New Gallery Artwork
Does the name Spirit of Ecstasy, mean anything to you? How well do you know your classic cars? If you know anything about the various models of Rolls Royce, you will immediately know what is missing from my painting. And … Continue reading Lost Spirit Of Ecstasy
Watercolour Art Prints In between painting larger pieces of artwork, I paint simple illustrations and create art prints and patterns with the design. Watercolour is one of my favourite mediums when painting simple designs like flowers. The colours that are … Continue reading Art Prints, Wall Art – New Design – Different Medium?
Whilst I have been painting and drawing for many years, I am reasonably new to digital art. There is quite a lot to learn, but I am a strong believer in determination rules the day and if the desire is … Continue reading Digital Art & Watercolour
Original Painting In Mixed Media I absolutely love my new original painting. Hope you love it too! I created this original artwork with indian ink and pastel on a lovely sanded paper. The initial underpainting was completed in a watercolour consistency of ink, followed by further layers of stronger pigment. My aim was to obtain the textures on not only the subject matter but the wall itself, so sanded paper was a perfect choice. The sanded paper I use is white Pastelmat. To touch is has a smooth velvet feel, so you are able to to use mediums for finer … Continue reading Original Painting – Pots and Pots of Colour
I have always been inspired by artists that create lovely loose pieces of work especially in water based media. Ann Blockley has been one of my favourite artists that I have followed and loved for many years, but try as … Continue reading Experimenting with mixed media
I have recently started using Pastelmat with my Pan Pastels and Pastel Pencils. I must say it took some getting used to, but I am pleased with the results and progress I have made with this so far. Pastelmat … Continue reading New Artwork – Leo in pastel
I love trying new media and subject matter, and this painting falls into both of these categories. Whilst I tried oil paints some time ago, it was not a medium that was very practical when painting at home with limited … Continue reading New Artwork – Wildlife in Oils
This is the first opportunity I have had in a while to post some completed artwork on my blog. There are periods in life when you just don’t get to do everything you love all of the time, and unfortunately … Continue reading New Artwork – Ready To Eat
Together is another of my white on black series of paintings using coloured pencils. I have used the same brands of pencils as I used for both ‘Little Lottie’ & ‘Nellie’ paintings which you can see on my website. White on … Continue reading New Artwork – Coloured Pencil Wildlife Art
Polished Pebbles is another piece of work that I have completed using my Icarus heated painting board. Using wax based media on this board is wonderful. Blending with a pure wax stick once you have built up the level of pigment you want, makes the colours really vibrant, and the stick glides over the pigment with ease. I have found very quickly that only certain brands of coloured pencils work using this method. Oil based coloured pencils don’t react to the heat as wax pencils do, so I use my oil based pencils to apply any details off heat, and for my … Continue reading Polished Pebbles
