And then.................

I wondered what it would be like to paint my flowers onto a canvas................. so I did, and here it is.......

Flower vases........

Now some  of you who know me and who have been following my blog for awhile, will know that I have my own way of painting flowers........... well recently I have been using this method to decorate various vases and pots.............

New tattoo design..............

I have been doing an acrylic painting of a rose with barbed wire and Ivy wrapped around it, which got me to thinking I would like something similar as a tattoo, and this is what I have come up with. Will be having it done by the very excellent Karl at red Dragon in Horsham, at the end of the month.......can't wait!
.......and it is now done......here is the pic .............

Pastels..............

Ok, last post for today, I have also very recently started using pastels, and this is my first attempt...................

Landscapes............

In the past I have painted a few landscapes in oil, whilst I enjoyed doing it at the time, it is no longer a medium that I use. I have however recently tried my hand at landscape paintings in acrylic, and this is my first, it is a small block canvas showing the cooling towers at Ironbridge power station.............

And below are a few of my previous oil landscapes..............

I'm back!

Well, I can't believe it is 2 1/2 years since I last posted on this blog! It has been an extremely eventful and hectic two years, during which I have been able to do very little art or craft work. However hopefully things are now settling down a bit so that I am going to be able to get more done. I wanted to post a few of my pet portraits on here, which I have done over the years, and some other bits and pieces, so I will start with the pet/animal portraits...................

I is for Icy colours

Hi all, this weeks letter on the Alphabet challenge is I.......for icy colours.......this is my effort. I made the background of this card by making a small dolphin stencil and using a grey pencil to stencil the dolphins. I cut an oval of card and paper pricked freehand  design round that and in the corners of the card. I highlighted the paper pricking with silver pen. I drew the dolphins freehand onto different holographic card drew in the details and adhered them to the front.