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A lovely #oneofmanypostcard from @jo4edart called A lovely #oneofmanypostcard from @jo4edart called 'Secret Beach'. I can feel the blustery wind and the hiss of waves amongst the rocks! It's gorgeous! My donation for this round of 1/many is going to Alzheimers Research UK. @johnapedder thought up the idea that artists could send out a free piece of their work and the recipient makes a donationto a charity of their choice. Its a brilliant idea, and is going from strength to strength!
A beautiful #oneofmanypostcard shrimp has arrived A beautiful #oneofmanypostcard shrimp has arrived from @jo.jane.judson after many postal adventures - where it's been we'll never know, but isn't it lovely? Thankyou Jo for a fab little crustacean! 🦐 I will be donating to Alzheimers Research UK in memory of my lovely Mother in Law Astrid, who was finally released from its cruel grip in October.
These are my #oneofmanypostcard envelopes on their These are my #oneofmanypostcard envelopes on their way to the post office. I waved them off today - let me know when/if they arrive safely. 2 to the USA, 1to The Netherlands, 1 to Germany, 1 to Australia and 1 to a village just down the road! #oneofmanypostcard #supportagoodcause #acrosstheworld
I've bitten the bullet.... sometimes the only opti I've bitten the bullet.... sometimes the only option is to chop up a painting that didn't work, would never have worked, and was being hung onto for far too long for sentimental reasons, and the fact that it represented hours of futile struggle. I found it helps to cut it up from the back, so you don't see the blades slicing through the paint. 😏 I'm glad that its gone - apart from one piece about 4 inches square, kept to remind me that it's good to do this every once in a while! #chopupabadpainting #youcantkeepitall #cathartic #refreshing #makeroomfornewwork
Fab painting day yesterday with @melcooperpowell_a Fab painting day yesterday with @melcooperpowell_artist in glorious weather on the ramparts of an Iron Age hill fort on the Ridgeway. There were lots of happy dogs and their walkers, some great conversations and we only stopped when the November chill seeped into our bones! The paintings need a few little tweaks, but the basics are there. And Instagram has cropped them weirdly again, so the right side of the first one is missing! #ancientlandscape #Barburycastle #pleinair #greatoutdoors #oilpaintersofinstagram
Update: 1/many now closed. In the end, there was Update: 1/many now closed. In the end, there was no need for a draw; six people asked for a print. Please DM your postal addresses and I'll get them off to you this week when I can get to the Post Office. I'd love to hear which charities you're supporting, if you haven't already mentioned it. 😊 @gill8840 @threepronged @freefrancia @beachbum5636 @sovergehtdiezeit @centinavan Skittering in on the deadline - just about - here is my contribution to the current #oneofmanypostcard Gull Skull, Prussian blue #caligosafewash ink on Hahnemuhle bamboo paper. I have six of these available. They are still drying, so you might have to wait a bit to get one if you're drawn out of the hat - assuming more than 6 people want one! They were firmly placed on the back burner following a family bereavement, but things are back to some kind of normal now. Im sure you know how 1/many works, but it bears repeating; the idea is that if you win one, you make a donation for what you can afford, or what you think the print is worth to a charity of your choosing. It is an idea of simple genius by @johnapedder My charity this time is @alzheimersresearchuk in memory of my lovely Mother in Law Astrid. I'd be interested to hear what yours is, if you win one of the prints. #oneofmanypostcard #linoprint #reliefprint #payitforward #sharethelove #goodthingsinasadworld #affordableart #artforgood #artistsofinstagram
What a brilliant - if very grey - day at Westonbir What a brilliant - if very grey - day at Westonbirt Arboretum with @britpleinair yesterday. Thanks to @georginapotterartist and @valeriepirlotart for hosting the event. I met lovely @melcooperpowell_artist when we shared the view of glowing trees in the Acer glade, caught up with @awaddellart and admired Wilbur the handsome labrador, who must have made Georgina's painting day more of a challenge than usual! Painting 1 was around 2 hours in the morning, in flat light with a tight limited palette (Yellow Lake, Permanent Rose, Cobalt Blue, Sap Green and New favourite Transparent Red Oxide, with Brilliant Yellow Extra Pale rather than white as a lightener). Painting 2 was just under an hour with the same palette. There's so much going on with the trees, massed shapes, umpteen greens, shimmering gold, rose and flame - they're a real challenge. Looking back, they always remind me of the penny-dropping moment in the 3rd year - (year 9?) when my secondary school art teacher told me I didn't have to paint every leaf on a tree. 'Half-close your eyes' he said' and look for the big shapes!' 💡 I do it every time. #pleinair #paintingtrees #screwupyoureyes #oilpaintersofinstagram #limitedpalette #newfriends #whatagreyday #exhausted
Some phone images from a skill-stretching workshop Some phone images from a skill-stretching workshop exploring ways to change the mood of a painting, last weekend with brilliant Julie Dunster @pressinglifespausebutton at @eastdevonart in Sidmouth. A complete refresh of everything I ever knew about greyscales and colour values, and the brain-fizzing concept of a 'colour gamut' which I'd never come across in 40 years of painting life, and which pushed me well out of my comfort zone! Sidmouth is a lovely place, with a fantastic art shop @southwestartmaterials just across from the studio; a huge range crammed into a very small space. It was exhausting, but great fun to work alongside lovely fellow painters; now to let all the information percolate, and see what emerges... #greyscales #colourgamut #seaside #sidmouthdevon #redcliffs #alwayssomethingnewtolearn #newskills
A great plein air paint-out event in Cheltenham's A great plein air paint-out event in Cheltenham's beautiful Pittville Park today. The first is a work in progress, the second is a half hour paint user-upper, and the third is the start of the day, when the wind caught the easel and the board while I was getting my bungee cord and backpack ready to weigh it down, and flipped the whole thing into the lake. Grateful thanks to the tall man and his little girl who came to the rescue! I'd thought the day was over before it started! The board seemed a bit soggy, but otherwise none the worse for its adventure, so I carried on. Thanks to @wtscollective for organising the event, and Nicki Whitfield for the excellent communiques!
