Original Painting – Pots and Pots of Colour

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

My New Blog/Website

Hello!  I’m Jackie the Artist behind Jackie Kirby Art and I’m new to the world of blogging & websites!  Thank you to Lisa Clough the Artist behind Lachri.com and John Middick from sharpenedartist.com for giving me the inspiration to start this site and to start showing my artwork.  Your weekly podcast has given me all the information I needed to start my wordpress blog  & website, I thank you and hope you continue to inspire others to do the same.  I look forward to sharing my artwork with the world; constructive criticism only welcome please!  Thank you   Continue reading My New Blog/Website