Christmas Gift Shop!

Christmas time is here and it's less than four weeks to go! Thoresby Gallery in Newark are opening their annual Christmas Shop very shortly, and I am happy say I will have three watercolour/ink originals for sale there. 

I’ve always loved dainty little songbirds. But only recently I have started trying to draw/paint them; so for the gallery I chose three very lovely British birds as my subjects to paint,

"Chaffinch" Watercolour/Ink A6 Original Framed 

"Little Robin" Watercolour/Ink A6 Original Framed

"British Woodpecker" Watercolour/Ink A6 Original Framed

These bird illustrations will be available exclusively at the gallery only. So if you wish to buy any of them, head to the Christmas shop which will be open to all from Saturday 30th Nov – Wednesday 1st Jan. There will be a variety of affordable artwork by local amateur and professional artists that would make brilliant, thoughtful gifts.

More info..

Thanks :)

Drawing with biro / ballpoint pen

I have been trying to work on a few new pieces of artwork; every painting I have been doing recently, seems to involve watercolour and fineliner ink and this is the media I am most comfortable with. However, I wanted to experiment a little so I decided it was time I tried to use ballpoint pen again. That is the everyday box-standard biro pen! I played around with this whilst in college on a few little pieces, but never attempted anything on a larger scale as I thought the permanence of the medium was daunting- no erasing!
  
However, something that really inspired me was simply just to search for 'Biro art' on Google. Some of the artists using them are simply mind-blowing. You may be familiar with some of the work by portraiture artists like Juan Francisco Casas and of Samuel Silva, who stand out in particular and create incredibly photo-realistic artworks- it's hard to believe they are not photographs! Whilst I could never achieve that level of god-like skill, I have still found it very enjoyable doodling around! 
However, using this medium is so immensely time-consuming! It's also very easy to make a mistake. It is very pressure sensitive and especially if the ink blobs out every so often! I am still trying to get the hang of it...

 
Stag - A3                                                         Botanic - A4

I used a multi-colour packet of them and whilst you do use a lot of ink for one drawing, it's cheap to replace. It's also very readily available- biro pens are everywhere- in your house, in the office, at work, at school, in your pocket or bag - so why not pick up one and have a go :)

 

Moleskine pages on Tumblr + Bloglovin'

Hello!

I recently joined tumblr, and I have to say, I am ever so slightly addicted to it!
A favourite blog of mine is Moleskine Lovers. <<definitely check it out, theres an amazing variety of art on there!
I love to use my Moleskine journals for little paintings and sketches, so when I found a blog full of pages of other people's artwork in their Moleskine books, I was so inspired.
Here are a couple of my Moleskine watercolour/ink paintings that I uploaded to my tumblr:



I experimented a bit, and they ended up having quite a futuristic feel!
The first, 'A Violet Vortex'; titled as such due to me thinking the swirls of ink I had done spiralled into a whirlwind/vortex landscape- in a world full of cosmic radiation or something...
The next one was entitled 'Melting'; I actually painted the blue watercolour wash background before I even knew what the subject was going to be. This is usually the case with most of my artwork. I never plan anything out. I just draw/paint and see what happens, which is sometimes quite cathartic. With the second piece, I felt it had an icy feel, so I used ink to draw the polar bear and again, swirled loops and lines in ink with fading ink/watercolour dripping down, to symbolise the melting polar ice caps...

I forgot to link 'Melting' back to my tumblr when I uploaded it to Moleskine lovers, so here it is if you wish to have a look please do;
http://painteddaisychain.tumblr.com/ - feel free to ask me questions if you wish, and I greatly appreciate all those who have reblogged or liked. It is so amazingly flattering to know people like my work!

I will be uploading more soon!

Also, you can now follow me on bloglovin' if you wish to.

Thanks!

 

Gallery Exhibition!

I am very pleased to currently have a few pieces of my artwork exhibiting at Thoresby Gallery in Newark.
After I finished a series of bird paintings in watercolour and fine-liner inks, I felt it would be a good opportunity to submit them to the gallery, after I found out they were holding an open exhibition.

 SOLD

If you wish to buy any of my bird illustrations, the exhibition is open to the public during Saturday 20^th April – Sunday 19^th May and my artwork will be on sale for you to purchase during this time, as well as many other amazing artists who will be exhibiting their work too. There really are works of all kinds by a variety of local artists, amateur and professional, so why not take a look!
 
More info here



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Welcome! This blog documents some of my artistic ventures and pieces. I aim to bring happiness and hopefully a little inspiration in my work.

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