my scattergun approach to art

Amazon make great beds

2010-08-05T09:32:00.001+01:00

Amazon make great beds
Originally uploaded by paintistworks / Lynne

Beezer, enjoying his bed of paper...not as it appears, he is live and kicking and just enjoys boxes filled with paper :-)

New Hens .....

2010-05-18T11:01:00.003+01:00

The hens are here....we have an old coop that we are going to demolish and a new roost/ laying box ready, we are just waiting for the wired enclosure before the girls can move in.......for the moment we are giving them freedom to walk around the garden for a little bit at a time, and then they are locked into their old coop. Previous experience has taught us that the garden will soon be full of dusty trenches and bereft of any plant life, so they are going to have a static coop with freedom only under supervision, usually in the afternoons.
I thought that the dogs would tolerate the hens, they seemed to get on fine until Gert came over and pecked Beezer ( the brown dog ) right between the eyes!!!! feathers an squawking and a running tackle from me separated them........the wire enclosure cannot get here fast enough for me! Now the two little darlings are sitting by the old coop just waiting for a hen to show its head........butter wouldn't melt would it, look at their expressions, they don't want to kill them, they just want to taste one......

where it all began

2010-05-08T17:10:00.003+01:00

A photo of our first Grifon,Bumble, sitting among the houses of our little fairy village...sooooooooooo many years ago,nearly 50 years ago......!!!

finished

2010-05-07T10:23:00.003+01:00

I think these 6 domes are finished to my satisfaction, one of my other domes has had to be changed because the doll was so fragile she split at her seams where I had arranged her.....a little surgery or another doll will be needed.......soon I will make sense of all of this.....lots of ideas but not going to explain yet, as once i let ideas out of my head they seem to fly away...........

the cast is growing

2010-05-05T17:43:00.002+01:00

The cast for my fairytale theatre has grown and grown.....I really must get on with the next stage....or I can see that I will be just collecting stuff for the sake of it. I am getting rather fond of the strange narratives that these objects are showing me as I haphazardly pop them on the shelf....... I may look out for some key elements....keys eggs, castles heart etc, but I think I have enough 'characters' now

aarrrghhhhh

2010-05-04T09:25:00.001+01:00

my new batch of objects are reacting badly to the paint !!! what to do!? i carefully washed and primed and allowed to dry between coats and this crackle appeared .....I will have to find a way of stripping back and spraying again !!! bloomin heck :-(

new addition

2010-04-29T16:08:00.004+01:00

Ok I have given in and spent 'real' money on this staircase. I bought it for the largest dome I have, but it is just a squeek too large, so now I will have to find a way to make it free standing......I love it! and when it is painted white it will look amazing, but it was pricey and now i must stop, and stick by my charity shop / carboot rule........ It is lovely tho' don't you think :-)

crow

2010-04-29T13:22:00.004+01:00

I may be getting a little silly now...... I have found some decoy crows...very cheap, and then when i was buying paint yesterday there was a bunch of keys in the garden section of the store......so I have put them together.....where on earth is this all going? I really don't know yet, but it is all towards an exhibition I hope....paintings / drawings next :-)

4 finished domes

2010-04-28T12:32:00.003+01:00

I am happy with these little domes, they will stay like this for a little while. The joy of the dome is that you can change the items regularly, unlike framing a picture, plus I love how a dome gives great importance to the object placed inside it......

photos of the sets so far...

2010-04-26T18:09:00.004+01:00

The Fairytale narrative is working quite well in these toys/ ornaments......some I am putting under glass domes, others are free to roam :-)
I am getting frustrated that I cant find the exact objects I am looking for, i have plans and scenes in my head but I have to wait until the objects can be found. I am setting myself the task that they should all be bought at car boot sales and charity shops.........finding them and giving them a new life is a source of great enjoyment for me :-)

collection

2010-04-25T17:25:00.004+01:00

my collection is growing.....my camera has run out of batteries now so I can't get on with taking any more pics until tomorrow, but so far so good.....I have had fun with this lot and have even had to empty out my bookcase to house them. I have so many ideas running through my head I can't seem to settle on just one. I have a small exhibition to put up this week and when that is done I may be able to settle down to working on my new ideas.

