collage book

collage book
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I'm sitting around not really feeling like painting.....so I have started with the scissors and paper in my sketchbook. I love how having a huge amount of scrap paper frees up my imagination, and how themes and images seem to come out of the ether. Now I have to clear up the mess I have made............

Life drawing

Life drawing
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I have started life drawing class, and although I don't think I will carry on with it ( not this particular class anyway ) it has been very interesting. I have not drawn a nude for about 10 years, and have really enjoyed how I have given it all my concentration, and how an hour seems to fly by.....drawing has fallen by the wayside in my artistic life, I am now going to do more, I am smitten....

hand carved stamps

hand carved stamps
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

I am having fun with some easy cut rubber, a bit like eraser. It does cut smoothly with no drag, but perhaps is too soft for fine detail/lines....I have made some stamps which i want to use on a painting or two........this is all research for a whole new batch of paintings, really , it is. I just have to get into the cold winter studio.......

pets

pets
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

its getting close to Halloween, and this year I fancied doing something more colourful than the usual house of horror decorations.....so I turned to the day of the dead celebration from mexico. Doing these silly little doodles has lifted my spirits , I usually start to sink into depression as the nights draw in, and this burst of colour has inspired me to keep up with the brighter side of my painting through the winter months.

I have had some success with sales of my paintings, and have sold one to a returning customer....such a boost knowing someone pays their hard earned money for one of my paintings.

my latest work

I have been given an exhibition in a local restaurant, which has got me working hard to supply the 20 odd paintings needed to fill the roo. I work best when there is a goal, the ideas flow and i get more done. This painting didnt get to the exhibition as I want to keep it by me for a while. sometimes the paintings I do just hit a chord, I want to pursue an idea further or the outcome has excited me. This is one of those paintings.

WIP

WIP
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

trying a bit more painting, and find it a little more difficult using acrylics than using oils. I want the same glazes and paint effects that i can get with oils, but am failing.
I really should try and use the waterbased oilpaint, but it comes in such small tubes it would prove very expensive.
I shall keep trying with the acrylics, the challenges of the medium is half of what painting/creating is all about....for me anyway.

oil on canvas

oil on canvas
Originally uploaded by paintistworks

My larger canvases are stored high on a rack, and because they are so cumbersome i rarely take them down and have a look. I have been tidying/decorating the studio and had to move the paintings , so I have taken a few pictures of the ones i could reach.
This was one of a body of work that was all about refection and movement, i was quite pleased with them as I normally do figurative work. They are terribly difficult to photograph though. When I have some help I will take the others down and make a better record of them all.