Showing posts with label Painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Painting. Show all posts

Monday, 2 September 2013

Art Blog Day 2 - Etsy and WIP


Evening all. Well there were some drawing plans for today that have as yet gone astray, but I'll hopefully bring them into tomorrow's blog.

Firstly today was beautiful, sunny and bright, and as we are in September I feel it's important to make the most of the last of the Summer Sun, as Winter feels a long time grey. I took a nice amble on to the Heath and got some inspiration from the Trees, which I'll talk more about tomorrow.

As now we are in the Ogham Tree Calendar month of Muin -  the Vine/Bramble I spent some time connecting with, and munching on the Blackberry Brambles...I sat and meditated by a large area of Bramble that was shaped like a mound or a lodge, with a small doorway in it. I'll post my thoughts and sketches on this tomorrow!

The afternoon was swept away with photographing Pendants and updating my Etsy Shop -  it does take a long time, but it was worth it! Popped some of my newest Pendants on there, so do take a look if you get a mo! :)

So the photos today are more progress on my Medusa painting... still a little way to go, but I'll share some of the images. The photo quality is not that great as they were taken on my i phone in all different lighting.







Medusa without her mask...
Night!

Wednesday, 13 October 2010

And now for something different...


This is my first attempt at painting a landscape from life. I've sketched landscapes in the past but never sat out there with my canvas and paints. It was a beautiful experience, watching the weather, light and tide change, dodging thunderstorms, which you could see coming in from miles away, and being brought tea from my mum's neighbors!

Northumberland is a stunning part of the country, and this was painted near Bamburgh and Budle bay. In the distance you can see Lindisfarne castle on Holy Island. I felt blessed to sit there, not a person in sight, completely elemental and relaxed.
I'll definitely be doing some more of these paintings, the light and atmosphere up north is truly perfect.