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Don’t miss out! In 14 days or less things might not be available any longer!

 

Pretty Patchwork Place-mats

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Variation on a theme of late….Place-mats and coasters this time!

Sometimes, in fact quite often, I question my sanity over my desire to make more than one of something, especially as each one has so much work involved from designing it to the finished creation…BUT…to eventually end up making 12 !?! six place-mats & six coasters (each and every one slightly different too) then hand quilt them all…and, as if that wasn’t enough I added tiny hand stitched flower borders to them all as well..not to mention hand stitching the binding down…I might have to think about upping my hourly work rate from a penny an hour…..;-/

At first, there was…a set of two……

….obviously I still didn’t think that was enough….So, off I went again…..

Then some more…..

In case you had any doubts about the 12……

Altogether now…. Colourful cotton table mats (including a 100% cotton wadding layer) AND fully washable too!

Perhaps, I’ll just sit and rock quietly in a corner for a while….;-)

Pencil Drawings – ‘Selly Manor, Bournville’

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‘Selly Manor – Bournville’

This drawing was done from a photograph I took on a trip to Cadbury World, a chocolate factory near Birmingham. We literally walked around the corner from the Cadbury car park and fell upon the quaintest little village setting. Above, Selly Manor, is one of Birmingham’s oldest buildings dating back originally to around 1300.  Around 1907 it was dismantled, as apparently it was in a bad state of repair, and relocated to its present location in Bournville, as a restoration project by George Cadbury. It now stands as a museum and tourist attraction in the village setting. A beautiful Tudor building!

Animal Portraits – ‘Peppy – “You Woke Me Up!” ‘ – Pastel Pet Portrait

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Peppy – ‘You woke me up?’Origina

This is another portrait of my Weimarnaner, ‘Peppy’ (See others of him in Animal Portraits;   Weimaraner Pastel Pet Portrait – My dog Peppy as a pup, Weimaraner and his toy – Pastel portrait of Peppy  ). At the time I went to take the photograph he was fast asleep and looked really cute, snuggled up into a little (rather large actually) ball! As I knelt down and turned the camera on he lifted his head very sleepily as if to say, ‘You woke me up!’, ‘What now?’ But even though he looked like a grumpy old man I still decided to draw the pastel portrait to show another side of a Dog’s Life!!!

Landscape – ‘Assynt, Scotland’ – Watercolour Landscape

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‘Assynt – Scotland’

This picture was painted from a photograph my Daughter took whilst on an Earth Science field trip. They were actually camping out on the side of a mountain in below zero conditions. Having been on field trips similar beforehand, when the offer was put to the group “Who will dig out a toilet for camp?” My daughter quickly raised her hand and proceeded with the task. Why, you may ask did she volunteer? The reason being, that, at the end of the trip, there is no call for volunteers just a pointed finger to the chosen person to fill the toilet in – AND its never pointed at the person who dug the hole in the first place! She has always been quick to learn!!

A beautiful part of Scotland.

 

 

Master Compilation Series – ‘Cezanne’s “Mount Saint Victoire” overlooks, Renoir “Boating on the Seine” !’ – Oil painting

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‘Cezanne’s -“Mount. Saint. Victoire” overlooks, Renoir’s- “Boating on the Seine” !’ OR “Rowing on a Mountain Lake”!

This is one of a mini series of paintings I did, working from old Master’s works. I had the idea of trying to seamlessly gel together two different artists’ masterpieces to form one new image (See another example of this in Still Life (Master Compilation Series) -” ‘EAR’, Where’s He Gone?” – Oil Still Life) These two scenes above, painted in oil, I think, work very well together, and it seems completely plausible that this scene could actually exist. Artwork with a twist. If you take away the titles of the Master’s works and I gave it a new title now as an original painting of “Rowing on a mountain lake” Maybe!!!?

Poppies – ‘Poppy Perfection’ Oil on box canvas Poppy

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‘Poppy Perfection’

In this painting the main thing I wanted to convey to the canvas was the transparency of the the petal with the sunlight shining through in the early morning. The reason I titled it ‘Poppy perfection’ was that I caught this flower on photograph at the pinnacle of its existence. It really was a good year in my garden for poppies (See also my other paintings of poppies especially Oil Painting – Still Life – ‘Poppies on Parade’ which was a collection of flowers from my garden) But I still think this was the most perfect and beautiful poppy I think I have ever see. As if to highlight that fact I painted the background quite abstractly to show the comparison. Whilst the background flowers in my opinion needed to be there for the composition of the still life I didn’t want their distraction from the main focus of the Poppy!

‘”SCENE” From A Bench Series’ – Soaring Moments – Oil Pastel Beach Landscape’

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‘”SCENE” From a Bench series’ -Soaring moments’

Here is another of my “SCENE” from a Bench Series of Oil Pastel Pictures. Obviously in this one I have tried to give the perspective of overlooking the  sea from the top of the cliffs, whilst in the mid distance I’ve included sea birds rising on the thermals – giving it the title ‘Soaring Moments’ !

This series of pictures have all been done using Oil Pastels and in each one I have placed a Bench. Always the same bench but sometimes I’ve flipped it around to suit the angle of the scene. All the pictures in this series are from my imagination and are drawn to give maximum illusion to the perspective of the landscape around and create as much depth as possible in the small images. Hence the series title, ‘ “SCENE” From A Bench’ ! 

Pencil Drawings – Chipping Campden, Cotswolds – Pencil Drawing

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‘Chipping Campden, Cotswolds’

This little village street scene of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds can also be seen in my Pen and Ink section. It was done from a photograph taken whilst on a family holiday.  I do like to recreate some of my artwork in different mediums. Whilst, I think, the pencil drawing gives a softer, more romanticised feel to the scene, the pen and ink illustration gives a very crisp no fuss kind of picture. It amazes me how two scenes exactly the same appear so different even when drawn by the same person. It is almost as if the ink illustration conveys matter of factly “I am, what I am” whereas the pencil drawing has more character and depth somehow, even though they are similarly shaded.

(I have included the Pen and Ink drawing below so a comparison of style can be seen together)

Chipping Campden, Cotswolds

Pen and ink – Chipping Campden, Cotswolds – Sketch in Pen and Ink

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Chipping Campden, Cotswolds

This little village street scene of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds can also be seen in my Pencil Drawings section. It was done from a photograph taken whilst on a family holiday. I do like to recreate some of my artwork in different mediums. The pen and ink illustration gives a very crisp no fuss kind of picture, whilst, I think, the pencil drawing gives a softer, more romanticised feel to the scene. It amazes me how two scenes exactly the same appear so different even when drawn by the same person. It is almost as if the ink illustration conveys matter of factly “I am, what I am” whereas the pencil drawing has more character and depth somehow, even though they are similarly shaded.

(I have included the pencil drawing below so a comparison of style can be seen together)

(Which can be seen in Pencil Drawings)