Sunday 25 September 2011

Lavender Fairy



Coloured pencil on Stonehenge paper 7" x 5"


If there are fairies at the bottom of the garden then I hope they look something like this.... because of where I live it had to be a Lavender Fairy of course!


The coloured pencil was a departure for me - I liked that I could get detail with them easily but I find them a little difficult and not as satisfying as actual paint.



I always think that a fairy must have wings something like a butterfly, but of course it doesn't have to be that way they could be very fine and transparent like a fly.





When I fiddled with this drawing in a software programme and made it negative, I rather liked the look of the wings.... interesting.






Tuesday 20 September 2011

Pointillism Cat

Acrylic on Watercolour paper approx 10" x 10"


It was never intended to be a square format but that's how it ended. Sometimes that's the way life goes, you start off working towards something and along the way things change slightly and you see a different direction and go for it. That's not a bad thing, just means you're being flexible and open to change.


I liked trying pointillism, although I know it could be better. I need to work more on my colour selection and I may try another because it was rather fun to do, kind of therapeutic.


Hope you like.


Sunday 11 September 2011

Summer!





Acrylic on deep canvas
Summer is almost over here but I want a painting to remind me of the long hot summer. OK so it was more short-lived than long but I need a summer landscape to help me get through the cold winter months and I rather think this should do it!



The view is from my garden at the old house and I used colours to emphasise heat and sunshine. Hope you like.