Red Lily

11 x 8"

Watercolour

For Sale

 

This week's subject was flowers, I chose to paint just the one lily and a few leaves.

Today I went outside taking photographs and I noticed the same colour theme outside, these are my rescue hens.



Foxgloves

Watercolour

Arches Paper

A5 size

For sale

 

A close up in transparent watercolour including a bee.

My representation of a Summer's Day.

Leaves going in

Today I added the last flowers and lots of leaves.  Working away at it slowly and considering where more leaves and darks should go.  Pondering over the ribbons, their shape, colour and positioning.  The one in the middle is where I want it, the others may change.

Yes, I'm working!

Watercolour

Arches paper, 50 x 50 cm

 

This is only really the beginning, but already many hours of work put into it.  Today I'm painting three pale pink roses, to represent three very sweet little girls in the family who will be blessed to receive this painting when it is done.  I'm glad to be painting in shadow, so better get my skates on before the sun comes round...

Slow progress I know, been really busy lately with working, gardening/allotment, time with friends.
Loads to go! Got to the stage where I'm going to have to do some planning to make sure I fit everything in. Been out taking new photos so I have plenty of choice.

Calla Lily

Watercolour

19 x 28 cm

Bockingford 425g

For sale

Calla Lily inspired by photo taken by Clay Perry.
 
 I've been painting flowers since Saturday as part of a very large painting.
 Watercolour painted tonight at Ely Watercolour Workshop - subject was exotic flower. The background which looks black is a mixture of blue, purple, brown and red. All done with wet-in-wet technique.

Sunshine and shadows

Hazelnuts

Watercolour on paper made in India

 

No the nutcrackers didn't have to come out for these, as they were duds.  Still, nice enough to paint.

Flower Shop

Flower Shop

Pen & ink with Watercolour

A3

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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.



A little street scene

 Fussen, Bavaria

Hahnemuhle Paper 20 x 50 cm

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Trying the capture the sunshine and the odd angles of the buildings was an interesting experience.
I'm so happy, this is the second piece sold in the first day of the exhibition!

Viola

Watercolour

10" x 10"

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I was asked to paint some violets for a September birthday, the only problem being that they flower during late Winter-Spring. 

I prefer to paint the real-thing and pondered this predicament.

Last Saturday I went to visit Beth Chatto's garden.  Hurray, there were violets for sale and one had flowers.  When I read the plant label it was called Viola odorata "Miracle Classy Blue".  I was particularly surprised but gladdened by this miracle, I bought it home and set to with earnest!

My friend Janet told me this: In the Language of Flowers, Violets mean "Faithfulness, Watchfulness and Modesty".  This painting is for a beautiful little girl :) and I am so delighted to know this; I shall definitely tell her Mum!

 



Hen Party

Watercolour

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This painting caused quite a stir in the Spring Exhibition of Ely Watercolour Workshop.

One lady was convinced I'd sneaked round her house and painted her chickens without permission.  Day after day she came in, making us giggle.  My friends who had seen my hens tried telling her they were mine and even told her the names of them.  I don't think she was ever convinced!

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.

Gargoyle

Watercolour

 

I had a phase a few years ago of looking out for gargoyles.  I photographed them, painted them and created them in clay.  I even immortalised my dog in a gargoyle caricature.

 

This sweet little crowned lion was in quite a state of disrepair.

Featuring on the door posts of St Martin's Church, Fincham.

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.

Sweet packaging

Watercolour

7 x 5"

I had such fun painting this.

Black Canyon

Watercolour

Trying to capture the depth of this canyon was a definite challenge.

Rejoicing desert roses

Watercolour

A3 sized on cartridge paper

This was the other part of the stamp I made at art class.  To continue the rose theme, I chose

Isaiah 35 - specifically "the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice..."  24 roses on this piece.

A dozen roses?

Watercolour

A3 sized on cartridge paper

At the art course, we did printing, this was a random shape taken from one of my sketches on the first day; it reminded me of a rose.  So, I decided to print a random pattern and paint on top of it with watercolour the inside petals of a rose.

A dozen roses, or should it really be a bakers dozen?

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.

Silver Spoon

Watercolour

Here are a couple of Silver Spoon packaging styles.

The one with a pink background was one of my very first attempts.

As usual painted without using masking fluid, don't like to make it too easy!