues.
I’ve got the panels propped up on a chair with a cloth over it. This means it’s hard to get at the bottom of the boards
Anyway 5 down, lots more to go!
Blue has been chosen as a theme for an exhibition at Spode in the new year. The plans are only just in the pipeline. But the theme means that artists will only be using a true blue, no turquoise or violet.
Other colours allowed are white, grey and black.
I have plans, I have an image in mind. Possibly two, and in totally different directions. I’m also thinking of going large.
I think it will be fun and challenging. Once I find out more I will post more information.
This was my stall at our makers market today. Lots of little pictures and glass necklaces for sale plus cards and prints.
I had a lovely time until I came to put everything back in their boxes… 3 tiny paintings were missing.
I’m peeved but I have to accept I can’t watch the stall all the time. But at least someone will get pleasure out of them so I don’t feel upset, just peeved.!
Just to show what I can do when I’m trying to paint realistically. This took about 4 hours. I saw a photo of it on an envelope. I’m taking it to the two craft fairs so I can try and get a commission or two.
Size about 6 inches square.
I’m going to charge a reasonable price. I usually undercharge but I will never get anywhere if I don’t try and ask for a decent amount ( not hundreds). I’m trying to make a small living at this so I have to be fair and friendly. But I cannot keep giving things away which I have done in the past …
Life……
Mallaband-Brown