Stag Silhouette

I haven't painted for a while so wanted to do something simple to get me back into it.  I did cheat a little.  I hand drew a silhouette from the internet. Using modelling paste and blue acrylic I got the texture of the stag.  I tried to do the background in strips of different shades of green to give the impression of trees.
DollyX

Carnations

My husband brought me some flowers.  I know, sickening isn't it.
This was my attempt to paint them.  I used a ink pen and watercolour. Dollyx

 This is my little workstation on the floor.  Look I have toes!

Work in progress.  See the finish painting below. 

Painting the Universe

I completed my A-Levels quite a few years ago now, it's actually over a decade!
I had kept my old canvas stored away all these years, always wanting to reuse them in some way.

So here is my dirty secret...I did terribly at A Level art, which sounds ridiculous now as all I ever do is be creative.

Below you can see my first 'recycled' canvas.  It felt great painting lots of black paint all over my A Level work, sort of liberating even after all these years.

This is the painting hanging on my bedroom wall.  It's actually really hard to photograph.  It seems much better in real.  I tried flicking some glow in the dark paint on to the canvas which didn't seem to work very well.  This might of been because I purchased the really cheap stuff from amazon.  I don't know, but it just doesn't really show up at all. 

Finger print Wedding Tree

I drew this for a friends wedding. During the wedding, rather than have a guest book, all the guest will leave a finger print on a tree branch.
It will look great once it's filled with finger prints.  I got ink pads with different shades of green for variety.
Dolly

work in progress

Baboon

Last summer my husband and I visited Berlin.  While we were there we went to the Berlin Zoo.
When we got home I painted this baboon from a photo a took.
I actually drew this a few months ago, but forgot I done it.
Here it is let me know what you think.
Dolly.

The photo I took and a photo of work in progress

Vintage Photography - Soho Myna

I brought this camera on ebay for £12.  I've had film cameras in the past as I was growing up, but I was really interested in using a camera with the bellows front.  This one is a 'All Distance' Soho Myna and dates from the late 1920s to early 1930s.  The camera is all metal and takes 120 film.  I purchased my film from Retro Film Supplies and had them developed using this website http://www.rollfilmprocessing.co.uk/  Their website is easy to navigate and would highly recommend using them. 

Once I received the film I had a trip over to the Isle of Wight and took these photos...

Although the camera didn't really focus very well on faces, I think they turned out quite well.

Sandown Pier

Sandown

Cowes

Ventnor

Ventnor 2

Newport

Fairies at Shankin

Shipwreck Museum

Cowes

Game of Thrones - Arya Stark

The new series of Game of Thrones is coming up.  As I was watching the last series to refresh my memory, I decided to paint one of the characters.
I find it incredibly difficult to capture watercolour. The first is taken with a camera the second is a scan.  

 I've used sticky backed plastic to mark out the house stark emblem.  I stipple watercolour with a stiff brush, in hindsight I went too far and went much darker then a originally wanted.