lovely sunshine

2010-04-22T15:55:00.001+01:00

.....
Originally uploaded by paintistworks / Lynne

The sun is making all my objects look wonderful......I love how they have a narrative all of their own

black and white

2010-04-20T13:40:00.003+01:00

more characters...:-)

more pieces

2010-04-17T18:06:00.004+01:00

I have been spraying some more pieces... i like the white, you add colour in your mind :-) I added
a nest to the dove, its harder than you think , making a nest out of twigs.......then i added glitter because as my eyesight fails I like shiny even more :-)

an old trick

2010-04-12T11:17:00.003+01:00

getting mismatched objects spraying / painting them an all over colour makes them more compatible....this weekends flea market finds are not what I would like in my home usually, but i am in a frivilous mood at the moment and wanted a cheap, quick fix.....now they are all white I can put them together...what do you think? nice? Have a look here on flickr to see what I did with them :-)

twins

2010-04-04T15:40:00.003+01:00

found a beautiful pair of really tiny dolls today with perfect little faces, their little dresses look so nice too...I am very happy :-) I am keeping them in an antique glass watch case.....

details

2010-03-22T18:32:00.001Z

just a couple of close-ups of the foreground in my latest painting....click on the image to see large :-)

paintings for the exhibition

2010-03-18T11:48:00.001Z

a very poor pic of all the paintings I am putting in the small exhibition...

finished....

2010-03-18T11:24:00.001Z

finished....
Originally uploaded by paintistworks / Lynne

I have finished this painting, its not making me a very happy artist as I can see a lot of Disney type things about it, but I will leave it as it is. I need something colourful for space I am exhibiting in, and I think it will hold its own in the small quite dark gallery.....
I am now going to work on some small canvases for a restaurant I exhibit in, impulse buys for happy diners......well don't shoot me, it pays for materials :-)

bird

2010-03-08T07:42:00.002Z

bird
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

going completely off the fairytale narrative now, and just enjoying the fullness and richness of colour that I have got on the pages. I would love to be an edgy illustrator ( and will try some less sweet images soon ) but what seems to come out every time I start to draw just isn't edgy at all.......I am looking at this book and thinking how I was told at college /university when I was studying, that sketchbooks shouldn't be full of finished works, they should be ideas, notes to yourself etc. So I am always hearing a little voice when I work teling me what a waste of time this book is, but, I have decided not to listen too hard to the voices, that it is the process that is leading me here, the process of getting a set of ovals dyed and the gems made and cut out, and making my background patterns.....its all like a meditation, I enjoy the whole making rather than the images themselves, the book is my object, the final piece, I may even seal it so that it can never be opened again. It will be great to have one very full, creaking book, and not have another drawer in my studio choc-a-bloc full of drawing that will get crinkled and dusty, books are the way forward for tidy studio spaces :-)

fleur

2010-03-06T23:10:00.001Z

fleur
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

Now with added glitter..... I know, tacky right, but I saw this glitter ( and some others which I also bought ) and just had to use it....its my book and I can be as tacky as I want to ....lol

Devils coach horse

2010-03-06T10:17:00.001Z

Devils coach horse
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I am still working in my sketchbook, now I am considering it less as a story, more a collection of patterns and illustrations that can be used in a better finished work later on. After all that is what sketchbooks are all about isn't it... sketchbooks are the seedcorn of creativity :-)

planning stage

2010-03-01T17:10:00.002Z

planning stage
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I am enjoying the playing with bright colours so much, it really has been making me happy to pick up this little book and draw , but the story line/ narrative has gone a little awry, I am now forgetting all about it being a story told in a straight line in my book, I am going backwards and forwards with my images filling in the gaps. I have started making notes on how the story should go, but i am not really a story teller....like someone once said "if i could put in words why would I need to paint!"
I may put a little outline of the plot on here in a little while, but at the moment I am a little embarrassed to do it :-)

I have been asked about my process and materials..... first of all I go through my book drawing on the pages with felt pen , making my background patterns, I scribble over them a little with water-colour pencils as felt tip is a little harsh sometimes. Then I have made a lot of ink stained papers, random stains so that sometimes they can inspire what goes on the page and I cut out the oval shape I have found fits on the page nicely. The images themselves are really whatever pops into my head, I had started a fairy-tale theme to my images, but they have taken on a life of their own now and I have no idea what the tale is :-) I draw on the inky paper with ordinary felt tip pens, posca pens for the opaque colour and for the black I use a fine liner pen........ I hope all that is what was asked??

