Sarah's Painting Journal

It is always nice to be included in an Etsy Treasury, this is a nice one:   Etsy Treasury – IRIS Ridge
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5.5″X3.5″ Mixed media in paper
Shasta Daisies on the patio. Not much to say really.I have been wasting far too much time this evening playing with the new Picassa face recognition programme. My husband, the Mac man, says that Apple has had this for …

7″X5″ Acrylic on board

Jerusalem Artichokes have nothing to do with Jerusalem or artichokes. Tasting somewhat like artichokes (it is the root which is eaten) the early european settlers called them girasols because of the way they turn to the sun li…

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10″X16″ Watercolour on paper

This has been a fairly unproductive week (for painting anyway) so I am digging into the archives again.
I have always love…

2.5″X3.5″ Acrylic on paper

I probably won’t be posting for the next few days, I am going to Montreal for a long-overdue visit with my eldest. I will try to fill my sketchbooks with lots of urban scenes.

5″X7″ Oil on board

I can’t for the life of me remember what these are called. They are quite rose-like, especially the buds, but are thornless and the leaves are arranged in opposing pairs (decussate?). I picked up a couple of bunches at the market…

2.5″X3.5″ Acrylic on paper

This is the last of these for now, maybe I will do some more next week.

2.5″X3.5″ Acrylic on paper

I haven’t done anything with acrylics for a long time. They are way outside my comfort zone but I need to stretch a little. I find these tiny “ACEO”s a good way to use them. I mark a piece of 9″X12″ canvassette paper int…

11″X8″ Pen & wash on paper

Cichorium intybusIt was very overcast today and in fact poured with rain this afternoon, but I went out onto the common at lunchtime and enjoyed the still-uncut meadow. Chicory isn’t native to this part of the world but…

5″X8″ Watercolour pencil on paper
This one is a couple of years old but still quite seasonal. The paper I used was a handmade notebook with handmade paper from somewhere in southeast Asia. I thought it might work quite well for watercolour and so it might, but it is a bit soft for pencils. Still, I [...]