Hobbies and Crafts

Hello everybody

I started this last week and then disappeared! Just on holiday for a few days. I paint in watercolours, pastels and have just started oils so I'm a bit of a jack-of-all-trades, master of none! I put some paintings in a local exhibition this weekend and sold one! I'm over the moon. It's nice to know that someone likes your work enough to spend money on it. While I was at the exhibition I spoke to a lady who was demonstrating silk painting. It's fantastic - I must have a go. What I forgot to ask her is how do you mount the silk. Are there any silk painters out there who can give me some tips please?
Looking at some of your comments it sounds like we've got a good cross section of artists in our "club". I'd love to see your work but can't get to grips with this wretched keepsake thingy. How does it work - I've looked at instructions & FAQs but can't make head nor tail of it.

Diane

I enjoy drawing in pen and ink, I also paint in watercolours and am a member of the SAA.
I bought some of that watercolour ground that allows you to paint on any surface but haven't tried it as yet, I find drawing and painting very therapeutic.

Oh great. GreenFingers. do let us see please ...upload to keepsafe

and post the "name" here .....

I am putting an oil on canvas ..next weekend tool

I paint, used to be in water colour now using acrylics, I can paint over my mistakes with acrylic.....I have Parkinsons, but I stop shaking when I concentrate on my work. Will never make a fortune but have sold 3 in the last year...our club has an art exhibition at a local village next weekend, so you never know...I have been experimenting with impressionism, I love it.

We were very interested this morning to see a shop in Gloucester has opened as an art 'gallery' displaying paintings by prisoners. Money raised from the sale of paintings goes mainly to victim support. there were some lovely drawings and paintings on display and we were particularly impressed by a pencil drawing of Jean Shrimpton, I would think from a photo as it was a young JS. It was beautifully done.

I enjoy watercolour painting, particularly landscape and architectural. I must admit that is a very spasmodic hobby, and I can go for years without picking up my brushes - just laziness! I used to be an active member of the local art circle, and sold a lot of my work.

Okay keepsafe link is

second to a daffodil

Other photo

Open to everyone ...

I have more if interested

x

Thank you ....

Will upload later and post the public links - including the one beaten into 2nd ..
(boo hoo boo hoo ...... not that it effected me much )

have some paintings on odd terracotta tiles I found ...painted with children's water paints ... very effective and very, very cheap to do ..people maybe interested in

We would love to see Renes. I have always wanted to draw/paint but am really hopeless which is why I enjoy photography where I 'paint with light'. My daughter in law is a very good artist.

I love looking at paintings too, at art museums.

Diane

I paint in oil ..... usually "landscapes" of one sort or another

got beaten into 2nd place at Easter ...by a water colour daffodil ....

Trying again Ist Sept ..with another ....so is the "daffodil"

hope to beat her this time ....

can upload my entries ... in keepsake - If you want to see ...

Renes

Any artists out there? You don't have to be a Monet or Turner, just enjoy painting and occasionally get the result you had planned! Did anyone go to the SAA event in Islington last month? That must be the best value for money in the world. I would love to hear about all your art successes and happy accidents.

Diane