Mythic Coastline Competition

Formy shipwreck, with more than a little help from my imagination.

Mirabel in the Autumn Forest

Well, what a frenzied weekend of paper, paint and a very messy flat as I worked very hard to do 2 new paintings for a competition. A friend told me about it just recently and I only had the weekend to get everything done. I really like working to a deadline though, and I like having some kind of brief to work towards. Too many possiblities sometimes end up with nothing getting done, as I think I've said before.

Of course it would've helped if my scanner had worked when I came to scan them in! As it was I used my trusty new camera to take a (slightly less than sharp) picture. They were a bit dark as I didn't finish till late last night but I'm hoping they're acceptable to the judges. When I get my scanner working I'll post some better quality images.

The competition is to illustrate a childrens book provisionally entitled 'Between the Moon and the Earth'.

xxx

Derbyshire Open Arts 2010

What a wonderful weekend, the Derbyshire Open was really good fun! I met lots of new people and caught up with some old friends, sold some work and got really positive comments from everyone who visited.

Add to that the fact I'm off work and the weathers warm and sunny and I'm a very happy cat indeed:D

I know the other artists in Glossop who participated also had a great and successful time.

Here are a couple of photos of how my house looked with all the work up for those that couldn't make it over xxx

My cherry blossom papercut in the window, lots of

people loved this.

My bird series was also very popular.

My front room.

The dining room with my portfolio on the table. It's quite a big house but I have too much work to put up!

The 2 Blue Landscape paintings sold also, in fact I could

have sold them twice over!

White Cherry Tree and Tokyo In The Rain

I did promise to scan all my work in when I returned from Japan and put better quality images up, but alas, my new multi-function printer/scanner/photo-copier is refusing to scan. I don't understand why and I'm not happy about it and shall sit and sulk until a kind friend comes and sorts it out for me:(

Ok, sulk over for now just because I'm really excited about having finished the two watercolour paintings I've been working on and I've bought two frames today and have been cutting mounts for them and getting them ready for a competition I want to enter. The deadline's on Saturday but I still have to buy hooks and stuff and finish the framing.

Anyway, here are my finished (as far as any artwork is finished) paintings. I also really like just the left hand side of Tokyo in the rain all on it's own and I'm considering whether or not to chop it in half, any comments or opinions appreciated.

xxx