My Mum and Ronnie

Tags

Art, Art from photos, Artist, Artistic, Artistic moment, Arty, Commissions, My Mum and Ronnie, Original, Original watercolour, People portraits, Photographs, Watercolour portrait, Watercolour portraiture

My Mum and Ronnie

This is what I did this afternoon, really I should have been ironing, but I think the three hours painting was more relaxing, the ironing can be at the front of tomorrows ”To Do” list. No guarantees it will happen, as I went shopping yesterday with my Mum, a bit of indulgence, I invested in some new fabrics, using my birthday money, Yey! I feel a creative patchwork moment on the horizon!!!

This painting was a request of my Mum’s friend Ronnie, she has been reluctant to tell me he wanted it done as she, like myself, is non too fond of being either on photographs or pictures of any kind. However, eventually she asked me and gave me the tiniest photo to work from, it was from their holiday in Scotland last year. I do believe the high colour on their cheeks was caused not by sunshine, but the inclement weather, wind and rain!

Whether this painting is actually finished or not remains to be seen, I was asked to leave the background out as Ronnie wanted it to match the one I painted of himself for his seventieth birthday;

Portraits – ‘Ronnie’ – Watercolour Portrait

and the one which I painted of my Mum when she was seventeen;

Watercolour portrait of My Mum

Though I do feel it could do with something as a backdrop, we shall see, Maybe the black mount will be all he wants. Ronnie does seem to manage to keep getting himself in my portraiture works, here is one, for those who haven’t seen it before, of Ronnie when he was a young lad with his siblings.(He’s the one on the right)

Watercolour Sepia Family Portrait from Old Photograph

Now, I just need to find somewhere to hide my ironing, then I can start sewing tomorrow! 😉

 

 

 

Portraits – ‘Ronnie’ – Watercolour Portrait

Tags

70th birthday present, Art, Artist, Artistic moment, Artsy, Arty, Original art, Original watercolour, Painting from photographs, Portrait painting, Watercolour portrait, Watercolour portraiture

‘Ronnie’

This painting was done at special request by our family friend, Ronnie, for himself. He confessed he had always wanted a portrait of just himself and decided that he would have one, and that was that! Ronnie also appears in another portrait painting I have done, though he was a little younger on that one,  Watercolour Sepia Family Portrait from Old Photograph (He is the one on the right of that painting). The portrait was done just in time for his 70th Birthday, he said he was so pleased with it, he wanted another for his 80th!!! That’s sorted my present out for him then.

Landscape – ‘Assynt, Scotland’ – Watercolour Landscape

Tags

Art, Artist, Artistic, Artistic moment, Arts, Artsy, Arty, Assynt, Assynt Scotland watercolour, Beautiful countryside, Beautiful scene, Below zero, Field trip Scotland, Landscape, Landscape painting, Mountainous scene, Nature, Original, Original art, Original watercolour, Original watercolour landscape, Outdoors, Painting, Scotland, Watercolour, Watercolour landscape

‘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.

 

 

Landscape – ‘Casterton Bridge’ -Watercolour Landscape

Tags

Art, Art from photographs, Artist, Artistic, Artistic moment, Arts, Artsy, Arty, Bridge in watercolour, Bridge myths, Casterton, Casterton bridge, Cumbria, Devil'e Bridge, Folk law, Kirby Lonsdale, Lake District, Medieval bridge, Myth and ledgend, Nature, Original, Original art, Original painting, Original watercolour, Outdoors, Painting from photographs, Painting in watercolour, Photograph, Watercolour, Watercolour painting of a bridge, Watercolour water scene

Casterton Bridge -Kirby Lonsdale

This simple watercolour was done from a photograph I took Whilst on a day trip to the Cumbrian countryside. I had never been here before and nearly missed the bridge, just at the last minute I escaped from the car (after my husband had stopped!) and poked my way through the bushes to take this very angled photograph.

Still Life – ‘Oxbridge Students’ – Watercolour Still Life

Tags

Art, Artist, Artistic, Artistic moment, Arts, Artsy, Arty, Banks of a river, Budget life, Cambridge students, Cambridge university, Capture the moment, Captured moment, Discussions, Friends, Frozen in time, Idyllic, Idyllic moment, Idyllic scene, Idyllic watercolour, Nature, Old photographs, Original, Original art, Original painting, Original watercolour, Original watercolour landscape, Original watercolour still life, Outdoors, Oxbridge, Oxbridge students, Oxford University Students, Painting, Photograph, Punting in Cambridge, Punting in Oxford, Punting on the river, Reflections, Reflections in water painting, Still life, Student discussions, Student life, University students, Watercolour, Watercolour painting, Watercolour Still Life, Watercolour water scene, Weeping willow

Oxbridge students

As everything seemed to be frozen in time in this scene, I decided to post it in Still Life. This painting was done from a photograph my Daughter sent to me, whilst studying at Worcester College, Oxford, it is of her friends from Oxford and Cambridge universities. It seems a simply idyllic moment of student life, sitting on the banks of the river discussing maybe their subjects, life or even what budget they have left to buy dinner that night – Who knows!?

