Monday 28 February 2011

Monday


this one is for tomorrow....Happy St. David's day to all my Welsh friends and to anyone who loves Wales......

Sunday 27 February 2011

Sunday


well, it is a beautiful day today.....
This painting is another 4x6 painting (postcard Art)...I haven't listed it anywhere yet as I am not sure where to list it.
I am also going to give facebook a miss for a while as it was behaving in a funny way and then I got a virus. Luckily my pc picked it up and removed it but I am sure that facebook was the culprit as the rest of my pc was ok....
I am also not going to open any emails with jokes for a while just in case....better safe than sorry....

Saturday 26 February 2011

Saturday


for a change, this is a 4 x 6 postcardArt painting....
I did this one last year and it has just delisted from Etsy and so it is now listed on Folksy
It is a beautiful day today and we have the windows open...what a nice change from all the rain of yesterday !

Friday 25 February 2011

Friday


thank goodness it is Friday...I need a lie in....lol
Here is another of my purple fantasy paintings...just to be a bit different !!

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Thursday


Nothing like a touch of purple to start the day.
Very misty and damp outside so a bit of colours brightens things up.
I hope to get some more painting done today....
Sales have slowed down quite a bit lately. I often go to ebay and see who is selling to see if I can understand why some people sell loads and others nothing....baffles me
I see people having multiple bids on their PRINTS and yet often I seem to have no bids on my originals. I see bids on work that is nice but nothing special.....all a mystery.....

Wednesday


this is a tiny box canvas measuring just 2.5" x 3.5"
I finished it yesterday.....I tried to add a touch of Spring as it is so miserable outside....

Tuesday 22 February 2011

Tuesday


thought I would do something a bit different today. We have had so much rain lately that I was inspired to paint this one.
Mind you, I much prefer rain to snow and ice......
This one was drawn in pencil and then pen and ink....followed by watercolours......

Monday 21 February 2011

Monday


I call this aceo...village pond. I am happy the way the trees in the background turned out. I have been reading a lot of watercolour books and watching painting videos....learning all the time...

Sunday 20 February 2011

Sunday


St. David's day is fast approaching, so here is a Welsh lady cartoon aceo.....with love from the land of song, sheep and mountains...

Saturday 19 February 2011

Thursday 17 February 2011

Friday


Friday at last......can't wait for my lie in tomorrow.....
Here is another winter tree scene with my compulsory two birds...!!

Thursday


I had to take the car to the garage to be serviced this morning...it is a long walk back up....very steep climb. I got three quarters of the way back up when a car stopped to give me a lift. It was actor Michael Sheen's dad.....he ran me the rest of the way home......thank you Meyrick !! I am now waiting for the call to walk DOWN to get it....at least it is easier going down.....
I can't get on with any painting because I don't like stopping in mid flow...so here is one that I made yesterday......

Wednesday 16 February 2011

Wednesday


I have done a few cartoons this week....some are in my folksy shop http://www.folksy.com/shops/teabreaks
It is nice now and again to paint something a bit different...a bit like taking a holiday....so here is the ballerina who got a bit too enthusiastic about her pirouette !!

Tuesday 15 February 2011

Tuesday


Yesterday, I made my frist attempt at painting in acrylics. Here is the result. I have a lot to learn as I think the river looks more like a road....perhaps I should paint it brown !
It was also a much larger painting than I have ever attempted before. This one is 14" x 8" and so it took a whole new thought pattern to achieve it. And I forgot to add my usual two birds in the sky !!

Monday 14 February 2011

Monday


back to purple for me again.......I have just listed this painting on ebay....you can see my other work by clicking the ebay link on my website
Lots of rain today but the spring flowers are all beginning to shoot up.....won't be long now....

Sunday 13 February 2011

Sunday


I have just listed this one on ebay. Purple of course !!
A damp and chilly Sunday...roll on Spring

Saturday 12 February 2011

Saturday


a new aceo miniature painting...listed in my folksy shop....
a beautiful day here in South Wales...all the flowers are beginning to appear in the garden....the crocii are in bloom in town and the daffodils are almost in flower....lovely...

Friday 11 February 2011

Friday


This is a small box canvas measuring just 2.75" x 2.75" and comes complete with the miniature easel. I have just listed it on ebay. you can find my ebay listings by going to my website and clicking on the ebay link on the left of the page

Wednesday 9 February 2011

Thursday


this encaustic painting, I have named ice cavern. With encaustic painting you never really know what the results will be like...you just keep moving the wax around until you like the picture. I thought that on this one, it looked like a tiny house on the left with pointed rocks, so I named it Ice Cavern.
I love the mix of the blues and mauves on this. Encaustic art is such fun to do and the results can be quite amazing.

Wednesday


Yesterday I went to a ladies club and did a demonstration of encaustic art. This is one of the pictures that I painted. Encaustic art is created by melting high density coloured wax onto the bottom of a small travel iron. The iron is then applied to special shiny card to create patterns. The results can be stunning and you are never quite sure what the final picture will look like ! I have two more that I will show on here tomorrow and Friday.....

Tuesday 8 February 2011

Tuesday


a blue theme for me for today.....mostly done by dabbing the brush on the paper to see what effects I could get....(my compulsory two birds are still there though...lol)
The Sun is shining in South Wales....pity about the frost on the car....roll on Spring...

Sunday 6 February 2011

Monday


a wet Monday morning....again....but I prefer that to frost and snow.....One day nearer to Spring.
Here is another of my purple / pink paintings.....
I have a few more ready to take pictures of and list in one of my shops or on ebay.

Sunday


had a lovely lie in this morning...just got up and dressed in time for my Asda delivery...phew...lol
I have spent most of the afternoon painting as I have sold three aceos this weekend. Not mega bucks but every little bit helps.....
I have a very busy week so need to get more painting done tonight......stock piling !!!

Saturday 5 February 2011

Saturday


Just listed this one on ebay. Similar to the purple one which has already sold and since I am getting good feedback on this style, I plan to do a few more this afternoon

Friday 4 February 2011

Friday


I liked the painting I did yesterday and so decided to do something similar in a different range of colours.
Browns are not normally my choice of colours but they are very popular from a selling point of view....

Thursday 3 February 2011

Thursday


this one has been done in an encaustic art "style"...but done with watercolour paints. I love the effect of creating a cavern look and that you can see different things in the painting....

Tuesday 1 February 2011

Wednesday


this one has a lot more colour than I usually put on landscapes but I like colour and don't particularly like just greens and browns. I think a bit of unusual colour in a painting is nice.
The fog has all gone from last night and I can see the seafront again. It looks like it is damp outide but it is still a bit dark, so difficult to see.
I need to do some more listings on ebay which is really slow at the moment...thank goodness for sales on Folksy!!. to see my ebay listings, go to
http://www.gweddusart.co.uk and click on the ebay link.
To see my Folksy shop, go to
stay warm everyone....particularly my friends in the US, as I see that the weather there is really nasty at the moment.

Tuesday


here is my latest painting...just 2.5" x 3.5" and available soon in my folksy shop.....just need the time to get it listed.
It was wet and miserable this morning,but the sun has just come out so it looks promising....