I’m 50 !!! Omg I’m actually 50 eeeeeeek I still feel 25 anyway I’m an emerging artist and planning my first exhibition in a few months for our county arts week,my family are my world ,meeting other creatives and I love do to party hard !!! But need about a week to recover these days so tend to only do it every now and again !!!
Acrylic paints ,acrylic ink , gel pen and watercolour
A few of these random faces I’ve painted over the last year looking back at them they all
Look like people that are no
Longer with us all taken much too early
This one reminds me of a young mixed race girl Sophie she was such a beautiful soul but yet a very troubled soul I helped her get housing and sadly the guy the lived underneath her new home was a really nasty piece of work ( I have no nice things to say about him thank god he is also no longer with us)
But this beautiful girl overdosed in his bathroom he left her there for hours didn’t even notice she wasn’t around and hours later she was found dead
Rip beautiful girl
I hope this picture captured alittle of her magic but she was much more beautiful than my painting could ever relay
So many think heroin addicts are dirty thriving scum bags but not this isn’t always the case there was a very scared vulnerable traumatised young girl who was crying out for help sadly it’s too late for this young girl
Take
Time to get to know people they maybe addicts but they are still
I did this piece by flooding the page with water dripping theninks on letting them dry then coming in with my gel pen and seeing what I can find in the ink
I think I have come up with an interesting piece of work
Shows how long it’s been since I posited bear with me guys and gals I’m going through major grief from loosing a best mate and life keep throwing difficult stuff at me but I hit this all is good I trust in out beautiful universe is looking after me and im excited for this new New Years (yeah yeah I’m late as always) but anyway my beautiful daughter @poppy_sofire_ gave me these for Christmas present the pens and my beautiful mother gave me the inks in so close to getting full collection of these inks now
I know it’s super late but a very happy 2023 to you all and please stay with me and follow exciting things coming this year
A few of my pages I did during lockdown in my sketchbook
The first bug was a random one I found on Pinterest to use as a reference but with no name ughh don’t you just hate that when there is no explanation on a picture ?!!
Anyway he is watercolour and ink and I love this guy what ever type beetle he is !!
This guy is a tiger beetle I didn’t really do him justice as he had a beautiful green body
It interesting looking back over work I did a few years ago how much I have grown in my confidence and my work has definitely improved
I try to work in a sketchbook or something creative at least 15 mins everyday but mostly that will
Lead into a few hours
As this is my sanctuary my since my daughter left
Home 5 years ago and I turned her room into my art studio my art work has been daily and has grown with me all the way to me holding my first exhibition September just gone I sold 5 paintings and 4 prints this was such a huge boost to my confidence that I’ve made about £800 and all who bought one of my pieces was so happy with them and happy to pay
Also had such great feedback in my visitors book
Two days before the exhibition no nearly talked myself out telling myself I wasn’t good enough
But yay I did it and so happy I did.
I love this spider I did the contrast of the pencil and water colour love this effect and the mushrooms.
I love how this spider came to be :)
The ladybug page was made up from random old found papers, I collect and have far too much off I lie !!!! (HahHa never too much !!!) I built the Pages over a few days, I never plan what I’m going to paint,I just go for it, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t I happen to love this whole sketchbook for some reason it was flowing for me during lockdown and each page just works ,
I’ve not returned it to the Brooklyn sketchbook library yet as two more pages to complete also was finding it hard to let go of my baby ,but I’ve reached the point I’m cool to share it !!
Let me explain if you don’t know about the Brooklyn arts library
A fabulous idea so you buy a sketchbook from them fill it however you like and send it back to them ,they digitalis it and also take batches to various exhibitions etc
Such a great community and drape needs our support it would be too sad if they couldn’t continue
Anyway folks I’m still learning about this blogging thing ,
I used to blog by avatar in second life
But this is my real life and it doesn’t quite flow like it did when I blogged by avatar
So bare with my guys and gals I’m sure I’ll grow and find this easier , and not so many teething problems as I’ve been trying to post this for a few weeks now !!
I’m now happy to put it out there !!!
A global art project that allows anyone to participate.
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