I initially spoke about this image in a rather popular post called Teasing Composition, and that feels like a while ago now. So it really was high time that this painting got itself finished – and seeing as paintings don\’t get finished on their own I needed to give it a helping hand. And you know…
Why do I paint? I\’ve often asked myself this. Why do I create paintings, drawings and write? It\’s mostly addiction. Not to the process of creating itself, because I personally have taken breaks from the creative process before. But addicted to that strange and often horrible feeling afterwards. That feeling of euphoria that you\’ve created…
I wasn\’t intending to blog today, but seeing as the internet has gone off yet again, I shall see what I can come up with to write. The day has only really just started – I am expecting a visit from the Health Visitor so they can check up on how Marcus is doing; which…
Well, one painting down. One more to go! Although I know the painting itself isn\’t anything overly revolutionary in content or technique or anything, I am rather pleased to have been able to get something done. I\’m having a bit of a proud moment. I mean, if I can finish one painting, why not another?…
I\’ve been doing a little bit of playing about with some painting planning again today. It did involve drawing out some more fish. As I wasn\’t entirely happy with what I had come up with before, only just hitting the mark with the last one. Besides, it\’s always a pleasure to play about with designs…
I started some of these images last week, but only really got round to posting them today – mostly due to the feeling of a stressful and upsetting weekend thanks to my jaw playing up. We\’ve more or less come to the conclusion that the jaw is due to stress, worry and anxiety anyway over…
Some recent background work that I have prepared for adding something over the top of! Sorry about the quality of the pictures, they\’re just some simple phone pictures to keep things easy to share. I found a new technique for doing backgrounds rather than just gradient style painting and I admit, I am rather thrilled…
I am currently standing at the forefront of the biggest change in my life. I am six weeks away from giving birth (Roughly, as we can never really predict these things exactly) to my first child. I am in a stable and very loving relationship with my husband – we\’ve been together for nearly 9…