Leisure painter article.

...........has been published in the May 2013 issue.

Recently I was commissioned to write an article for Leisure Painter magazine, about how I have adapted my equipment to suit my needs.
It has now been published in the May 2013 edition.

As a disabled artist, in a wheelchair, I have found it quite difficult to find equipment that suits me, so over the years, my husband and I have made alterations to my brushes, and equipment, to make it easier for me to paint. It also gives details on how I am able to sketch in bed when I`m bed bound, you will also find out how I made a bag that sits over the side of my wheelchair for when I paint outdoors, and a little "table" that either stands in the ground, or it can be slotted into the footrest of my wheelchair, if the ground is too hard. Along with plenty more hints and tips for painting both ourdoors and indoors.


Paintings this week, are few. I know, I`ve been slacking.......

Daddy`s girl.

15x 11"

watercolours

Arches rough, 140 lb.

 

My husband Sean and our youngest daughter, Danielle having a cuddle. Danielle is 12 years old here, and already she is taller than me, and as you can see, not far off being as tall as her dad.

I loved the photograph, but the background wasn`t very nice, so I took out the good bits, and removed the bad. That is the good thing about painting, you can even take photographs of different people, and paint them together.

I can`t even begin to tell you how many photo`s I`ve got where one of my daughters looks lovely, but another is pulling a silly face, or looking in the wrong direction.
I can take the best bits and marry them together to make a pleasing family portrait.............so if your family is just like mine, please consider commissioning a painting from me.

 

www.sharondouglas.weebly.com

 

I did do one other painting, but that ended up in the bin. I`d gone to my friend`s house for a painting day, and forgot to take my paints. How very clever of me.

I did have some watercolour pencils, so I used them, but even though I started off with a quite acurate drawing, I ended up with a horrendous mess, so I put it down to experience, and dumped it. Never mind, I learned quite alot from the experience. Mainly what not to do.

 

 

Expect some sunset type paintings next week. We went to Wigan to visit family, and all the way home I was clicking away with the camera at a lovely sunset as we were driving along the motorway. The pictures are quite blurred, because we were driving, but I can take the sunset and add it to something else to create a more pleasing scene..........so watch this space.

...... and don`t forget to pop over to www.sharondouglas.weebly.com

where you will find lots more of my paintings.