Fish

Posted on September 7, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Goldfish, Painting, Swirls, Time, Watercolour, Watercolour sketch, White1 Comment

My watercolour of goldfish I did this April. I just came across this while I was looking back at my previous art.

I was talking to someone yesterday about letting white paper come through in watercolours. I rarely soak the paper before I start painting and I frequently mix up strong colours, leaving patches of white where I want to show light coming through. The way I think about it is that I can control the paint without having to use masking fluid… And it’s cheaper tgan using white paint or gouache.

Will the Leopard reopen?

Posted on August 14, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Burslem, Emulsion on lining paper, Fine Art, Memories, Mural, Painting, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, The Leopard HotelLeave a comment

In about 2006 and 2007 I painted several murals in the Arnold Bennett suite of the Leopard Hotel. It has appeared on Britain’s most Haunted on TV and until a couple of years ago was still open. Now no one seems to know what is happening with it. I’m sure it still needs a lot of work doing on it. No doubt my murals will get painted over if it is refurbished. It’s sad, because for a few years the place thrived. But there was also bad luck there. I wish things coukd be better for it. X

Colours

Posted on August 5, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, colour chart, Colours, Fun, Humour, Old, old colour chart, Painting, Paints, pallet5 Comments

Just saw this posted at Facebook. It says it’s from 1574, but I doubt it. But some of the colours names are really funny. Trying to read the font is a bit difficult so I’m leaving this as a large format picture. For instance ‘Gooseturd Green’, very descriptive! I will leave you to ponder the rest!

Mugs and cups

Posted on August 4, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Ceramics, Cups, Designs, Mugs, Painting, Potteries, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

How many mugs and cups have you got? I seem to have enough for a small orchestra!

I think there are a few more around the house and in the garden. I am not going to search them out. They are from various manufacturers. The majority from this city, Stoke-on-Trent.

Different styles and sizes. Some that I decorated (you can book workshops to paint your own mugs, some places are more expensive than others). The small cups are for tea or expresso coffee. But I prefer a madium sized mug, pint sized ones are too much for me.

The creativity of this city shows through the designs and shapes of the mugs and cups.

Blossom

Posted on July 29, 2021December 13, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Cherry blossom, Cherry tree, Face, Painting, Profile, Shadows, SnowLeave a comment

It’s been a while since I painted this. It’s a cherry tree in blossom in the snow. I like turning trees into faces. When it happens that you can see faces in objects or photos it’s called Pareidolia. But if I create the pattern myself is it something else?

I may do some similar art soon. I will see if the idea appeals to me.

I needed chains…

Posted on July 24, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, For sale, Fused glass, Glass, Jewellery, necklace, New, Painting, vibrant, Waiting room gallery2 Comments

I’ve been panicking because I made some new glass pendants but I had no chains or laces to hang them on. In the end I went to our local supermarket and found some plain chains that were reduced a bit in price. As I make one off things I don’t use wholesalers so it’s a bit difficult to just find an appropriate match for the pendants.

I used my business cards to display the pendants. I realise now that my vibrant painting matches the colours on my jewellery.

They will be for sale at the Waiting room gallery in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.

Dog, work in progress

Posted on July 23, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Animal portrait, Art, Colours, Dog, Fine Art, fur, Painting, Texture, Work in progress4 Comments

Acrylic on canvas, a few more layers. The rough edges of his coat, where they touch the grass, need sorting out. The dig has got a silver coat and a collar and lead on which I’ve left out so I’m trying to decide where the shadows should fall and his fur. I think I’ve made some of it too yellow, I need daylight to check.

Cat paintings

Posted on July 17, 2021 Posted in Cat, Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Animal portrait, Art, Black cat, Cat, cat paintings, Commission, Life, Painting, Portrait, Work in progress2 Comments

A couple of cat paintings I did for a friend in 2018. The first was a work in progress. I don’t have a photo of the completed painting. I love painting cats, and any other animals. I’ve got a dog painting in progress then I’ve got to paint some purple crabs, that might be interesting! By the way the pink is a chair cover, not part of the paintings.

WIP dog continued

Posted on July 15, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Colours, Dog, Fine Art, Grass, Green, Painting, Pet, Wip, Work in progress4 Comments

Grass painted and coat underpainted, need to work on the colour and details now. His coat is a bit greyer and I want to get more of the fine fur details.

Dorothy Clive Garden day

Posted on July 13, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Dorothy Clive garden, Hot day, Painting, Sunny, three paintings, Watercolour sketchesLeave a comment

I was out today with a local group of artists called the Orme art group. We went to the Dorothy Clive Garden and enjoyed a warm if sometimes cloudy day painting the views. These are my three. All watercolour paintings. A3 size on a watercolour paper pad.

Can I say I was shattered after doing these? But I do feel guilty saying that after a lovely day out in splendid surroundings.

Mallaband-Brown

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