Oh, my 'gems' ( I am going a bit over the top with these but I am enjoying them so much :-) ) I use the off-cuts left from making the ovals and then use double sided tape to add them to the drawings :-))

arrival of the bride

2010-02-24T14:45:00.001Z

arrival of the bride
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

well the bride has made her entrance, but what will happen next? will all go well......hmmmmmmm I really don't know.
All I do know is that if ever I try this again I will have to write out some sort of story, or use a story board......I am having fun though ;-)

the guests

2010-02-23T14:33:00.003Z

the guests
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

latest page...still not sure where this fairytale is going, but I am having fun with the characters. This group are guests for a wedding....whose I dont know. I have a feeling they will let me know later.....lol

and now I have made my mother a Birthday card using the image.....with added bling, I am quite pleased with it :-)

creation station

2010-02-22T13:07:00.001Z

creation station
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I have started a new journal, this time it is not a moleskine, which has sort of freed me up from having to make ' moleskine' work..... I think I am getting all the colour and fantasy out of my system now, so that i can go back to making some better canvas paintings soon.....this book, journal is really just something I have on my lap in the evenings to doodle in, I hate to say it but its like art therapy, the colours make me feel happy, the story is coming bit by bit so I just draw what I want to draw. I expect as soon as the sun starts shining I will drop this project and get back into my ( hopefully warmer ) studio.

Beezer

2010-02-12T10:30:00.002Z

My little Brussels Griffon....he is 11 this year, on all sorts of medication........

WIP

2010-02-09T17:01:00.003Z

another horse....work in progress, 3' x 4' canvas again.....I am looking for a wow piece, something that will catch the eye in my exhibition in May, its being held in a quite dark museum space and I want something to get people over to have a look at the rest of my work. I am having some difficulties with the theme, because , oh dear I feel like I want to move away from horses....they aren't inspiring me as much as they used to but the exhibition is called man,horse and myth, so at least for this batch of work I am going to have to carry on with them.......this one is a sun horse...

update...I have completey ruined this, its now destroyed aaarrrggghhhhh !!!

forest

2010-02-05T18:28:00.003Z

for an exhibition in May, at last I have started painting again after my 'slump'

amazing music video

2010-02-03T09:15:00.003Z

The music isnt to everones taste, but the visdeo is amazing....thanks to my son for showing me it :-)
link here

free inks and yupo

2010-01-28T11:46:00.001Z

free inks and yupo
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I have been given some old pantone inks, I think they are meant to top up some type of felt pen, but they have been dicontinued. These are spirit based inks, very toxic smelling, but gorgeous colours. I have tried them on paper and they bleed through quite badly, but then I found some yupo paper that I had bought years ago and not got on well with. The inks look fabulous on it. I had great fun playing with the effects, but now what to do with the paper.....

so true

2010-01-22T19:50:00.002Z

This amused me, and dismayed me, I have been guilty of being affected by all of these points......am I / have I been shooting myself in the foot all my life! So new years resolution, try and make art for myself, not for the perceived audience / critic....just do it, and get it out there. After all I am getting on, I feel that time and fashion are not on my side, I really need to get going.....2010 could be a better year, couldn't it? :-)

all for me !!!!!

2009-12-11T08:33:00.001Z

wonderful yummy cakes...a lovely early christmas gift for me! and they are so pretty too...

forest horse

2009-11-12T18:27:00.001Z

forest horse
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

a little experiment with tunnel books , and a sound track thay came with my computer :-)
I really enjoyed making this tiny piece 3' x 2", and will try another for sure, but it could get a little bit twee.....I am not really trying for cute, but it always ends up that way.

my grandmother

2009-10-06T13:40:00.002+01:00

My mother has sent me some scans of old photos of my Nan....how young she looks....

bench

2009-09-06T16:59:00.002+01:00

I went sketching today and sat on a bench....this lady must have had a sense of humour, and been much loved....

oil pastels ! yuck

2009-09-04T11:27:00.002+01:00

I really do struggle with oil pastels....and today I look even more like a mad woman than I usually do .......

