“Red Red Robin”
My twenty-second daily painting for advent – 22nd December 2013.
Perched in our Laburnum tree after the flowers had fallen, this young robin added a complimentary red amongst the foliage. The friendliest fellow in the garden – and another sweet song!
Not so much a Christmas robin… with the shortest day just passed I’m already looking forward to spring and summer.
Original robin painting in acrylic on canvas, measuring 8 x 8 inches.
Lazy Daisy – Cow Painting My fifteenth painting for advent – 15th December 2013 is another cow painting! Sometimes I remember to take a camera when I take a walk first thing to record inspirations for paintings. The cows in the field at the edge of the village were having a lazy morning. This one…
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I’m attracted to sailing in a visual sense – I love the shapes that the yachts make out there on the sea, especially a group of them racing like this. But I’ve never sailed myself. I’m a bit uneasy about the angles that those boats get themselves into at times and I feel that I…
Beaming Beth – a smiling child portrait in watercolour Beautiful Beth was a little more of a challenge to paint than her sister Anna, as her big smile gives me another detail to paint – her teeth! They can be difficult to paint, as I found with one of my self-portraits – giving myself a…
My painting shows Titanic passing Bangor as she makes her way into the Irish Sea for her sea trials on 2nd April 1912. After a return to Belfast later that day, she set off for Southampton at 8.00pm that evening. Pickie is a promenade area to the west of Bangor Bay, County Down, Northern Ireland,…
In an effort to brighten up a extra cold and wintery day – here’s a painting I did in the summer inspired by a pair of cockatiels that live in the aviary at the local park. Step by step for the background… working quickly with acrylic paint, not worrying too much about realistic detail but…