Just finished 3 more works for my #Seascapes, Harbours & Boats #exhibition at the #Queens for the #CrouchEnd Festival next week
Month: May 2015
Experiments with home-made papers…
Fancied a break from my busy schedule creating for all the festivals coming up so decided to use some of my home designed papers, see through papers and a bit of the Orient – all framed with painted embellishments from my glue gun. Am quite pleased with the result so intend to do more when I get time – could be good for a winter market.
Preparing for Festivals
Just putting finishing touches to my #Rhythms of London series based on finds along the #River Thames foreshore whilst #mudlarking. These blocks will be available to buy for £30 at the #Crouch End Festival and #Highgate’s #Fair in the Square in June.
Hope you can stop by
and some finished pieces
Watercolour Workshop
Watercoulor is a relatively new media for me as I usually find the colours insipid. But, marrying them with Brusho and using squeezed out colour directly onto the paper gave really lovely effects – here are some of the examples we did messing about.
A couple of florals with collage added
Trying out these new pens to add highlights and negative space in this Brusho painting
Could this be a Monet painting in progress??
Art News
June/July is frantically busy for me on the Art front kicking off with the #Crouch End Festival on 5th June.
Hope you can join me for at least one of the events which are mostly free. Let me know if you want a ticket to the Private View at Suraya Arts or Islington Art Society exhibitions.
Thursday, 4th June to Sunday, 14th June solo exhibition of paintings and canvases depicting seascapes, boats and harbours at the #Queens Dining Room, Topsfield Parade, Crouch End Crouch End Festival
Saturday, 6th June, #Crouch End Festival Craft Market outside Hornsey Town Hall – I will have a stall selling small artworks, gifts and cards www.crouchendfestival.org/
Saturday, 13th June, #Fair in the Square, Ponds Square, Highgate, I will have a stall selling small artworks, gifts and cards.
Thursday, 18th – 21st June, #Suraya Arts group exhibition at the 100 Years Gallery, Hoxton with Private View on Thursday evening and a launch party with fantastic food and music on Saturday, 20th June (NB: ticketed event, £7.00)
Wednesday, 24th June to Sunday, 12th July, #Islington Arts Society 75th group exhibition at Lauderdale House, Highgate with a Private View on Tuesday, 23rd June and a Meet the Artists afternoon on Sunday, 5th July http://www.islingtonartsociety.org.uk/exhibitions.html
Diva
Diva – another finished piece for my exhibition ‘Seascapes, Harbours and Boats’ at the Queens Hotel and Dining Room for Crouch End Festival, 6th – 14th June
2 Finished Seascapes ready for June Exhibitions
……. hot off the press – think I’ll do some more of these it was very therapeutic, especially forming the waves and clouds!
Starry Night
Bringing Home The Catch
Getting Ready for June Extravaganza!
Just realise I have only 5 weeks to go before the 1st onslaught of art fairs/exhibitions etc starting with the Crouch End Festival in June, then a week later Fair in the Square, Highgate plus solo exhibition at the Queens and 2 group exhibitions with Suraya Arts and Islington Art Society!!!
Busy making encaustic greetings cards and fridge magnets for the 2 fairs, 25 magnets and 45 cards just finished. These images are formed by trapping pressed petals into pigmented wax and then further embellished with oil pastel and embossing powders. Thought I’d post some pics of the process.
Encaustic Waxes
Cut paper ready for wax application
Loading the iron with melted wax
Applying to the papers
Adding the petals
Covering with tissue for protection
Some close-ups
Embellished, adhered to card and outlined
Finished pieces, named and packaged
Fridge magnets ready
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