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Playing with digital manipulation

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Most of my art starts with a photograph often taken whilst on a walk but in this case it started with the rotting of out garden fence. The fence had been in place for over 25 years that we (my husband and I )know about. With the outside edge facing the full force of the weather it finally gave up the ghost last summer. The side facing us still looked perfect but the side that faced the weather had been carved by the wind.

I made frottage images of the wood and photographed it then manipulated the images in Procreate to produce a new image. These images were then made into 4 layer separation images to use for printing my degree project.

I am working on my Degree project

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As before I am inspired by mans effect on the planet, this time thinking about colonisation and land enclosure. Using wood from an old fence I frottaged images then laser cut them into wood to use for relief printing. Below are some of my practice prints, starting with free screen print in colour then a relief print over. The paper is newspaper.

Ozzy

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Just started a new painting, basic drawing to give me an idea of where to paint. Olly is a venerable labrador with a face full of character so I am looking forward to this developing.

It seems odd to be using white on a black dog, but the light shines on his coat and his mussel is grey.
Next layer , starting to come alive not too sure about the background but as the darks get darker it may be OK.
I’ve tried a different background it looks very different, I’ve contacted the buyer she thinks the left ear needs to be wider and says his right eye is blue, she has sent more photos to help me.
He is a lovely old boy I want to do him justice.
I think it is finished, I’m just waiting for the buyers feedback.
The buyer requested a charge of pose, I have to admit it looks better. All part of the learning process. He is a combination of 4 different photos. I hope to meet him and see his likeness in the flesh.

Playing with pastels

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Having fun learning  new skills and techniques with pastels pure and simple  with Graham Oliver  as our tutor

Working  on a new picture from  one of my own photos it isn’t  finished but I think it is starting  to come together.
Done for today
Done some work on the rocks I’m  going to leave  it for now.
I’ve added some wheat, is it better?
I’ve been really struggling with this picture I’m still not 100% happy with it.. The wonderful thing with pastels is you can keep painting layer after layer until you are happy.

I’ve decided it is finished, today I’ve taken pictures to be framed, let’s hope they know what they are doing, pastels have to be kept clear of the glass and the frame has to be sealed to reduce water damage.. fingers crossed.

Flowers in my garden

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We have made our back garden into a wild flower oasis. These are the first of my flowers. Drawn in coloured pencil on Bristol board
A little more added I find it very hard to make the white petals stand out on the white paper. For those interested these are grown from wild flower seeds and are wildlife friendly, we have seen lots of bees of various kinds and butterflis. We also have two hedgehogs that frequently visit.

The flowers are corn flower, Marigold and Corncockle. Brilliant names.

Summer flowers

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Going back to my roots with this piece of art. Coured pencil botanical flowers. This is a Cana lily, as you can see I still have a lot more to do.

More colour needs adding to the drawing on the left and the leaves and bracks still need to be done. Like all plants every time I go back to it the plant has not only moved but has also changed colour. The flower is definitely getting darker.
A bit more done today.
More today so glad for the photos taken as the plant has changed so much
Cana lily taking so much time as every time I work on the next flower I spot something that needs doing on the previous one.
I think it is finished 🤔