I have turned my attention to some old clothes having scoured the haberdashery and charity shops. After all, I have a habit of adding gold and silver to my paintings so I thought I might also wear some of the same.
Looks like I have a subconscious colour theme going on…..here is something I made earlier – a small painting called Elephant in Gold.
Adding a shimmer of gold and silver embellishment to my A3 Koi Print.
Sometimes you just need to be a bit light hearted to get on with your art…..
Here is the wall with my artwork on display along with other artists and skilled creatives making things in wood, glass, pottery, handmade soaps and much much more!
All at the Cotswold Craftsmen Gallery 3 Market Street Nailsworth, Glos GL6 0BX
The #EGLR (Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue) event went well, a framed print of Moongazing Hare was sold along with my Peekaboo Owlets and some cards too. Having these beautiful dogs with their owners at an event like this meant it was more like a meeting place and a place for Festive Gifts; it was such a great atmosphere.
Slate Heart Art Peekaboo Owlets
Moongazing Hare
Festive Fayre in aid of Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue –
At last some work is in progress! There will prints of this hare and greyhound on sale alongside lots of other sellers at an event on Sunday 4th November 2018 at Stonehouse Community Centre in aid of Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue. See their facebook page here .
Here we are again at the end of a painting process… have I reached or perhaps passed the critical moment? A crystal ball would be very useful at this point 🙂 This is my friend’s well travelled cat Patch who now lives in Scotland.
These are prep sketches for a commission and a practice painting of a Weimeraner using the example from a Youtube video. There is plenty of good inspiration on Youtube!
From my original paintings a little bit of digital fun…..
Enjoying looking back at a favourite commission of mine done a while ago.
Morgan the Pointer.
Pointer Commission
With the snow falling outside how about some last minute Christmas shopping online?…Slate hearts for sale with original acrylic paintings and finished with matte varnish to buy from me with only a few days to go! Email me on diane@manicillustrations.com
A new fish painting …..
The last few days have been so hot here, and these ponies’ tails keep on swishing at those persistent flies. I love their patchwork piebald colours and the orderly way they have stationed themselves with their faces as close to the wall as they can.
I ventured to Nature In Art to see artist in residence Claudia Hahn who is an amazing animal painter. She uses all sorts of medium alongside gold leaf and bronze pigments and travelled in India on an elephant to capture pictures of tigers for reference. I can usually resist a purchase but this time I could not walk away without taking home the print below of “Grumpy Old man”. See this Tiger print below (still in cellophane hence the highlights!). Find out more about Claudia here.
Diane Young Artist 