Run out of canvases and only a week to go at Stiwdio Maelor – so I’m playing on paper
‘Trajectory’ diptych (2 x Arches paper 76 x 56cm) still taped to the table
Another one still in progress
Series of smaller pieces worked together – 6 bits of sugary sweetness! Largest 2 are half sheets of Arches ie 56 x 38cm
‘All things nice… raspberry ripple?’
2 half sheets Arches – each 56 x 38cm
Smaller works on paper, available from Gallery 1608 in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
There’s also a great opportunity to win a beautiful 10″ ceramic bowl this month, with one raffle ticket for every £50 online or in store
this one might be done, 80cm sq
this one just started, 80cm sq
2 this morning in my studio
the one with the red stripes now, yesterday still with blue stripes from underpainting
the 2 prep pieces on paper, tape still on
piece on paper, finished
finished piece on panel 60cm sq
balcony shadow 2 weeks ago
studio balcony shadow 2 weeks ago
view through bedroom balcony railings 2 weeks ago
These 3 small works on watercolour paper c. 9 x 12″ are the more successful of the 6 I started yesterday.
This morning I rolled them first. Then scratched some fresh marks and printed over a new layer of paler blue using greaseproof paper. Then a scrape smooth again with a squeegee and a few marks with a knife to suggest the birds
6 works on primed watercolour paper
Each 9″x12″
Oil and cold wax medium
Hoping my canvases arrive today
this is the view from my bed on the mezzanine
here is the cat
cropped closeup through the railings and last year’s Christmas tree lights
same view with sunshine
2 pieces of paper with paint and tape
tape off
60cm panel with tape and paint
tape off
a bit later
one of the paper pieces finished
MORE TOMORROW!
3 on paper and the ‘scribble’ I (unusually for me) did as a plan
and then 3 canvases:
2 postcard sized pieces on watercolour paper c.10 x 15cm
& 3 pieces c. A4 sized (32 x25cm)
from a group of 11 works on paper in gold and magenta oil with cold wax medium just completed.
An experiment included in the process this time of painting a layer of crimson house paint ( matt emulsion) above the gesso priming layer and below the first layer of magenta oil and wax. I am pleased with the result that the scraped lines have a more solid red effect than if they scraped right through to the paper because the emulsion is so opaque and has such dense coverage
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