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….

Finished Poppy Meditation

Posted on October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Colour, Fine Art, Finished, Flowers, Gardening, Life, Painting, Poppies, poppy meditation, Tired4 Comments

Hard work, but I think it was worth it. I think some of my paintings are like knitting or embroidery, pulling all the threads together to bring it to a finished piece. And sometimes it’s knowing where to stop, to feel satisfied. Sometimes my hubby says I overwork things, but I think I know where I am with this. I decided not to add any bees or butterflies, I think that would just distract.

Upside down

Posted on October 18, 2022October 19, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Blurred, Distance, Fine Art, Painting, Poppies, upside down, Work in progressLeave a comment

I turned my painting upside down because I’m struggling to reach the top with my aching and shaking arms. I’m working on the background. But it also helps me see shapes and tones and proportions. I need to decide if I want the background to be blurry? Perhaps I should change my brush size and try and blur the edges. I will turn it back in a while….

Close up

Posted on October 17, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Close up, details, Fine Art, Painting, Poppy, Work in progress2 Comments

I am painting again. I’ve spent a few hours on this and it’s about a quarter done. I want to get it finished quickly because it needs taking in to the gallery, but I want to make sure it’s a good job. I’m layering u the flowers and I will be adding vegetation growing in front to give it more depth soon. I have to stand back from it to check how it fits together. But is it too busy?

New painting

Posted on October 14, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, Fine Art, Flower, Green, Life, Plants, Poppy, Red, Rememberance, Small painting2 Comments

Painted this today, only 5×5 inches. I might add more to the background. It’s meant to have droplets of water (like tears) on the petals. I’m also trying to emphasise the flower with a strong red but I don’t know if I should darken the greens. Still I have at least painted again.

Shall I paint another?

Posted on October 13, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Black, Colours, Fine Art, Green, Ideas, life forget-me-nots, Painting, Poppy, Red, WhiteLeave a comment

I painted this a few years ago, it’s based on a poppy with a white centre. Most poppies have dark splodges in the centre. I think this looks more subtle. I’m toying with the idea of painting a mixture of both on a larger canvas? The background would be greens and straw coloured. Got to possibly block out or draw out their positions and then maybe add some forget-me-nots.

Joint challenge.

Posted on September 26, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Challenging, Collage, colour match, Fine Art, Orme Art group, Painting, pattern match, Still lifeLeave a comment

During lock down last year, members of the Orme Art Group collaborated in recreating this Cezanne still life. We took a square each and copied what we saw in whatever medium we liked. Some of the images were smaller or larger than others so when the picture was put together not everything lined up. Also the colours vary because each artist was working to their own image colour settings. I think the resulting collage is rather good. We did several separate challenges like this over covid.

A bit of joy

Posted on September 24, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, art and Minds gallery, Brampton museum, brampton open exhibition, Fine Art, Middleport, PaintingLeave a comment

Today at the Brampton open exhibition. I found my barn owl painting in a good position, not tucked away out of site. Earlier I’d been to Art and Minds in Middleport and was asked to paint an extra painting for a quiet area in the gallery. Both gave me a little bit of joy in a sad time. Perhaps I will start planning the painting tomorrow.

Wall at Harper St

Posted on September 22, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Art and Minds, Fine Art, five pictures, Gallery, Harper Street, Middleport pottery, Painting, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

On Saturday 24th September 2022, Art and Minds, a new gallery at unit 3 Harper Street, Middleport, will be opening to the public. It is also going to offer support to service men and women.

I was pleased to be offered some wall space there and have five small paintings that will be on display there including paintings of poppies (for remembrance) and two relating to industrial archaeology.

The gallery is in amongst a group of shop units and the Harper Street entrance is directly opposite the entrance of the Middleport pottery in Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. If you are visiting there why not pop across the road and come and look at the new shops there. X

Another poppy flower

Posted on September 16, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Flower, Life, over painting, Painting, Plant, Poppy, Red, reworked2 Comments

I was asked if I had any more poppy paintings for the shop unit today so I resurrected an old painting.

This was from 2019, it was a Poppy that lacked definition, it was a bit dark and flat. I was never very happy with the leaves so I over painted them too. Acrylic on canvas.

Mallaband-Brown

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