Friday 9 August 2013
Tuesday 6 August 2013
Butterfly Painting & Artwork Frenzy! Card Toppers & Butterfly Art (For Sale!)
Since being asked by a friend to help out with wedding invitations, I have become a little bit addicted to making butterfly artwork.
First of all I created a watercolour and ink butterfly for the wedding invites and realised I had spent too long on it to paint it another 30 times, so I got rows of them printed out on a couple of sheets and once I'd finished the wedding invites I didn't stop there! I made some card toppers, an unframed sort of collage, and a 3D collage in a really cool deep box frame!
I have even put all of these on Ebay to sell for around £3.00 - £5.00 (see links below).
The butterfly artwork escapade has also led me into the realms of abstract and surreal art due to so much experimentation, which is fantastic for me as I usually confine myself to the limits of realism - landscapes and wildlife and such. I love working like this but I have found abstract art far more liberating and challenging all at once. To imagine and create something so brand new and impossible... Anyway, this new painting is a work in progress to check back in a few weeks to see the finished result!
First of all I created a watercolour and ink butterfly for the wedding invites and realised I had spent too long on it to paint it another 30 times, so I got rows of them printed out on a couple of sheets and once I'd finished the wedding invites I didn't stop there! I made some card toppers, an unframed sort of collage, and a 3D collage in a really cool deep box frame!
I have even put all of these on Ebay to sell for around £3.00 - £5.00 (see links below).
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| Original watercolour & ink butterfly |
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| Purple Butterfly card topper With silver butterfly & lilac crepe paper and nylon antennae Buy these card toppers online (pack of 6) - Ebay Listing |
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| Purple butterflies on silver card backing - 3D |
Buy this artwork online - Ebay Listing
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| Purple butterflies on silver card backing - 3D Framed in deep white box frame |
Buy this artwork online - Ebay Listing
The butterfly artwork escapade has also led me into the realms of abstract and surreal art due to so much experimentation, which is fantastic for me as I usually confine myself to the limits of realism - landscapes and wildlife and such. I love working like this but I have found abstract art far more liberating and challenging all at once. To imagine and create something so brand new and impossible... Anyway, this new painting is a work in progress to check back in a few weeks to see the finished result!
Friday 10 May 2013
Holiday to Argentina Inspires Quick Watercolour and Ink Vineyard Painting!
On the way up to Edinburgh for the weekend, looking out of the rain splattered window with a pencil in my hand, my thoughts drifted back to Mendoza, Argentina where my body had been two weeks ago... I started thinking of Mendoza's beloved sun-drenched vineyards with a backdrop of the sheer Andes, all framed by a bright blue sky. Ahh, the desert, the sun and the wine...
After we had got past Newcastle I had already completed this drawing and I felt a little better for it. Even if I wasn't going back in a hurry, I had something else to look at other than the rain pouring down in the Pennines (beautiful as the Northern English countryside is, seeing it spattered with rain so soon after a trip to Mendoza would have anyone's spirits a little low!)
This painting is for sale but please contact me or leave a comment if you are interested in buying it. Prints are also available.
After we had got past Newcastle I had already completed this drawing and I felt a little better for it. Even if I wasn't going back in a hurry, I had something else to look at other than the rain pouring down in the Pennines (beautiful as the Northern English countryside is, seeing it spattered with rain so soon after a trip to Mendoza would have anyone's spirits a little low!)
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| 'Bodegas de Mendoza' 8 x 10" Watercolour & Ink |
This painting is for sale but please contact me or leave a comment if you are interested in buying it. Prints are also available.
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