A misty distance sort of morning in Uley. Early au A misty distance sort of morning in Uley. Early autumn is lovely; greens beginning to turn to gold; soft light, subtle shadows, and a lucky painting spot in the shade of a huge cedar tree. There were ravens croaking, too. The second painting was 20 minutes using up paint. Quite pleased with that one! If you're in Uley, go and see @angiespencerpaintings beautiful exhibition @prema_arts - it looks wonderful in that lovely, light space. There's more information on her Instagram account. #pleinairpainter #landscapepainting #oilpaintersofinstagram #greatoutdoors #autumntrees #mistymorning #ravens
A cloud of Japanese anemones in the garden on Frid A cloud of Japanese anemones in the garden on Friday morning. I really enjoyed working my way round this one, squeezed in between the greenhouse and the Holly tree, and wearing a fleece as August hasn't been as warm as it looks! Anemones and blue fork Oil on board 10 x 8" #pleinair #cottagegarden #oilpaintersofinstagram #japaneseanemones #pinkflowers #gardening #womanartist
SOLD! Very pleased to hear that my little landscap SOLD! Very pleased to hear that my little landscape May Hill from Arlingham has sold today @spencer_house_gallery in Tetbury. Its been there less than a week! Thankyou to Chris Woodcock for her excellent sales pitch, and to the purchaser - I do hope you enjoy the painting. Now I have to go back to painting down by the river.... #gloucestershirelandmark #oilpaintersofinstagram #pleinair #riversevern #womenartistsofinstagram #landscape
Instagram has decided I need the pale grey backgro Instagram has decided I need the pale grey background! Not what I would have gone for.... ADrawn in a @seawhiteofbrighton concertina sketchbook using Neocolor 11 wax pastels by @carandache which I love using for drawing expeditions. @alisonvickeryartist is a very good drawing companion, and lent me her bubblewrap 'cushion' when I'd left my mat behind and had nothing to sit on. As it was, the ground was so muddy that standing to work was the only option! #drawingday #pleinair #womenartists #artistsofinstagram #lakeside
A quick little study of the first gnarly great tom A quick little study of the first gnarly great tomato from the greenhouse - crying out to be painted! Straight to the studio this morning, carefully packed in a box, then brought home again to meet up with some basil. The photo is a bit shiny - wet paint and sudden sunlight! #homegrowntomatoes #greenhouse #growyourown #marmande #knobblyveg #stilllifepainting #oilonboard #rainydays #oilpaintersofinstagram #stroudartist #paintingwoman
At Last! A plein air session this morning on the e At Last! A plein air session this morning on the edge of Selsley Common before the rain moved in from the river. Limited palette and a green-tinted board, because I like to make things hard for myself. 🙄 The board was green thanks to a scraped off garden daub from last week. I prefer a warmer toned base to work with! #oilpaintersofinstagram #pleinair #limitedpalette #selsleycommon #womanartist #beechwood #Gloucestershire #commons
Thrilled to hear today that my landscape 'Cornfiel Thrilled to hear today that my landscape 'Cornfields' has sold at the lovely @spencer_house_gallery in the exhibition 'From where I stand' - on the first full day of the show! Some days just get brighter and brighter, in spite of the rain! #landscapepainting #Tetbury #artcollecting #oilpaintersofinstagram #luckywiththeweather
Not posting much at the moment, trying to be a bit Not posting much at the moment, trying to be a bit detached from 'the socials' but I was really pleased to discover that my little landscape Cornfield near Bisley will be in the 170th open show @rwabristol in September. 😊 #pleinairpainter #oilpaintersofinstagram #womenartists #limitedpalette #subtlecolours
So pleased to have sold this little landscape in t So pleased to have sold this little landscape in the @bathsocietyofartists Open show. The exhibition continues until 24th June, so do go and have a look if you have the chance. It is the most lovely, eclectic show! #paintingsale #oilpainting #pleinairpainter #mayhill #gloucestershirelandmark #
Blessed with kind weather on Thursday morning, I w Blessed with kind weather on Thursday morning, I went in search of a May tree. I've painted several over the last few years; swipe for another. I love them. Their joyful frothy blossom is an inspiration! 1) Little May tree, Selsley Common 2) Tree of light, Penn Wood #hawthornblossom #mayisout #pleinairpainting #oilpaintersofinstagram #selsleycommon #flowering #springsunshine
A plein air allotments morning! This photo doesn' A plein air allotments morning! This photo doesn't show the elderly gentleman who arrived on a mobility scooter and walked with two sticks, but earthed up his potatoes, fired up a rattly petrol mower and cut the verge in front of his allotment, then got a cordless strimmer and strimmed in all directions, very slowly, while I painted round him. Peaceful it wasn't! When we inevitably got talking, he remembered me painting there years ago, and said he's got one of my allotment paintings from the exhibition I held to show the work! We parted on very good terms. 😊 #allotments #plotholders #earthinguppotatoes #yellowshed #pleinairpainters #oilpaintersofinstagram #womenartists #shedsandcloches
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