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Sadly we lost the original member of Team Inferno (the team name for mine and my sister's dogs) recently - the beautiful Sally. She was 18 years old and was my sister's first dog so for her birthday this year I decided to paint her a picture of Sally in all her queenly majesty.
I took the photo for this painting when Sally was younger and I always loved how towering she looked even though she is actually the size of a cat. Sally was almost completely grey at the end except for the end of her tail, and I always forget how ginger she used to be. We will miss you Sally x x A little while back I made a postcard for the Ilkley Arts Secret Postcard Auction. I wasn't allowed to advertise what I'd made until after the auction was complete as who made each postcard had to remain a secret. The theme was 'Passage' so I decided to draw part of the door at Saddell Castle in Scotland as it shows two types of passage - the door leads to a passage and the aging shows the passage of time - deep right! (hahaha)
I'm really proud of this one. I think the texture of both the metal and wood are really effective. It was done from a photo I took many years ago when I stayed at Saddell Castle and I think this image really captures the castle's magic. It was done in chalk pastels and coloured pencil on brown paper. I've fallen in love with chalk pastels recently, and combining them with coloured pencils is something I've never thought to do in the past but I love the results. I made two new pieces of art this week - 'Autumn Breeze' and 'Far off Fishing Boat'. I made them both for the upcoming exhibition at the Drawing Board in Wrexham - a local community art gallery.
'Autumn Breeze' is done in chalk pastels and coloured pencil and 'Far off Fishing Boat' is just chalk pastels. I haven't worked with chalk pastels in a while but I've noticed that one of my most popular pieces of art the last couple of years has been a simple chalk pastel and coloured pencil illustration I made called 'Sweet Nectar', so I thought I would try and replicate that success. I really love how both of these pieces turned out. Hair is one of my favourite things to draw/paint, particularly when it's blowing in the wind, and I think this drawing with it's beautiful colours of autumn is so peaceful and dreamy you can almost hear the rustling wind. The boat in the other drawing is the same one that features in my painting 'Weather Coming In'. It was very far away from me when I photographed it (hence the title) which actually helped me be a bit looser with the details as I couldn't really make them out. One picture from real life and one from my imagination - a very productive week!
It's new exhibition time at the Drawing Board in Wrexham again! This time I've entered 'Bee on Pink Lavender' parts 1 and 2. I wanted to enter part 3 as well but this was a popular exhibition and everyone was limited to just two pieces.
Hopefully someone will love them as much as I do and buy them! What a way to start the year! Two of my paintings - 'Steps to the Castle' and 'Cormorants and Herring Gulls' - were both accepted as part of the Royal Cambrian Academy Open Exhibition 2024! The RCA are a big deal so this was a really proud moment for me, and there were so many amazing artworks there so to be amongst them was a real validation of my work.
The RCA Gallery is in Conwy so I picked two paintings that showcase two of my favourite places in Wales; Castell Dinas Bran and the North Wales coast. The exhibition is still on until the end of February so if you happen to be in the area do go check it out! I added lots of lovely new items to my shop this week: greeting cards, keyrings, magnets and coasters each featuring my artworks 'Cormorants and Herring Gulls', 'Ong Bak', 'Hello Pluto!' and 'Sadie in the Sky'. I've done two greeting card variations of 'Sadie in the Sky' as I couldn't decide where to crop it since the original painting is so wide. I like them both so we shall see which version everyone else likes.
To like and share my Facebook entry post click on the link below: https://web.facebook.com/Wraptious/posts/pfbid0qjwFfJNwPPs73QJtgFp98xbeqMM5wMYTwD9aec8mMrPguBp31zsz7xHLZ9ZDRzV7l To buy the my competition cushion please click on this link below: https://www.wraptious.com/cart?fbclid=IwAR2h2OcKF8CigFyNFu-Dtw5dOutibsEm05RnkVLEPLj3jkQiGRu-aM-58bM&ref=fb-b Thank you!!!The Drawing Board in Wrexham - a community run gallery - celebrated it's 2nd birthday today and opened it's latest exhibition (with plenty of cake which is the best way to open anything!).
I have two paintings for sale in the new exhibition - 'Hello!' and 'Weather Coming In'. It's the first time I've put in large pieces so we'll see how they do. Since I started exhibiting at The Drawing Board I think I've sold four pieces but they have all been small illustrations, so I'm excited to see if anyone is willing to pay a bit more for my paintings. I met a few of the other exhibiting artists there today and a few of them said 'Weather Coming In' was one of their favourite pieces which was so nice to hear! 'Hello!' got a much more muted response which was a shame but I still love it and I'm sure someone else will to! |
AuthorMy name is Rachel West. I am a freelance artist, animator and cake enthusiast. This blog is an insight into what goes on in my Art Bunny world. Archives
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