.....from watery mists.....

here is the middle and the end stages..... I will be writing about this in 7 parts for a magazine and introduce it to my lessons on MyArtTutor.com

Wet watery PASTELS

Can you believe the fluidity and fun you get when you add water to pastels? Watch this space to see this flowing river of pigment transform to a real live painting - I can feel it in my bones!!!

How does inspiration grab YOU???

Do you ever get 'sidetracked' by something that just oozes ' paint me'? Much as I need to paint lots of new landscapes for gallery exhibitions, and do some roses in preparation for IAPS next year, this lovely 'distraction' grabbed me when one of my students took the photo last week....just 'waiting' to be painted!!

Pastels at home!

Not much 'Travelling Pastels' lately with workshops to run on watercolours, pens and just about everything else....also my time spent catching up on oil painting has paid off as some of my little oils have sold in the last few days....I trained in oils at Glasgow, but they take me much longer to build up than pastels...however i must not neglect them - they are great! Have attached a little oil to demonstrate how much fun they are! Watch out for next weekend when our Pastel Masterclass workshop is on and there will be several demos coming off the easel and on to the blog!

New inspirations

About to start soon on a new batch of paintings for the Autumn season in the galleries. Lots of new images to inspire from my recent 'exile' in Skye, while manning my exhibition there...the scenery here is like being at the end of the earth, where life is simple and everlasting!

Sorry - forgot to add the images...!

Here are 5 of the 6 sold.....

Sales at Isle of Skye Exhibition

Well - it was goodbye to these babies over the last few weeks at the exhibition - some going to London and some abroad, 1 to Texas!! happy homes, nice people, and I hope a follow up from some others who were interested, and took away some of the lists....maybe a few enquiries later in the month - who knows! It was a worthy exercise, as i got inspiration from the landscape and the remoteness and inability to log on every night!!! Even picked up my oils again and started a few little crackers....watch this space!!