Blooms
As I was in the garden this morning looking at my blooms ( having a garden is still a novelty for me ), my thoughts turned to pastels.
The pastels are out at the moment as I continue to work on my pink poppies.
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As I was in the garden this morning looking at my blooms ( having a garden is still a novelty for me ), my thoughts turned to pastels.
The pastels are out at the moment as I continue to work on my pink poppies.
Staying with the stones today. Another change involved sanding off the cats head. Then replaced it with a smaller, turned to one side head with larger ears looking at a brighter sun.
After completing last weeks stones, I decided to re-visit ones that had been be painted some time ago. Out came the sandpaper to remove the varnish and roughen the surface, followed by re-shapes of the bees and recolour of the flowers ( inspired by the flowers opening in my recently finished garden now attracting bees ). Here’s the re-vamped versions of the stones.
The first sloe blossom I encountered this year. Completed as my project at art group. Added the the flora gallery. View the work in progress.
On the agenda this weekend: Stones painted with clear gesso and designs drawn.
A sketch of Ullswater, abstracted poster style ( sky colour patterns need some adjustment ).
Here’s the last of the holiday sketches. Drawn whist away and coloured/inked over the last 2 art group sessions.
Nice amble around the footpaths of Kirkby Stephen yesterday. Took a scene over the fields of Nateby to Wild Boar Fell on my phone and had a play with the phone photo edit software. It’s a bit over processed but I do like it.
2 new artworks in my poster style of Morecambe Bay.
Into the Bay
Island in the Bay
Added to my Landscape Gallery.
Prints and cards available.
View the works in progress from here.
Today I’m deciding on what to show at Art in the Hills. In the meantime you can see who else is exhibiting this year
2024 Featured Artists | Dufton Village Hall
Information about the event can be found here:
Art in the Hills 2024 | Dufton Village Hall
On this trip I used water-soluble wax pastels with an ink pen finish for my sketches. Found some of my finer ink pens had dried out so lines are a little bolder than I’d like. Here’s 5 from my trip - 3 more are at the outline drawing stage.
With great weather on the Rhins of Galloway have spent most days walking the beaches.
The blue skies disappeared in the afternoon yesterday and we got a bit damp - but Ardwell beach was still beautiful. I like how the dark sky and stony beach frame the distant light shore.