Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Brazilian Embrodiery

This Rose is Brazilian Embrodiery with a touch of Stumpwork it is from a design by Debbie Kelley.

Initially it seems rather daunting but in fact turned out to be a quick and easy design to finish

Friday, April 18, 2008

watercolour

This is a watercolour I did today of a derelict cottage from a photo I found on Wet Canvas
http://www.wetcanvas.com/

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Latest Watercolour - Yellow Roses

This is my latest watercolour, it is done on Arches 140lb CP paper and from a photograph from an online group class that I belong to run by the well known artist Cecilia Price, details are here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WatercolorLessonsbyCia her personal website details are Cecilia Price. She is a very lively and very kind tutor who is always ready to help a newcomer to the world of Watercolour painting

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Stumpwork project finished




This is a little stumpwork project that I finished, thought I better take a photo of it before she swam away as she has been a slippery little devil over the past couple of weeks but now is all finished, so its onwards and upwards and let's see whatproject is next and this moment in time not sure but have lots and lots of options so watch this space

Sunday, March 16, 2008

A couple of recent watercolours

This is a 'Poppy Field' from a Terry Harrison tutorial in one of his books

This 'Bluebell Wood' is from my watercolour class on a Friday afternoon



Saturday, March 08, 2008

Playtime with Watercolours



This is a little watercolour of some Anemones that I did yesterday afternoon whilst playing around

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Goldwork (This one is Silver) Butterflies




I have just been working on and finished a little project of some Butterflies that are in Rajmahal Rayon Threads along with their silver threads. This is a picture of of the project as I have been waiting all day for the sun to come out so that I can take a photo of mine then I will replace this one with mine