My Mum and Ronnie

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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! 😉

 

 

 

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Poppies – ‘Wild Poppies in My Garden’ – Watercolour Poppies

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‘Wild Poppies in My Garden’

I photographed these vibrant orange poppies growing in my garden. Every year I look forward to their arrival as they burst into a flash of colour here and there, never knowing where they will have seeded from the year before. There is one very strong gardening rule, (Which My Husband has now learned – Don’t weed them out!) In the past I have waited with anticipation, camera on standby, watching the poppy buds swell, to find after a weekend of my husband gardening solo – They’re Gone!! Arrrgh!!!

Portraits -Musicians in Watercolour – Watercolour Portraits

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Musicians in Watercolour

This is almost a small mini series of watercolours I did concentrating on musicians I know, with their instruments. All the paintings were done from photographs I took. Several of the images below have their own separate posting in Portraits  (As they are of my Son! One of him with his violin, his main instrument and one on his saxophone, I even had him pose with a guitar so I could paint it – even though he doesn’t play one!! – playing in his younger years!!!) or Street Art 

My little boy!

Sax – All the way to the top too!

Mayday Festivities – Oxford University

‘Artists at Play – Mayday’
Oxford University Students

String Quartet, St. Ann’s Square Manchester

Buskin’ in Bolton

 

 

 

Poppies – ‘Poppies in the Wild’ – Oil painted Poppies

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‘Poppies in the Wild’

This oil painting was done from a collection of photographs I had taken of poppies growing in my garden. I selected little bits from the photographs and created this picture, almost in the same way I created by oil painting of ‘Poppies on Parade” also to be found in this ‘Poppy Section’.

Pencil – ‘High Street, Broadway, Cotswolds – Sketch in Pencil

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High Street, Broadway, Cotswolds

This is another pencil sketch of the beautiful village of Broadway in the Cotswolds, it was done from a photograph taken on a family holiday many years ago. Just last week we stopped off at the village on a trip down to London. The surrounding countryside on the day we arrived was like something out of a fairy tale. There had been several inches of snow and the tree lined roads looked like a scene from Austria in wintertime. As we walked along the main street I noticed that many of the shops now had new residents, indeed The Bindery Gallery as I have drawn above is now longer in business in High Street at this location.

Pencil Drawing – Snowshill, Cotswolds – Pencil sketch

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Snowshill, Cotswolds

These two pencil drawings of Snowshill, in the Cotswolds were done from old photographs taken on family holidays. This is a beautiful, tiny, village in the Cotswolds. It is almost just one street wrapped around a church and graveyard. Below is another pencil sketch of Snowshill Church.

Poppies – ‘Poppies and Pincushions’ – Oil Painting of Poppies

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‘Poppies and Pincushions’ – Oil on Board

This Oil painting of Poppies was done from photographs of flowers in my garden. I wanted to capture the light filtering through the delicate petals and show how it changes the deep red of the flowers to different orange hues

Street Art – ‘Mayday Festivities’ Oxford University – Street Artists

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‘Mayday Festivities’ – Oxford University

Whilst my Daughter was studying at Worcester College she would tell me of the Fantastic atmosphere in Oxford when it was Mayday. There would be Artists, Musicians, Dancers and all kinds of Street activities. including dancing around a Maypole. Often the partying would go on through the night. She sent me some photographs. This Watercolour above is depicting one of the scenes!

After I had finished painting, I stood back and noticed I had omitted to put the young girl’s legs in the painting. With my paint brush hovering ready to paint them in, I Stopped. I realised it actually gave something more to the picture by the legs absence. Like an ethereal figure floating off to the sound of the musician’s music!!

Watercolour Sepia Family Portrait from Old Photograph

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Family portrait – looking back in time

As an artist- even though I am self taught, I love recreating old photographs onto canvas. The styles of the clothes and hair gave it away as being from another era. Also, from just being an old damaged scrap of a picture, I can enlarge to any given size and take away the years of damage. Recreating memories on a larger scale to enjoy once more!

Watercolour painting of an Old Photograph

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‘Brothers’

This Watercolour painting was to recreate an old black and white photograph which was quite damaged with age. Instead of painting in black and white I felt a warmer sepia tone would complement the scene much better. I was very happy with the outcome!