Showing posts with label Still Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Still Life. Show all posts

Monday, 9 June 2014

Sketchy Work

Sometimes I get focused on one medium and forget to work in the other areas that I also enjoy. In an effort not to do this, I have written little notes telling myself to work on all kinds of projects concurrently. 

One such project is to work in one of my sketchbooks in watercolour. To help me along I am also taking a short creative course with summer as its inspiration.

This particular sketchbook started life as a novel. I bought the book for $1 at a local library and use it for drawings, collage projects, and watercolour sketches such as this. To provide an interesting and plain base for painting, I covered the pages first in gesso (although white acrylic paint would also work). The gesso doesn't allow the watercolour to absorb into the paper so the finished effect is different.





Monday, 2 June 2014

Nature's Decoration


The first flowers to bloom in my little flower garden are the Stardust daisies. I cut these three to enjoy in my kitchen (they match my cabinets and tile).

'Bloomin' Lovely' 6"x 6" Oil on panel.

Monday, 10 March 2014

Flowering Outcomes

It is good to be painting a little more regularly now.


'Solitude Awaits Below' 8"x10" Oil on Board.


'Gerbera Trio' 5"x5" Acrylic on Canvas.


Saturday, 28 December 2013

Blooming Lovely


My painting of yellow Gerbera daisies sold the day after Christmas at the San Clemente Art Gallery.

Friday, 20 September 2013

Golden Blooms


This is one of my new favourite paintings. The colours of the sunflowers remind me of summer and point to the impending Autumn. There is definitely an Autumnal nip in the air this week.
'Sunny Bouquet' 5" x 7" Oil in Canvas.