9b pencil

2009-09-03T14:17:00.001+01:00

filthy soft pencil.....but I enjoy the blacks

cheap crayons

2009-09-03T11:00:00.004+01:00

todays portrait done withcheap watercolour crayons.....i quite like the texture, sort of waxy

watercolour

2009-09-02T12:51:00.002+01:00

might as well show the grey hair as well......

this was done on very thick very absorbent watercolour paper, hard to get what I wanted, but very kind to the wrinkles......made everything softer :-)

self portrait project

2009-09-02T09:57:00.002+01:00

I have ,over the years resisted the urge (!) to post photos /drawings etc of myself on the internet, vanity only vanity has made me think like this, and the fear that people make judgements based on apperance, but I have been impressed and inspired by some of the daily portrait groups I have seen on flickr. I am not going to do a daily portrait, I can't even pretend that I can keep something like that going....but I am going to do some more portrait work, mine and others ( if I can get the models)

Fame at last!

2009-08-19T13:21:00.002+01:00

My middle son has been featured in Amatuer Photographer magazine ( August issue )

Proud mother here :-)

A great day at the castle

2009-08-18T19:40:00.001+01:00

I have been drawing at Tattershall castle in Lincolnshire today...there was an exhibition called 'The house of bling' where six artists did installations in and around the castle. It was also sunny enough to get a bit of drawing done :-)

Sunshine !

2009-08-09T16:33:00.002+01:00

Oh how I like the sunny days, but the heat I can't get on with....I wilt and sulk, seek out the shadows and walk on the shady side of the street......but I love the sunlight, the bright colours, the way people smile and say hello.... Today I got out my shady hat and took a photo of myself because I liked the shadow patterns.....and the fact that I am obscured a little too ;-p

new sketching tool

2009-07-28T10:03:00.002+01:00

I saw this idea on an art programme about 10 years ago, and have always wanted to try it.

The idea is to put things in the box ( I am guessing a square box ( my favourite format ) for a square canvas etc...) and then to use the filled box to draw from, this works best for abstract starting points I think, but at the moment the horse still is hanging around, and my need to paint it is still strong, so into the box he has gone. I have taken photos as a record, but I think painting directly in front of it will be better.... and the pink will have to be ignored......or maybe not I will have to see how it takes me :-)

inspiration

2009-06-25T18:48:00.003+01:00

some lovely jewellery bought for me by my husband...I am very lucky :-)

and two screen shots of a wonderful beautiful film Ashik Kerib an Armenian film made in 1988....visualy stunning and I found it very inspirational.....

midsummer

2009-06-21T17:52:00.002+01:00

I went up to yorkshire for the weekend and stayed in Staithes, seagulls all have their chicks and sit around on the roofs.....the noise is incredible in the evening when the gulls ( the partners to the ones sitting with the chicks) return home after feeding all day........oh and the mess!!! my lovely cream tea had to be abandoned as a direct 'hit' was scored onto my plate !

enjoying their holiday

2009-06-19T10:38:00.001+01:00

well one of them was, poor Dido wasn't. I trod on her foot.....sooooo much blood! she had to go to vet for an anasthetic and a removal of a claw :-( sort of limited our walking holiday a bit, but i got some drawing done which was great :-) and she has fully recovered now, but still giving me 'looks' which means extra treats....guilt is a terrible thing...

2009-06-17T10:14:00.002+01:00

another photo from my holiday.....the walls are made from rocks piled to keep sheep safe, and in this valley there were an enourmous number of them, I just couldnt get high enough to take a good shot ( other than climb a mountain which I wasn't going to do ;-p )

2009-06-14T15:11:00.002+01:00

a very quick sketch done in the lake district, I always seemed to be holding the dogs on the lead while I was drawing, it was really hard to capture the light as it changed minute by minute......very enjoyable, i will have to do it again sometime soon

yet more 'rubbish' !

2009-06-13T20:14:00.003+01:00

I have been on holiday to the Lakedistrict, and while walking around I found a really nice junk / antique shop, and I saw this! it was really quite a good price ( mostly because its falling to bits) ......I am not sure why Mary is holding the baby Jesus up to the girl holding the dove, but whatever the reason, I love it :-)

Ok, afer a little research i have come to the conclusion that this is a memento mori piece, and that someone has lost a daughter and this is to memorialise her....now I love it even more...

polaboid

2009-06-01T15:13:00.001+01:00

Untitled-1
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I was given some old polaroid film to play with, we knew the photos would not be of the highest quality, I really like the bad effects you can get with polaroid...............

2009-04-30T10:34:00.002+01:00

I am in a dark place at the moment, a lovely friend has died from cervical cancer, 2 years after her '3 months' death sentence, I thought / hoped she had beaten it..........then another lovely lady tells me she has breast cancer, she is strong, has many friends, and as she says "she is not dead yet!" so I feel so guilty including her in this wave of grief I am feeling, but I do.

