Just giving in to the building site

Going to have two weeks off painting/ studio time while  I finish the building work / windows/ blinds etc. can't get to my paints / workspace. Oh dear. Well it might be a blessing and send me in a different direction. We will see.

Painting in a building site

Trying to get my workspace straight again today. Can't actually get to my painting table. Managed these yesterday but really know at this stage they are well likely to be painted over.

Above was a 33 inches square. 

Above was a 52 cm sq. Mmmm. They feel like almost not there paintings.

No painting building work continues

So, still not able to get the workroom up and running, so no painting. Upcycling groups yesterday and today so thought I would share those with you.

First few days work on a chair for my Art lounge. It does take a long time to make a patchwork slipcover but I hope it 's going to be worth it.

 These next photos are of Upcycled furniture on sale in the showroom at Emmaus Mossley. I run a group there of volunteers who paint furniture, sew cushions, make art and craft items all to sell in the showroom at a Emmaus Mossley.

Painting day ( all day ) tomorrow  !

Seascapes

Seascapes this week and next in the Art group. Will try to get enough to put a display up in the showroom. Title, at this stage, ' I must go down to the sea again....'

First artist Dion Salvador Lloyd. Love his work.

 Below. A display of his work at the Saffron gallery. Lovely.

Below is the work of contemporary artist Chris Bushe

Chris Bushe compared to Dion Salvador Lloyd......work closer to the picture plane....calm and turbulence in the same picture.....more about the viscosity of the paint......more defied areas of colour.....strong...masculine .....placed.Mmmmmm.

So, some of my dailies could be seascapes or not as the case may be........what shall I paint today ? ......

Below ....just the prep for the Art group... Techniques used.....palette knife, thick paints for the waves, splattering, using a fan brush for blending and putting the paint down in kind of a stripe, painting over old unrelated paintings.......

Mine were awful this morning ....he ho....you can't win them all....I didn't want to paint seascapes anyway !

Dion Dalvador Lloyd......sea...texture...blending....sublime...tones...drama...strength...different sizes...depth/ distance...white mounts...masculine...strength....everything really. Mmmmmm.

New windows and doors in the Art lounge and studio

Had to battle to find time to paint this week . Not good. But the upside is new windows and doors. Lovely ! So my plan was to make work from one of the ones from last week. This was the one I wanted to make a painting from.

Below. First stage.looks a little like a tapestry at this stage.leave overnight.

Below. Needed more lights and darks.And more color. It had looked like a bleached landscape .

Below. Kind of returned it to a bleached landscape . 

 So.....words.......gentle......bleached.....exactly my landscape........moving ( well to me anyway ) .....

Take a few hours out to make work in and around these colours / style. Wonder what they would look like at 52 cm sq. or 12 cm sq. Try it.

Below ......looking back at the frames I have had made for the Dailies at 52 cm sq,

At this stage, I do prefer most of them without frams, just displayed on their own.Mmmmm

Had a lovely paint today. Love the small ones. Complete and utter pleasure.

Above. I paint the small ones on top of a piece of card and almost incidentally create new work by cutting up the underneath card.

Below. Lots of small ones this morning.

Above......painting over one of the 52 cm sq Dailies. Miss this size soooo much. Need to do a few more. This mornings work is......abstract.....cool........empty ( lots of space in them ) .......limited pallette.....love them , well, TODAY .