24th March

TwentyOne Birds on a Wall...

Amazing how much expression can come from one basic shape! Here are 21 birds striding about in their fabulous plumage, on a slightly 60s background. I have some new paints to try out which is fun. A set of golden acrylic paints in little bottles, in a flow formula suitable for the finer detail I need on this scale of work. I think they look promising, although it is still a bit slippery to draw over with coloured pencil. I may have to resign myself to only using coloured pencils with watercolours in the background I think. I quite like this big panel of bird shapes, they seem like real little characters!

7th February

Sunny Days

We are having a few sunny days in a row - that is supposed to come to an end tomorrow but maybe we will be lucky and we'll have another great day. It is amazing how much the weather affects my mood. This is the beginnings of an idea I am working on for a prop for some jewellery I want to display. Of course the prop will be a solid colour but at the moment I have enjoyed thinking around some of the requirements as far as shapes go, and playing a bit with the summery feeling that this selection of colours evokes.