I would love for a break in the gloom that is weighing me down, but the sensation of a storm brewing is getting stronger, and I can not shake it off

stretching out in the sun

2009-04-20T16:49:00.001+01:00

stretching out in the sun
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I have some canvas that i have saved for years. i always used to make my own stretchers when I was doing very large ( 6' x 8' ) paintings, and it was always cheaper to buy canvas and stretch them myself. But over the years i have found that I can't store many of my large works and have painted on increasingly smaller canvases, which is depressing as i really enjoy getting down to a big painting, all the marks i can make, really involving myself in the surface. Today i decided that I will use the canvas, it just sits there in the studio reproaching me.........so I have stretched a batch and will prime them later. i love the priming of canvases, all that pure white surface, pristine, full of promise.......even the sound it makes......yep i should get a life :-)

horse and wolf

2009-03-26T15:29:00.001Z

horse and wolf
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

this piece is / was my favourite one from a week of painting.....The sun was shining, I felt full of energy and things just seemed to flow. But this week it is as if I have been emptied, and I am struggling with two more canvases, really labouring over them, but nothing good is happening. What a strange thing this creative urge is..............

A wonderful gift

2009-03-18T10:31:00.005Z

Something amazing came through the post for me today! An act of generosity and beauty. I am so thrilled to have got this little doll from Yoda, I can't begin to say how touched I am, and so happy :-) The details are so perfect, her clothing , her eyes.....everything...sigh :-))

Thank you Yoda, as you can see she is making friends already, and I have decided to call her Tilda.

Yoda's flickr name, one of my favourite actresses, and a great film / book made her name so obvious to me, I hope Yoda approves .

2009-03-12T17:11:00.002Z

I have been desperate to make a book, and this current project is satisfying that need but...............I have started to get too precious over it, and its feeling a bit stiff and boring.

However, it looked so beautiful in the sunlight while I was working on it I am happy just taking photos and thinking about the next pages to work on :-)

moleskine movie

2009-03-09T15:49:00.001Z

moleskine movie
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I'm not sure if this video will play, but I will give it a go.....

2009-03-06T11:23:00.001Z

continuing with the drawing a day of my amaryllis, it was pretty boring while it just kept growing taller, but now it has bloomed, it changes hour by hour. so much more exciting to draw, I would recommend it :-)

latest moleskine

2009-03-04T16:18:00.001Z

a tarot card theme, which was fun.

off with their heads

2009-02-21T23:07:00.005Z

two more of my additions to moleskines for the exchange group 42, I am really getting through these quite fast at the moment, but I think I will wait for a couple of weeks before I post them, there is supposed to be a month between each addition! I had fun doing these.

Elvias theme is ' Farmyard animals' and Amys theme 'Red', so I did the playing cards painting white roses red from Alice in wonderland.

day 2 amaryllis

2009-02-17T10:28:00.001Z

day 2 amaryllis
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

its hard not to make these plants look too priapic and I find I struggle with just using line, I usually work in blocks of tone when I draw...... so all in all this excercise is begining to be very interesting for me

tidying up

2009-02-10T14:52:00.001Z

I have been arranging all my little bits and pieces , by colour ( which was fun ) but it hasn't left my studio any tidier............

winter

2009-02-06T10:06:00.003Z

an old print but so right for the weather at the moment.

too cold to take the dogs for a walk yesterday, but they didnt mind at all and just slept near the fire all day. Today they have been out and enjoyed the frozen crunchy snow.

"In the bleak midwinter

frosty winds made moan

earth stood hard as iron

water like a stone

snow had fallen snow on snow

in the bleak midwinter

long,long ago "

cold in the studio today

2009-02-05T12:49:00.001Z

standing in the studio watching a poor sick crow, all fluffed up and miserable. I would help him but I'm not sure how.........

snow today in the garden............

2009-02-02T10:32:00.000Z

william and charlotte

2009-01-25T14:51:00.002Z

We bought these at an antique warehouse today, they appear to be gouache on thick watercolour paper / board, and then varnished. They make a great looking couple:-) They were £10 each ! which I think was a real bargain......

memory map moly x 42

2009-01-22T18:33:00.001Z

memory map moly x 42
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

my memory map, aged approx 9, a real trip down memory lane, I google earthed it but it has all changed so much, there is an industrial estate on most of it :-(

watch out

2009-01-21T13:08:00.001Z

watch out
Originally uploaded by monkeyfinger

rowans work in flickr....click on the photo to get to his photos.

