WIP, Cat on a bookcase.

Posted on February 26, 2025 Posted in Cat, Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Cat, cat on a bookcase, Fine Art, Painting, Sleeping, tabby cat, Wip6 Comments

Resting on my chair that I use as an easle, a seascape in the background and then a small cat painting I’m fighting with. Either the cats head is too large or the leg and body are too small.

I’m not sure about the book sizes, they might be too small too. Sorry its dark, I need a photo in daylight. The chair it is on is cluttered with mugs, the TV remotes are there too. I need to get them out of the way, will probably continue tomorrow.

I’m so tired it’s just taken me 3 attempts to type in the tags for this post before I managed to save them. I keep nodding off!

Cutter?

Posted on November 3, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Acrylic on canvas, Art, Commission, cutter, Painting, Prompt, Ship, Sketching, Wip2 Comments

#bandofsketchers prompt for Thursday was Cutter. I hope this is a cutter? In April I did a tall masted ship drawing on the theme Voyage. A friend saw it and wants a painting of it. This is my work in progress that I thought fits the prompt cutter…acrylic on canvas.

A bit more?

Posted on June 2, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Fine Art, miniature painting, Morris Minor, Painting, rusty car, Wip, Work in progress2 Comments

Getting there. I can see my mistakes on this. I need to get the shape right. Maybe sort the tyres out, one side is wider than the other. I might calm the pale green down.

I have these rushes of painting. Something boils over and I have to paint. I have just started another one. Something a bit different, blue and black diagonals. That’s going to be an abstract. I’ve got to finish off tonight as I’m selling these on a little stall tomorrow! Eek!

Waving….

Posted on December 14, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, beach scene, Commission, Painting, Sea, Waves, Wip, Work in progress4 Comments

Work in progress. Needs work on the beach which I think is a bit dark…. I was trying to get a feeling of sand. This is a small commission so I’m trying for a realistic look. It’s based on a drone photo I saw online but it’s not an exact copy, just using it to see how the wavelets ripple onto the shore.

Victorian oven painting

Posted on December 12, 2022 Posted in Cat, Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged A Christmas Carol, Black and white cat, black leaded, black pen, board, Cat, Oven, Photo, Tuxedo cat, victorian cooker, Wip, Work in progressLeave a comment

Imm painting a victorian style oven as a bit of scenery for a Christmas Carol. I’ve just drawn something out but the cat appears to think it’s real! The cat sat on three mats…. Will post the result when I’ve painted it. X

WIP of beach

Posted on November 27, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Beach, Fine Art, gentle, Painting, Sand, Sea, tide, Water, Waves, WipLeave a comment

Starting a painting of a beach and the sea from above. It’s going to show the surf and the pebbles and sand. I want it to be gentle, a meditation, no words, no footsteps in the sand, just the quiet lapping of water as the waves roll in and out. A peaceful memory as a painting for a friend.

Draco

Posted on April 8, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Draco, Dragon, Dreaming, Fine Art, Insomnia, Life, Need sleep, Sleep, Wip, Work in progressLeave a comment

My mind is racing, I cannot sleep. My hand has held a paintbrush and suddenly the impetus is there to paint again despite the shaking and wobbling. I started three more small paintings tonight, a kingfisher, then this dragon, and finally a face I’ve called medusa. All works in progress. I think the illustration side of me is leaking into my 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.

Today’s painting

Posted on May 20, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, brickwork, Curves, Landscape, Night, Paint, Painting, Sky, Wip3 Comments

I like painting bottle ovens on long thin canvases and I tend to use the shape of the side to make almost a yin yang curve. I might add some stars to the swirling sky. I’ve used mainly reds browns and oranges for the brickwork on the kiln. I need to go over the dark mortar and add some shading to the kiln to give it more shape. Acrylic on canvas.

Bees and holly

Posted on November 22, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Bee, Colours, Design, Holly, Insect, Life, Mini paintings, Plant, scrylic on canvas, WipLeave a comment

I’m doing a few more pictures now. The yellow Bee on a yellow flower needs refining, I might make the centre of the flower a bit more orange or gold. The Holly was a bit of an experiment. The background is quite abstract. I might paint a banner across it saying Holly and Ivy, and add some Ivy scrambling up through the Holly plant. Or I might just brighten the Holly berries. Not sure…. More to follow.

Mallaband-Brown

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