Ely Cathedral High Altar

50 x 20 cm Hahnemuhle Paper

Ink

 

This is a tiny portion of the most intricate and beautiful High Altar of Ely Cathedral.

This marathon drawing has taken me 16 hours!  I have tried really hard not to draw in pencil first because I hate rubbing out and the effect it has on the paper.  Pondering whether to add watercolour.  Meanwhile, I have to make a start on something else new.



Drypoint

A couple of drypoints I did based on rowan and fir.  It's amazing how many of these I tried before I even had anything half decent!  I really respect people who can print perfectly and get an even amount of ink on the plate.  Presumably if I practiced for a long time I'd get better at it.

Quince

A little experiment with bleach and ink.  Not to be taken seriously, only because I've never done it before and I really quite like the glowing firework effect.

Golden tree

Langton Prestige 100% cotton

12 x 9 inches

Ink
Gifted

 

This started as a grey ink drawing with bamboo stick, encouraged to paint the background in gold ink and it all went from there.  This photo doesn't do it justice but it really 'glows' :)



From a sketch I did last year of a condemned tree. 
 

Eating an apple

Moleskine Sketchbook

 

One day during stewarding at the Exhibition I decided to try out a new hatching design I'd seen.

So as I ate my apple I created this little series of drawings.

Flower Shop

Flower Shop

Pen & ink with Watercolour

A3

Sold

This painting is of a specific flower shop, but because the recipient isn't getting it for a while I've removed the name which I'd put in the top left hand corner.  This is a photo, I got it scanned but it bleached out the pale pink.

Rose

Rose

A5 size

Sold

Can you guess what I've painted the rose onto?  Not the usual kind of paper... :)
It was nice to talk to the buyer (a man from Cambridge) and explain this piece today.



Deadlines

I'm going to hold you all in suspense for a few days!  Something particularly lovely is being painted and I rather quite like it so far...

Feather and cotton bud with ink

 On another note the Creative Drawing course has started at long last and I have black stained fingers as a result of spending two and half hours messing about with ink, cocktail sticks, lollipop sticks, cotton wool bud sticks, pieces of cardboard, a feather, a straw and a piece of tin foil.

Cardboard and ink

 My friend Heather loved it and created some fabulous expressive "lines" with cardboard and black ink.  My favourite was the feather together with the cotton wool bud sticks.

Before Zentangle

Marker on Keyboard

 

Three years ago I had a white keyboard, I doodled on it, bit by bit, through phonecalls instead of on paper.  (My hubby doesn't call this officially art.) 

 

Three months ago a work colleague tipped me off about Zentangle.  I've known for years that doodling aids concentration.  I like to think I practiced doodling before Rick and Maria came up with Zentangle.  For more info about Zentangle see the link:

http://www.zentangle.com/

Goodbye Ely Wool Shop

Mixed Media

Moleskine watercolour pad

 

This painting is in my sketchbook of Ely Wool Shop on St Mary's Street.
Sadly Sandra is closing the shop tomorrow, very sad to see it go.

I sat in the shop drawing and painting this one freezing day in March, warmed up by Sandra's cheerfulness and a cup of tea.

Rubbish?

Pen & Ink

Sometimes I just have to draw something, just to rejuvenate my joy, refresh my brain and relax.

This was one of those moments.

Spring Forth

Hannemuhle Paper 20x50cm

Mixed Media

For Sale

Ely Art Exhibition

6 to 18 August - 11 am to 5 pm daily

Sun 19 August - 11 am to 3 pm

Hayward Theatre, The Gallery, Ely

Inspired by the walk we did as part of the National Garden Scheme.  We visited Rosewell House, Ely and the garden had a fabulous herbaceous border and a great view of Ely Cathedral.

Rawr Chocolate Packaging

I can't believe it was so long ago, but I designed doodles for Rawr Chocolate in 2009.

The tree design isn't mine though it looks great together with the rest.
The story is on their blog.
http://www.rawrchoc.com/

See below for what Rawr Chocolate is:
At Rawr we are devoted to making chocolate with the highest quality raw, organic ingredients we can find. Completely dairy-free with no added refined sugar, packed with antioxidants, no artificial this or the other, no hydrogenated or chemical preservative nonsense, no cheap emulsifiers and no colourings. Guilt-free chocolate! Completely raw, completely yummy!

Sketch outside

Mixed Media

It's Summer, my watercolour group goes outside and Tuesday I sketched with a stick.

Impossible to photograph, but you get the idea.

Twiglets

Mixed Media

This Twiglet sketch was drawn with a twig, which I thought was highly appropriate.

Chocolate :)

mixed media

sketch

I thought this sketch ended up really enticing!

Claw sketch

Mixed media sketch

Seashore still life 1

Mixed Media
Framed
For Sale

Beach Hut Beauty

Mixed media

Hahnemuhle 20x50cm

Sold

An interpretation of Gwen Smith's kitchen in a classic painted shaker style.

Sunset Wall Ride

Hello World!  Here is my very first painting of choice. 

Mixed media
Dixon Art Board size 10x10
Gifted

Thanks to HMAN, Bertie Buck and Sarah Ruff for the inspirational photo, and also to Chris Dixon of Dixon Art Boards http://dixonartboards.wordpress.com/