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Leicester Piglet Painting

“Leicester Piglet”

I couldn’t resist – the orange background is just the colour of Red Leicester cheese – that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!

My third painting for advent – 3rd December 2013.

This fella is a rare breed and a very lucky piggy too. He lives at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, from the first litter of the year and already a bit of a bruiser when I met him – kind of a teenager piglet, with attitude!
I think he’s looking proud or maybe a bit smug here – maybe he just realises he’s an exhibit pig – not potential bacon.

Acrylic on a deep stretched canvas – 5 x 7 x 1½ inches – the painting wraps over the edges.

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My Advent Art Adventure! Spaniel Puppy Painting

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Advent Art Adventure

It has been my dream to become a more productive and prolific artist, but as someone who has sometimes added detail upon detail to my paintings and spent days and occasionally weeks on one painting it wasn’t going to happen without a change of pace, scale and a challenge.

I’ve already started with an intention to create a small painting every day, but I haven’t been organised enough so far to share them. So today (eventually) I am commiting to add a small painting here every day for Advent. Mostly they will be of animals, and that theme may continue, but I’ll see what happens!

Spaniel Puppy Painting

Here’s my first painting for advent – 1st December 2013.

I met this Spaniel pup at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum’s hill climb event in June, so I’m pleased to be painting a fellow motorsport enthusiast here! This watercolour is the first of two paintings of the same wee dog – just irresistible.

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Cockatiels – acrylic painting in progress

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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 enjoying slapping and dabbing on colour.

Next beginning to outline the birds in paint whilst bringing in more colours.

I got stuck into painting at this point and forgot to take any more progress shots, but I can tell you that there’s some oil pastel there too on top of the paint! Here is the finished painting –

I’m feeling warmer already remembering the day that I visited this pair!

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