It’s a little world

Posted on November 15, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Nature, North America, Painting, sea and land, Storm, view from spaceLeave a comment

A small painting I did in acrylics a few years ago. It features North America and was an attempt at painting clouds. Its not as accurate as I would have liked but then I needed to possibly use smaller brushes. The cloud patterns stretch across the width of the continent and show the direction of the winds as they curl and blow and bend in them. I always think its interesting how clouds tend to cling to the coastlines, except where s major storm appears to be in the gulf of Mexico. Also the lack of cloud cover over California. I’m not sure I’ve got the colours right. I tried.

Holly in sunlight

Posted on November 11, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Fun, Holly, Metallic paint, Painting, Sketching, Watercolour, Watercolour sketch2 Comments

I did this painting a few months ago in metallic watercolours which are lovely, but I can’t find them now. I wanted to use them a few times but I think I put them somewhere ‘safe’ but I have so much art stuff, old paints, pencils, pens, that sometimes I can’t find them. Yes buying to many art supplies is bad. It’s consuming too much perhaps, but I try and balance that with other purchases.

I want to try and paint on black paper and I thought these metallic paints would stand out better against it. I shall go on a hunt for them. My idea is to paint gleaming frosty leaves to celebrate the autumn chills.

Autumn acers

Posted on November 2, 2021December 13, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Autumn, blanket of leaves, Colours, Fine Art, Fun, Leaves, Painting, Pattern, Trees2 Comments

I usually look out from underneath trees, but here I looked up and took a photo of twisting branches and limbs. Then I tried to paint the leaves. Dark towards the trunks, lighter where they reach out into airy space. Leaves are amazing. Because they can move towards the light (phototropic) they can move into the gaps where the light gets through. Like a jigsaw puzzle, filling in the spaces. Then suddenly in autumn deciduous trees drop their leaves as the cold and wind catches them out. Great blankets of leaves are now lying below the local trees. Crunching through their crispness is one of my favourite things before they turn soggy in the cold rain. Glorious!

Autumn woman

Posted on October 29, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged autumn leaves, Autumn woman, Fine Art, introverted, Life, Painting, Pandemic, Thinking, TimeLeave a comment

This is my painting ‘autumn woman’ I did a few years ago. I wish I was doing more art like this but I’ve really been overwhelmed by trying to do other college work. There are other things I need to do too. This covid pandemic have made my introverted ways even more entrenched. I wish I had the freedom I used to have. But self isolation and protecting myself have been my consideration all the way through. My hubby and I still insist on wearing masks… Although many seem to have forgotten the need for them, forgotten or are ignoring. Our prime minister does not show a good example… Oh I must not stray into politics!

Hey ho! Got to find my mojo!

Found, a dragon eye

Posted on October 22, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, College, Dragon, dragon eye, Fun, gaze, miniature, Mythology, Painting, ScalesLeave a comment

I found this in my previous images on WordPress. It’s a tiny picture of a dragons eye that I painted a couple of years ago. Since I’m researching dragons for college and it seems to be something I’ve looked at over several years. This was a miniature piece about 1 1/2 by 2 inches. I was going to do some more but got sidetracked into doing other paintings. Like many of my mythological paintings it’s entirely imagined.

Dragon stone

Posted on October 11, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Dragon, Drawing, Glue, Paint, painted stone, Painting, Pattern, Stone, StonesLeave a comment

I painted a stone with a dragon design, then I edited it in photodirector. The paint is in little bottles with a nozzle and you use it to add dots and lines onto a surface. I’m a bit unsteady with my hand and arm so it’s more wobbly than I would like. Once it’s dry I might take another photo. As the colours dry they seem to shrink because they seem to have glue in the paints. Especially the ones with added glitter.

I love to draw

Posted on September 27, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Design, Drawing, Fun, Landscape, Life, my life, Painting, Poem, Poetry, Pottery2 Comments

Now I make patterns

Sometimes I draw faces

Or paint trees

Or sketch landscapes….

I have painted murals

Scenery for plays

Working on pottery,

Putting on glazes.

Making Art..

I am an Artist.

I need to go back…

Posted on September 11, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, Covid, delta variant, Fine Art, Life, Painting, Prevarication, Time, worried nervous2 Comments

My studio, I’m still nervous because of the delta variant of covid to go back into it. I need to paint but I’ve got that feeling that I’m on a knife edge, I don’t know what to do? It’s strange, I’m spending the money but for almost two years now I have felt very worried. Maybe I need some talking therapy, everything is getting too much….

Soon I’ll be scenery painting…

Posted on September 10, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, banner, Design, Fun, Mystery Play, Painting, Pantomime, Scenery, Willow patternLeave a comment

Panto rehearsal started tonight. I’ve offered to help paint the scenery again and I might get a few lines to speak. It’s been a couple of years since we did it because of covid.

This is a picture of me painting a banner for a mystery play that we did a few years ago (based on the willow pattern). I love getting involved in these projects.

Sea painting

Posted on September 9, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Cornwall, Devon, harbour, holidays, Painting, Sea, Sketch, Sketching, WatercolourLeave a comment

Watercolour sketch, I think it was in Cornwall or Devon, one day we’d gone down to a harbour and I used to take watercolours and sketch pads with me on our visits. Sometimes I left them at our holiday let’s as a gift to say thank you for a lovely time.

The geology of Devon and Cornwall includes dark craggy rocks which is why I recognise the area.

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Painting