Woo Hoo! I'm in The Artist magazine!

Yay! This month sees my painting "Red, White and Booze" featured in The Artist magazine for being the winner of the artist category of "The Best of Britain" Competition! (Out December 7th)

I won a wonderful prize of a £500 commemorative "Best of British" artbox from Derwent

only one thing left to say really......."Cheers!" ;)

"Red, White and Booze"

Acrylic 24"x 20"x1.5"

"Red, White and Booze"Patriotic still life

 To see this work in progress please click on the following link http://paula-paintmyworld.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/redwhite-and-boozeacrylic-painting.html

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"Untold Stories" A still life painting collection of WW2 memorabelia. Hurricane and Spitfire painting

A small selection of  WW2 RAF memorabilia will be the subject of my next painting. They belonged to my partner's late father. The fact that these items had been kept and treasured made me realise that each one has it's own story to tell. Stories of life, laughter, sadness and comradery. Stories that will never be told as the narrator is no longer with us to relate them.  I wanted to put them together into a composition to give an extended life to these "Untold Stories" Acrylic.24"x 20"x 1.5"

Page 1......under painting the two hats and flight record book.

Sketched out and painting started on the RAF flying helmet and hat

Page 2..... Building up the layers on the leather flying hat.There are so many different tones and colours that it took about 6 hours to reach this stage.

Many colours are needed to get the old leather to look right

Page 3.....starting work on the hat and book meant I could leave the leather work to dry out for an extra day.                                                                                    

Starting to work on the texture of the book and hat

Page 4...building up the layers of paint, making a start on other areas and starting work on the detail. While one bit dries I'm able to work on another area It's now starting to come to life :)                                                                                                           

Adding the smaller details

The final page..................................                                                                                              

"Untold Stories"

24" x 20" x 1.5"

Acrylic on box canvas

WW2 still life painting

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"Into the Blue"

20"x16"x1.5"

Acrylic on box canvas

Painting of Spitfire and Hurricane

"Red,White and Booze"...acrylic painting

With the Queen's 60th Jubilee approaching I have seen several paintings inspired by the event. All very commercial, stereotypical and quite boring!
A public holiday has been declared, a day for street parties, hog roasts and bonfires!
 So I have decided to paint my version of the celebrations, flags,beer, nibbles and wine! It may not be to everyone's taste but it will be to mine !
The beer I'm using is a delightful ale called "Spitfire", brewed in Kent by Shepherd and Neame Spitfire ale

 It will be BIGGER, BRIGHTER, BOLDER AND.....BRITISH! :)
"Red,White and Booze" Acrylic on box canvas, 24"x 20"x 1.5".. Enjoy......;)

Day 1, laying the table......

Working on the under painting

Day 2, starting the glass  work...

Painting in the glass and beer

Day 3, a bit of detail......                                                                                                           

Creating the detail that brings the picture to life

Day 4, adding the nibbles and glass....  (Not a very good photo as the weather's grim today and the light is bad :/ )                                                                             

Putting in the final details

...and finished! My tribute to the jubilee celebrations!!!!

"Red,White and Booze"

Acrylic on box canvas

24"x20"x1.5" (Sold)

"Red, White and Booze"

...and it won the "Best of British " competition!!!! :) view more...

Featured!!!
Wow! I have just received the latest copy of the Artist and Illustrators magazine to find that my painting "He Loves Me, He loves Me Not" is the "Painting of the month" :) I'm delighted :))))

and as an added bonus I won a prize :)

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"He Loves Me, He loves Me Not..." Summer still life painting

The 1st of March today, St David's Day . The skies are blue and the sun is shining bright, a real promise of Spring :)
I have been busy giving the kitchen a fresh coat of white paint. The crisp bright white with the lovely weather reminded me of  Summer days when the fields and roadsides are a mass of bold ox-eye daisies, bobbing and dancing in the wind. Childhood memories of sitting on the grass, pulling off the petals chanting " He loves me, he loves me not".

I thought I would use one in a still life composition, a romantic mix of colours and textures, a touch of Summer romance.

Straw hat, chiffon scarf and a daisy

                                                                              

                          "He Loves Me...He Loves Me Not"
                                  Acrylic on box canvas, 18"x14"x1.5"...
Today was spent sketching out and getting the under painting started...

Painting in the first layers of acrylic

Started to build up the layers of colour on the hat and scarf today....

Bulding up the textures of the scarf and straw hat

Painting in the shadows ......

Adding the shadows to the painting

and finished 

"He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not"

Acrylic on box canvas 18"x14"x1.5"

"He loves me, He loves me not..."

Wall view

Delighted that this was chosen as "Picture of the month" in the Artist and Illustrators, June 2012 edition of their  magazine

Featured in Artist and Illustrator

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