Artichokes 1: WIP

New commission has arrived in the form of artichokes!

Never tried an artichoke myself, but the client would like a ‘small’ painting of the artichokes in the picture with the silver bowl and wood behind showing.

I thinking I’m going to do a few compositions with this one. The first (pictured) will have a sliced view of the picture with some fancy text saying Artichoke down the side. It will be painted once drawn in ink. Finally combining the pen and paint brush together!

The next I will use purely paint (as pen wasn’t mentioned in the brief) and use one corner of the photo: One Artichoke with the curve of the silver bowl and the wood behind.

The next (I tend to work in 3’s, the freak that I am) I have yet to decide!

So anyone with advice, tips or nuggets of inspiration would be more than appreciated!

I’ll update my progress soon – watch this space xx

Storm in a Teacup

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Pen on Paper

What next? 🙂

Finished Watercolour Birds of a Feather

All finished! I didn’t add drips to this one. Maybe if the scale had been bigger (this is only 16×12 inches) I would have added them. It’s all framed a looking pretty now but what do you guys think? 🙂

Where do you think I should go from here?

Work in Progress: Peacock

I’ve been asked to produce this again as it turns out it’s very popular.
I’m going to use this as my 9th for the auction Friday.
I’m finding this rather dull. Churning out the goods on demand. But I know it will sell well.
I can’t help but wonder…
(In true Carrie Bradshaw style)
…. has it become about making money?

Venetian Door: Progress 2

I have the main body of it now. Loving the colours!
Now to add in the details and to mess it up a little bit! 😀 I don’t like my paintings looking too neat…
What do you think so far?