Day 5 Painting a Day 2012

Well, those naughty Mad Birds have been fluttering round in the vintage music. Here they are singing a serenade.

Which one is singing flat??

Hand drawn, used water colour for the highlights. The music is part of a whole box full I bought at Boreham Boot Fair last year for a £10 note. I've used all these birds before, but they are so popular. And I just love them. I am sure you know some girls that wear their hearts on their sleeves?

Tomorrow if my lovely son has survived the man flu he is coming to fit my new computer. So I will have to be up bright and early if I am to keep up with my daily art.

It's either ALL or NOTHING

Darn why I have a personality that has an all or nothing setting. Ok I have not done any art for weeks, may be couple of months. Now I have ideas so several projects on the go.

Mirror finished , its 27x17 and mirror is 10 1/2 x 20 3/4, frame is deep 1/1/2 inches. So nice chunky mirror and very heavy.

Next project "Little Princess - Look Up" another mannequin. Wood is rubbed down, primed, black and metallic red create a pink shimmer. Now what will I decorate it with?

Day 3 Painting a Day AND What's on your window sill??

Brrrr bit cold and wet today. The trailer has gone back to the farm for a refill of the wonderful chicken manure :-))

Art is my own work today - that's better I can hear you yelling - A Mad Bird, drawn with Pit Pen and then water colour. Funny I'm nearly liking the water colours now.

Now honesty is required here, who lives in a neat house? Not me here's what's on my kitchen/diner window sill.

Some saved seeds, some commercial all going to be grown and used this year.

The contents of the window sill changes depending on what I am on at the moment. This year its been a display shelf for antique vases and ornaments, a book shelf to sort out the 200 books bought at auction and a display shelf for my art works. My neighbors always have a look whilst driving or walking past. Its a barometer of "What the Mar Bird is up to".

Day 2

Its horrible when your ART MUSE deserts!!!


I am left with no inspiration, so copying is it for the moment. Had some spare time yesterday as planned visit with Granddaughter was cancelled  - she had to work. So did art instead.

!-2 Buckle is A4 size Clockwork mouse is 3 x 3 inches.

Up with the lark today so painting again. This one is a bit clumpy, not properly awake. Put a "pretend" frame on just for effect.

Then tempting you with some update on the mirror. It started off as plain mahogany and it has had acrylic paint, over gesso. I used gold, black and purple. I will varnish with yacht varnish today. Its just going to be plain so it should fit in a lot of settings. Will be selling this soon. I have another to try a different idea on.

Painting Drawing a Day

Well it's been a while since I did any art. So have given myself a good talking to and decided the only way is discipline. What has worked before when in the art doldrums is to make myself do some art. Every day for 30 days.

Day one is the mirror, day 2 below.

Yesterday I started on renovating a mirror, took it apart, sanded frame and did the acrylic paint finish. That is now drying. Today I am in my most uncomfortable zone, water colour and drawing. Above is the result. Its an amalgamation of three pictures from 1960's children's annuals. Drawn with a Pitt fine pen and then painted.

Now off to primp myself as I am going to visit my Granddaughter this afternoon.

Thank you in advance for your comments. I still can not post replies or make comments on my friends blogs. I've tried two browsers, darn computers.

Spring is nearly here - Beans R Us

A long job podding beans, good job evenings are still long. Here are the culprits all podded and ready to plant. Runners, Borlotti, French Dwarfs and climbing Harricots. The black and white ones are Ying Yang Beans, bit of a novelty for the stock pot. Yum Yum can't wait till summer, oh and my friends have got some to plant as well.

Yesterday was a brilliant day over at Linda's. We all met up for lunch and a look at her house, oh and a bit of art as well. Thank you Linda for a lovely day.

Some ground frost today, so late out for a walk, we met up with Gilli and her dog,Wilson. Then another regular dog walker, Mrs Bashier, then along came Ivy Green Stables lot, in all 7 dogs running round having fun on Loveney's Farm fields. Back home for coffee and then out digging on the allotment. Now I'm going to run up there and take a picture of digging progress. Still some land to clear, but I am having a big bonfire once we have cleared all the trees from behind the garage. That should clear a lot of the top weeds.

Both my greenhouses are ready for spring planting, one has onions, Red & White and shallots already in pots. Broad beans will go into guttering later today. Then I have to get on and clear my window sills for the tomato seeds.

Always makes me feel better once I can start new life going on the veg plot.

My Junky Antique Fair

Well I took the plunge and did an Antiques Fair. Boy was it hard work, left home at 6am not home until 6.30pm. So no more work for me this week!!!

It was great fun, my friend Ann came to help. The tyres on my sack barrow went flat!!! Just when we were unloading too. I had been a good girl scout and taken a foot pump so they pumped up all right. My son, his partner and her sister came to give some support. There were about 50 stalls and it was very busy.

I sold my first things within 5 minutes. My stall looks very untidy compared to others, but it made people come and have a root round. Some stalls looked so pristine I would be scared to touch things, mine looks like a hoarders paradise. Any way we had a great time.

Thanks for your comments on my last post, for some reason I can not add comments to my own blog!!! Roll on end of January when I will have my new PC.