New work in progress

A short and hopefully sweet post to share with you what I'm currently working on. The first two pics are of the Tanabata festival held here in Japan during July, the festival centres around the tale of star crossed lovers who get turned into stars separated by the milky way and can only see each other once a year. The temples and streets are very colourful at this time as children make brightly coloured banners and write their wishes on strips of paper that are then tied to a bamboo branch.

The first picture, which I'm tentatively calling Autumn Girl, is a spontaneous, unplanned painting which, if I'm honest, I'm not sure what to do with next! Any suggestions?

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Making progress

My work in progress has progressed a little!

The picture of Martha Wainwright was inspired by a competition she was running to design a t-shirt for her tour (the image of her is from her latest album - I know you're married but I have feelings too). I just haven't had the time to get it done by the deadline though and it's still not finished so I'm just enjoying coming up with different ideas for it and having a play around. It'a a very sexy pose!

The other painting has gone through a few changes with regard to colour, it started off being quite bright and I've kept toning it down until I was happy with it, which I now am:) xx

Work in progress in October

I'm ill in a foreign country (it's only a cold), the perfect excuse for lazing around and looking at everyones wonderful artwork!!! i shal re-inspire myself and start thinking about what to paint next. I haven't painted anything for a few weeks now and I'm itching to get stuck into a new project!!

First of all I'd like to finish, or at least make some progress, on the two pictures above.

I started them weeks ago but I haven't had a clear idea of where to take them next.