I’m carrying on with this painting onto a recycled canvas, from a sketchbook scribble I did a while back (below). I’m way out of my comfort zone here, I normally try and work directly from life, or from a photo if I really have to, so to try and make a painting from what is essentially a few squiggles in ballpoint pen is harder than anything I normally do. But I must resist the temptation to be precious about it, I’m experimenting.
Raising Funds.
My family is raising money for Phil, a younger relative of mine, to have life-changing surgery in Spain. Phil is disabled by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and the operation he needs isn’t currently available in the UK. I know times are hard, but if you’re able to spare a bob or two, please click here find out more or to donate a small amount to Phil’s crowdfunding campaign. Thank you xxx
Trying Out A Change
I’m having a go at new templates for my website so I’ll be changing them a few times over the next couple of weeks to see how I get on with them. If there’s one you really like, or dislike, please let me know . Thanks x
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I omitted to say that I appreciate the challenges you are tackling doing this. I am very happy working with my pastels, but am finding myself struggling to translate my work further into acrylics. I have no idea why.
Thanks Leonie. It’s hard, isn’t it, to develop further works from sketches. But we keep on keeping on …..
If only making art was easy! Ha, ha! I am trying working from small scribbles into coloured works in my sketchbook. I have become intrigued by the artist Sandi Hester, (you can find her on YouTube). She comes across at first as a sort of ditsy, naive artist but once you see her process for sketching, drawing, painting and re-painting from her previous work you realise that she has an amazing approach to making art and is seriously committed to her practice.