The 2 canvases coming along now
Began to get a feel for where I’m going with these about 6 o’clock this morning. Painted furiously for a couple of hours still in my pyjamas!
Worked mostly on these 2 and put the first 2 layers on 3 x 50cm panels
Also working on a rough piece of unstretched canvas taped to a table
80cm sq (working title ‘Maelor 2’)
100 x 80cm
(Working title ‘Maelor 1’)
80 cm on canvas
2 on Arches paper (wip )
80cm sq on canvas
2 lovely days in Abergavenny in South Wales with my daughter and 2 grandkids
Back in the studio now
Just loving it!
Wifi next door at the wonderful Andy and Adams Cafe
Materials have arrived!
Corris rooftops at dawn
Rosy dawn skylight
Looking up
Looking down
Stove corner with old roof slates
Coarse jute about 2’x 3′
4 smallish paper pieces taped together
2 paper pieces and an easel waiting for canvases that I hope will come tomorrow
Very happy to be here
Got set up in my cosy attic eyrie
Shopped for basics next door at Andy and Adams
Taped a few bits (coarse jute and watercolour paper) to the freshly plastered gable end
Started with red and orange, then black, then blue, then a few marks – have to start somewhere!
Cooked a spinach and chickpea curry with brown rice
Feet up by the stove
Bliss
Something a bit different!
3 large pieces on unstretched coarse jute canvas
2 tall thin ones about 4′ x 2′
And one huge piece approximately 4′ x 7′. Once stretched they will come out a bit smaller
March 1 – 4’x2′
March 2
4′ x 2′
March 3
4’x 7′
Rock n in the Sea #3
100cm x 160cm
This is as it stands today – sadly not the best photo – a bit grey!
100cm x 200cm
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