Landscape – ‘Sunrise At The Barn’ – Watercolour Landscape

Tags

Art, Artist, Artistic moment, Arts, Artsy, Arty, Barbed wire, Barn, Colourful, Colourful Watercolour, Creative Art, Creative moment, Dawn, Dawn sun rise, Doodle, Haze, Imaginary art, Imaginary landscape, Imagination, Landscape, Landscape in watercolour, Landscape scene, Misty morning, Original art, Original watercolour, Outdoors, Painting, Perspective, Playing with colours, Sunrise, Sunrise at the barn, Watercolour, Watercolour doodle, Watercolour landscape, Watercolour painting, Watercolour perspective

‘Sunrise At The Barn’

This watercolour was more of a doodle than based on any actual scene. I was playing around with colours which seem to arise on a cold misty dawn. In my imagination this is how the painting played out, connecting everything together by using the same colours throughout, from the sky, the trees across the barn and down to the ground. The pathway between the barbed wire fencing I added later to give the painting more perspective. Quite pleased with my imaginary doodle!

Still Life – ‘Jack and Jill (On a Ledge Series) -Watercolour version

Tags

Art, Art Style, Artist, Artistic, Artistic moment, Arts, Artsy, Arty, Bored, Bored moment, Children's art, Creative Art, Creative ideas, Decorative, Decorative art, Doll painting, Fashionable art, Illustration, Jack and Jill, light and shade, Oil version, Oils, On a ledge, On a Ledge Series, Original, Original art, Original artwork, Original watercolour, Painting, Pastel version, Pink watercolour, Rag dolls, Shadows, Shadows in watercolour, Soft pastel, Still life, Still life painting, Still life series, Style, Versions, Wacky, Wacky and weird, Wacky art, Watercolour, Watercolour dolls, Watercolour illustration, Watercolour painting, Watercolour Still Life, Watercolour version, Window art, Window ledge

‘Jack and Jill’ – (On a Ledge Series) – Watercolour version

Bored and uninspired one day, I stood in my kitchen wondering what I could draw? Whilst wondering I absent mindedly started tidying and rearranging things on the ledge. I’m not one for nice pot ornaments, rather have slightly wacky or weird decorative things around! So, as I now had a disarrayed pile of things I had moved and a clean window ledge – The idea struck me. I could use it as a little staging area for a series of still life pictures!!!

The idea for “On a Ledge Series” was born.  Above is one version of ‘Jack and Jill’, two little rag dolls my daughter brought home from a trip abroad. This particular one is done in watercolour. Other posts of Jack and Jill for the future will be a version in soft pastel and one in oils.

Street Art – ‘Artists at Play – Mayday!’ – Oxford University Students – Watercolour Street Art

Tags

Art, Artist, Artistic, Artistic moment, Artistic scene, Artistic watercolour, Artists At play, Arts, Artsy, Arty, Bagpipes, Cello, College Oxford, Colourful, Colourful coat, Colourful street musicians, Colourful Watercolour, Costumes, Green costumes, Illustration, Mayday, Maypole, Multi coloured coat, Music, Musicians, Musicians in watercolour, Original, Original art, Original Street Art, Original watercolour, Outdoor, Outdoor activities, Oxford, Oxford annual event, Oxford outdoors, Oxford Students, Oxford University, Oxford University Students, Sheet music, Street activities, Street art, Street entertainers, Street music, Street Musicians, Street Scene, University students, Watercolour, Watercolour illustration, Watercolour painting, Worcester College

‘Artists at Play – Mayday’
Oxford University Students.

This watercolour was done from another colourful photograph my Daughter sent to me whilst she was studying at Worcester College, Oxford. It depicts one of the many activities which take place each year, as students celebrate Mayday in the centre of Oxford.  (See ‘Mayday Festivities’ – Also in Street Art)

Landscape – Cycling in Snowy Macclesfield – Watercolour Landscape

Tags

Art, Art Creation, Artist, Artistic, Artistic imagination, Artistic moment, Artistic scene, Arts, Artsy, Arty, Countryside, Countryside cycle routes, Countryside watercolour, Creative Art, Creative imagination, Cycle routes, Cycling, Cycling in Macclesfield, Cycling in snowy Macclesfield, Cycling in winter, Cyclist, Cyclist in watercolour, Different versions, Illustration, Imaginary snow, Landscape, Landscape painting, Macclesfield, Nature, Original, Original art, Original Countryside watercolour, Original watercolour, Original watercolour landscape, Outdoor activities, Outdoor cycling, Outdoor persuits, Outdoors, Snow scene, Snowy landscape, Snowy version, Two versions, Watercolour, Watercolour illustration, Watercolour landscape, Watercolour original, Watercolour painting, Watercolour snow scene, Winter, Winter scene, Winter scene in watercolour

‘Cycling in Snowy Macclesfield’

I have painted two versions of this scene, both in watercolour. This is the ‘Snowy’ version, where I had great fun imagining and creating the landscape with snow on it. The other version is with a lush green landscape. (See ‘Cycling in Macclesfield’ – also in Landscapes)

Landscape – Cycling in Macclesfield – Watercolour Landscape

Tags

Art, Artistic, Artistic moment, Artistic scene, Arts, Artsy, Arty, British countryside, Country cycle routes, Countryside persuits, Countryside scene in watercolour, Creative Art, Creative imagination, Creative scene, Creative watercolour, Cycling, Cycling in Macclesfield, Cyclist, Cyclist in watercolour, Landscape, Landscape in watercolour, Macclesfield, Nature, Original, Original art, Original artwork, Original watercolour, Outdoor cycling, Outdoors, Snowy landscape, Watercolour illustration, Watercolour landscape, Watercolour scene

‘Cycling in Macclesfield’

This is a friend of my Daughter cycling his way through the Macclesfield countryside. I have also painted this picture, again in watercolour, with a created imaginary snowy scene! (See ‘Cycling in Snowy Macclesfield’ – also in Landscapes)