Medea moly 42

2009-01-15T18:54:00.001Z

Medea moly 42
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

Medea , wife of the greek hero Jason, a formidable sorcerer .....restored full youth and vigor to Jasons father Aeson using "magic herbs, seeds and flowers of acrid juice"

A Moleskine image for Yoda, whose theme is 'Witches',inspired by an Aubrey Beardsley book I got for Xmas. I remember as a young student that he was very popular. The college I was at had bought a large album of his works and we were all very eager to have a look at it, but the staff decided that it had images in it that were too lewd and erotic, so they censored it !! I was in the student union at the time, and we all went on strike.It had no effect as they had cut out and destroyed the offending images..........
I was hoping that the book i got for Xmas would have a few of those images in it, sadly it was even more tame than the book i saw in my youth..............

'bump in the night ' Moly 38

2009-01-12T10:49:00.001Z

'bump in the night ' Moly 38
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

"From ghosties and ghoulies and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, good Lord preserve us!"

latest addition to the moleskine exchange...I had fun with this one :-)

moly 35 'Time'

2009-01-09T09:20:00.001Z

moly 35 'Time'
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a flying;
And that same flower that blooms today,
Tomorrow shall be dying.

Fredrick O' R. Hayes

my latest addition to a moleskine sketchbook. This is in my own book and is my second entry. This book is going back to the artists in reverse order now, so that we all get a turn at working with someone new.....the theme of this book is Time.

a commission

2008-11-24T21:38:00.001Z

a commission
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

this is what I have painted my daughter in law for christmas... :-)
Lets hope she doesn't look at this blog

making envelopes

2008-11-17T11:42:00.001Z

making envelopes
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I hate throwing paper away....especially magazines with such gorgeous
quality paper....so I have been making envelopes, but now I don't
want to use them because they look so good :-)

a rainbow hit my pencils

2008-11-14T07:46:00.001Z

a rainbow hit my pencils
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

not the greatest photo, but I had to move quickly to catch the rainbow.....

flying carpet..moly 38

2008-11-13T16:54:00.001Z

flying carpet..moly 38
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

yes more work for an exchange...comic book style.

moly 54

2008-11-13T16:52:00.001Z

moly 54
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

this is to show my mum what I am up to....
another moly exchange page,

dolly

2008-10-28T15:50:00.001Z

dolly
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

this is one of the pages I have done for the exquisite corpse exchange.... I have made some marks on the pages the next artist is going to use, it makes me feel quite ill thinking about spoiling someones book, I hope the next artist will be kind and cover them well with their work....oh dear...

selene

2008-10-28T15:48:00.001Z

selene
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

these are my pages for anther moleskine exchange.The theme is 'the moon' I chose Selene as goddess of the moon, and have shown her with her white poppies which aid sleep....
I have 6 moleskines with me at the moment! and feel quite happy :-)

another moly exchange page

2008-10-17T12:23:00.003+01:00

I am too fast with these books I know. This arrived yesterday and is meant to be with me for a month!!! I really would enjoy a swap with someone who would have a faster turnover....perhaps a group in the UK who are as compulsive about art as me...

this moly is themed " my favourite animal" I happen to be very fond of crows, and ravens, and jackdaws.....I think they all come under the name 'Corvus' but I'm not sure, anyway I enjoyed doing this and am now waiting for another book to land on my doormat.

poor one eye

2008-10-09T20:24:00.001+01:00

poor one eye
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

a carved ivory pipe has been the main subject of this creation, tiny dog has been blown up large in photoshop....then I played around with some more objects we have .....I can see the fun in photoshop, its a quick fix,but I think I still prefer paint

In the dark woods

2008-10-09T13:02:00.001+01:00

In the dark woods
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

ornaments I have at home, put into new situations (some are tiny...and others are quite large)
I have been mulling ideas around trying to get a grip on something to spur my creativity, so I tried photoshop.
I am very very new to photoshop... I am amazed how long fiddling with this took....I think other than playing with it for a while i will stick to my paints :-)

Fetch

2008-10-06T19:15:00.001+01:00

Fetch
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

it has been a while since I have found a subject that I can pin a body of work on, something that I think I can carry into a body of work, rather than flitting hither and thither....The Fetch suits me at the moment. I just hope I can make something of it.

