New mini paintings - cartoon cats.

I've been inspired to paint some cartoon styled animals recently - it started with a cartoon dog, which I painted for a donation as a prize in an event at Driffield Showground on Bank Holiday Monday - I went on to paint 3 more of those dogs in a very similar, but not exact way. Then I started thinking about doing cats. I've always thought I couldn't really do cartoon paintings, but having positive feedback has encouraged me to try some cats. A fellow stall-holder at a craft fair (Lynda Mills of Wrapped In Style) suggested that I produced some cats on my mini canvases way back in March, but I wasn't sure at the time - I've now created two and have been sketching out several more in different poses. Here's the two I've now completed, as yet un-named. I will be asking my Facebook fans/likers to help me name them, as it's interesting to see what varied suggestions are thrown in!

Recent sales

One of my mini paintings on canvas and a painted notebook have both been sold recently - also, I had a commission from my friend for two painted photo frames, so these were completed and handed over on Friday.

Cute Cup-Cakes!

I've recently painted/embellished a set of 10 small wooden key rings in the shape of cup cakes, and here is a photo of 6 of them - the other 4 are still drying. I displayed these 6 at the "Handbags & Gladrags" event on Thursday evening, using my little wooden mannequin to display them on.

I just think they're so cute! They measure approximately 1 and a half inches high and are painted identically on both sides. Sadly, I never sold any of them on Thursday, but at least I have a full set of 10 to upload onto my Etsy shop or Facebook Page (or maybe both).

I'm selling them at £1.50 each, which I think is very reasonable considering the amount of detail that's gone into each one.

Here's the full set, with a couple of close-up shots of one or two as well.

For once, I haven't given my creations names, as I really don't think it's possible with these. For ease of reference, I'm using the basic colours of the top part of the cup-cake!

"Mesmerised At Midnight" painting in Etsy Treasury

Many thanks to Chitchatdesignsllc on Etsy for featuring one of my mini paintings on her Treasury recently, entitled "In The Midnight Blue". She has skillfully selected 16 items created with the colour midnight blue and they look really striking as a group (even if my painting wasn't there!).

You can view the Treasury on Etsy and click on each item individually by visiting it here.

Mini Painting No.2...

Very quickly, this is a painting done using a brush combined with a glue spreader (much more pliable than a plastic palette knife) which represents the view from my studio here in East Yorkshire, one grey February morning!

Mini Art Show

The South Street Gallery, Scarborough, are hosting their 2nd Mini Art Show soon and I will be entering 7 post-card sized paintings this year! The exhibition runs from February 17th (12 till 5pm)  to Sunday 3rd April 2011, ending at 4pm. . Last year's show was a great success, with many of the paintings being sold on the opening night (one of mine included!) Let's hope this year is just as good, especially since the gallery will be donating £1 to St Catherine's Hospice for each postcard sold.

You can find out more about the South Street Gallery and their future exhibitions on their website at South Street Gallery. Alternatively, join them on their Facebook Page here.


Here are the paintings I will be entering - some of which I have created solely for this exhibition.

Ruby

Aureate

Celestia

Regalia

 

 

 

PC Emerald

PC Crimson

PC Cobalt

 

New Watercolour paintings

I have recently uploaded 4 watercolour paintings which I completed a few years ago but have never had for sale online - I discovered them again last week when I was sorting out which paintings to take to the exhibition in Cookham! You can see all four of them on the Affordable British Art website

Latest Creations in Etsy

I have recently listed my latest mini art and trinket box creations on Etsy, which you can view either from the link at the right of this page, or by clicking on the title of this post.

Struggling to find a suitable title for these two items, I decided to do a bit of "cheating" and just entered the two main colours, yellow and red, into an online anagram solver. The result actually astounded me by providing over 4,500 solutions!! I went with "Lowlander Dye" because it just seemed to suit it, somehow, although I have to admit there were a few ridiculous ones in there that I was tempted to select!

Here are the two items as a set, although I am selling them separately:

Mini Art - latest works

I have been working on 4 new mini art works recently, all of which have been uploaded to my Etsy shop, but here's a snapshot of the latest one, along with the matching trinket box I have also decorated. They go well together but are listed separately in case anyone just fancies buying a miniature work of art on its own, or a trinket box as a gift.

This paritcular creation is called Celadonia.