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well, good start to the new year with a sale of "all is not well in fairyland 2" to Greece. I'd planned on doing more of these alternative fairytale paintings but have had energy problems due to health issues, but a sale perks up the enthusiasm and i've always lots of ideas floating so time to put some onto canvas i think.
15/01/2012 17:22:45, jeannie
My painting and thus news has been a bit sporadic over the last 18 months due to illness. This autumn I've done a couple of sunsets in oils that are waiting to dry and be uploaded though. I've loads of ideas running through my mind at the moment but sadly just not the energy to carry them through. I'm tempted by the fabulous autumn colours we've had this year and though i've been unable to paint my trusty camera has taken loads of images that wait on pc for a future date. I still do book reviews for search press arts which can be found under the review pages of my forum, and they often spark ideas too.
11/11/2011 10:41:51, jeannie
Well, having seen something in The Artist last month that inspired me I've been working on something new, a few paintings with an abstract geometrical type background. You can see two of them here in latest works, there are a few others but they were simply trial pieces. They are good fun and let my imagination run free, not that there's ever a problem with that.
13/04/2009 18:45:52, jeannie
Well, I always have problems finding titles for my works, and after a fellow artists suggested Tracks of my Deers it just seemed to follow that the next few works I've done have all fitted song titles, so in the new works along with that one you'll find Moon River, Raindrops on Roses, Golden brown - that's a title from another artist along with the original composition of the work which I've tailored a bit to fit the brief given, and there's Flameboyant Poinsettia - not quite a song but I thought Fire was a bit too tenous so I've gone for corny instead!
09/03/2009 13:55:57, jeannie
Well this year has just flown by hasn't it. This year I've been working on flowers in watercolour- I just love doing the raindrops, been to an oils tutorial and worked more with them and recently been back to revisist pastels as its been a while since i used them. I've also finally done some sculpture with the stone kit my son bought me last xmas. I did a lovely snail which sits on the outside table - very appropriate for this garden which seems like the snails version of McDonalds. Busy wrapping christams presents and writing cards at the moment and it'l be time to switch on the outside lights and get holly, fir and ivy cut for indoors soon. I love christmas and now we have lots of grandchildren I can have fun making things with them. They've inherited my love of art and are always happy to fetch some materails out of the studio ( its a bit cold in there at the moment) and have a play at creating something new. perhaps next year I should set up a Kids Gallery and add their artwork. Hmnn that might be fun and i know they'd love it!
08/12/2008 18:53:38, jeannie
Well, some great news this month with christmas approaching. Here's a way to boost your income. An artist colleague, Richard F Barber has come up with a fantastic idea. Have you ever wanted to be an art dealer but but the expenses of storage and premises put you off? Well Richard and I offering 25% commission to anyone selling on one of our works and sharing the idea among other artists so that you have a whole catalogue of online paintings to show anyone you think maybe interested in purchasing. Once they place the order as usual and it is accepted you email with their details and the name of the painting. As soon as their payment clears the 25% commission will be transferred to your paypal account. I'm offering the same deal so you've currently two galleries full of works to show. You can find Richard F Barbers site on my links page - Link number 8. Happy Selling.
18/09/2008 09:42:59, jeannie
Caling all artists. Art Liberating Lives is a unique annual art campaign designed to reflect the importance of art as a therapy in Sue Ryder Care's 14 care centres across the UK. If you're interested in taking part see http://www.suerydercare.org/pages/art_liberating_lives.html for futher details.
22/07/2008 18:57:00, jeannie
I've been having a spell back on watercolours and have done a couple of flower ones I'm really pleased with.I seem to have found some of the lightness tahat has so far eluded me. As a contrast I'm also working on a rose in oils - 20 x 20 inches and a huge sunset over the sea - its 60 x 30 inches and i've done it portrait style so i have to hang it from the studio ceiling to work on the lower half :) Its almost complete - just the final touches of sun on the sea and foam on the shoreline - i think.. i have this habit of thinking its nearly done and then making major changes..its why a spell with watercolours again has been good for me - you simply can't do that with them. Well - I've attended an oil class this month which has given some formation to my oil works - so far i've been working blind so to speak, with the help of the net and books. To have a tutor has saved me much tme on simple errors that took only minutes to point me in the right direction instead of the hours I've spent trying to work it out. So expect a few more oils to come over the next months... I've finally finished the big sunset - it took a number of directions before I was pleased with the finished result. At 30 inches wide and 60 inches high its hanging inb my dining room where its acheived many positive comments - its certainly a work to attract attention! Its now on the website here under Beach at Sunset.
30/06/2008 10:01:04, jeannie
I've been asked to do a brief demo for a ladies group in April, when I said yes it seemed ages to go then.. now its coming up fast and i can't decide what to do - it'll be for about an hour, and I need to be able to do something on an easel really so they can see it in progress. I would like to take the waxes as they are such fun, dry almost instantly so no worries about wet paint! but they need a flat surface and then I don't think everyone will be able to see. I'll have to find out the set up - see if we could arrange chairs round a table. If not maybe I'll take oil pastels or soft pastels, when there isn't long there's no time to wait for paint to dry so something quick is needed. I'll have a base done , usually I do several in stages so people can see the process, and then just finish the main one. I've just bought some caran d'ache coloured pencils, these are water soluble so can also be used as paint. They are fun too - I think this morning ( Sunday 17th) I might have a go with them at the February forum challenge. Its buildings that would not usually be considered for a painting - no pretty houses..I'm going to do the water tower thats at the back of my garden.
17/02/2008 11:07:46, jeannie
End of month - well, always my thoughts turn to a review of year. Its been a good year- had a few sales so that gives me more to spend on materials and keeps my learning about new ideas going. My husband wonders where it will stop sometimes : ) but while there's art materials out there that I've not used I'll keep going... I just love new things and the more i have the more i mix and match with the materials i have and I think this ultimately benefits my Art. I've had a whole year in Picturecraft Gallery which has been fun and let my work be seen by different buyers to the usual internet ones. Next year I think I'll concentrate on websales more. I've joined a couple of new multi artists websites this year - Affordable British Arts , Artbuyweb and The Artists Web, and have had some good viewing figures from them so that looks promising. I used to sell via Mini Gallery but sadly, although I was one of the founder members and organised the 2nd Minigallery exhibition last year they decided that several of us Original members were not to be allowed to renew our memberships. No discussions, just an " out" :( so I hope that the new galleries are going to fill the sales gap for me..and of course I'm always happy to sell via this website. If anyone wants a more detailed view of any of the artworks I'm always happy to supply them via email. the artsforum has been doing well, we've had lots of new members and its a great place for sharing ideas and opportunities and also news of sales, that cheers everyone up. So - thanks for 2007, another year past, another year surviving the cancer : )and A happy, healthy and wealthy new year to everybody, here's to 2008!
24/12/2007 15:46:03, jeannie