my photo

2008-10-03T11:12:00.001+01:00

I have had a photo accepted by shmap for their map of prague....the toy museum. Nice, I loved prague :-)

exquisite corpse

2008-09-30T18:09:00.000+01:00

my entry for the exquisite corpse group...moly x 48

exquisite corpse cover/ exchange 48

2008-09-30T18:08:00.001+01:00

exquisite corpse cover/ exchange 48
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

the cover for the exquisite corpse exchange...I felt light hearted with this exchange...brightly coloured and childlike illustrations.

moly exchange...42

2008-09-29T17:17:00.003+01:00

This one was such a trial to me... theme 'invent a pattern'. I am amazed that I came up with anything at all, I find pattern so difficult, and now I look at it I'm not sure it is what was asked for. I get quite fearful of spoiling someone elses book.I am not going to post this on just yet, there will be a bit of a log jam if I do, and as there are so many people in this group it wouldn't do to rush things along too much. As it stands it will take a year for this book to go on its travels. A year! How can I stand it! these exchanges are a real challenge to my impatient nature as well as my art....enjoying it such a lot tho :-)

witch / wise woman

2008-09-20T17:40:00.001+01:00

witch / wise woman
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

another moleskine that i have had the opportunity to work in, I am allowed a month to do the pages, but the minute the book comes through the door i have to work at it, and when it goes slowly or I cant resolve a particular element, well I can't rest.....I think this one is finished, it 'feels' finished to me.
the theme on this one is ' reincarnation'.

Moly 43

2008-09-14T12:03:00.002+01:00

My starter pages for moly 43....this is a dream I had, and it was so clear what it meant at the time, I have never forgotten it.

Moly-x-38

2008-09-14T12:02:00.001+01:00

Moly-x-38
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

my entry in moly 38, the second book I have had a go at....I cannot believe how scary it is working in someone elses book, I am so worried that they will not like it, or that I have spoiled what they hoped their book would become.....

'Superstitions' Moly-x- 42

2008-09-14T12:00:00.001+01:00

'Superstitions' Moly-x- 42
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

my start page for moly 42...a really large group (10 of us ) and we each get 3 pages, this should be interesting and frustrating, there are bound to be delays and frustrations, but with any luck it should be done in a year (!) for someone as impatient as me that seems like a lifetime

On / Off Moly....

2008-09-04T18:54:00.001+01:00

On / Off Moly....
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

my first 'go' at a someone elses moly, and it was nervewracking, I was very concerned that I would muck up her book, but I also really really enjoyed it.....cant wait for more molys.....

smell

2008-09-04T18:52:00.001+01:00

smell
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

another moly exchange start...I am realy enjoying this, but just a little impatient to get some books in my hands....

smoke and mirrors

2008-08-20T22:36:00.001+01:00

smoke and mirrors
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

Its all rough and the transfer pulled some of the paper, but I am excited by this one...I am stupidly pleased by the tape I used as a reflection in the mirror....what can i say, I had fun doing this and it pleases me :-)

curly

2008-08-05T09:29:00.001+01:00

curly
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

when the sun shines, make prints :-)

Poof! Like magic !

2008-08-04T13:37:00.001+01:00

Poof! Like magic !
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

just a little rubber stamp fun...I imagined that these images made a story.....sort of :-)

crop

2008-07-23T22:31:00.001+01:00

crop
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

when I was young I used to cut the hair off all my dolls.... :-))

Thumb exhibition !

2008-07-21T18:06:00.002+01:00

i have had my invite to go the exhibition but can't get over to America for it...and here is the press release :-)
I must do m ore mail art ,it was fun :-0

WIP moleskine 2

2008-07-21T15:25:00.002+01:00

I am not sure if this is going to be my next moleskine for the moly x international, it may be too similar to the previous one.

The whole idea of starting something for other people to carry on with is new to me, my first collaboration. loss of control over what happens to my art next, a new sensation . I like the idea and I am excited by working in other peoples books too.......

moleskine exchange

2008-07-11T09:09:00.003+01:00

I have joined the international moleskine exchange on flickr. I have seen such beautiful work I am daunted by the talent. I had so many ideas, ranging from greek myth to automatons to aging to colours......but I have settled on TIME. I am hoping this will be flexible enough to encompass everyones styles and let their imaginations have some space to move. I am really quite excited by the idea of this collaboration and impatient to start. so I have. here is my book.