Sunday 17 February 2013

With extra special thanks to Stephie Butler

.........for kindly giving me permission to use her photograph as the starting point for the Tiger that I painted in oils.........

 Stephie`s tiger.
26x18"
Oils.
When I saw the reference photograph, I loved it instantly. I was constantly thinking about how I would paint this.....even when I woke up in the mornings, I was thinking about this reference. Normally I prefer to use my own reference photographs, but this one well and trully grabbed me, so in the end I asked Stephie Butler for permission, and I was so pleased that she said yes.
Stephie is a fabulous artist herself, so I can`t thank her enough for letting me use it, as I`m sure she will probably do it herslf one day too.
 
Orange Squash.
16x20"
Watercolours
 
I`ve painted similar pictures to this in the past, but this one I decided to paint as though the items had ben "squashed" onto the paper, so that I could call it "Orange squash".
 
Coniston
10x8"
Watercolours.

At the end of art group, I had a little time left over, so I played around and came up with this. A place that holds a special place in my families heart. I place that we have been on many wonderful holidays and day trips.........roll on summer, so we can go there again.
 
Well, we are getting organised for Alnmouth, we have booked our hotel accomodation, and we have been working away building up some stock for our exhibition stand........I checked yesterday and was shocked to realise that it is only 18 weeks away, so I really must get lot`s of painting done......it`s a hard life, and I love being the one to do it!!!
 
 

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