This weekend I've been working on some new paintings to add to my market and to make some pendants from. I've got lots and lots of sketches in my sketch book and I've been buying canvas' of some different sizes. This one that I'm posting today I've called 'Riding the wave' and I've included a few progress shots so you can get an idea of how I work, I must admit I struggled a bit with this one.
I loved the sketch but when I translated that to a painting I found that the figures seemed to become a little lost in amongst all my energetic swirls. So I played around with the colours and I think this is my finished product! I do find that if go away and leave my painting for a while I feel like I can come back with a fresh perspective, so it's a cuppa on our deck I think!!! :0) Happy Halloween everyone! :0)
Oh and before I finish check out what the hubby just bought for my market next weekend. I've been wanting a bust for ages, and these two are really going to help make my stall look that little bit more professional. What a lovely thoughtful hubby! :0) And the little cutie in the middle is Tink (Tinkerbell) our new dog! She's making herself right at home, we got her for a foster dog website a week or so ago and she's settling in nicely!
15 comments:
Oooo la la!!! Another masterpiece. Again - I LOVE the movement in this and the tenderness between the two figures. Great colours and fantastic composition Nic - well done! XXX
wow. that is lovely...the highs and the lows of the waves, yet still they ride...smiles. great colors too...
good morning. This is just beautiful - I am an ocean girl so i just love seeing the swirls and energy here with the waves. and how their bodies magically become the waves....
Thanks for sharing the process of your work, too.
xxoo
Great - sweet and tender and yes, agree with Heather, much energy in those waves. Very magical and special.
I always leave with a smile when I visit your blog--Thank You!!
P.S. We LOVE Halloween here--we have fun ;)
Happy Halloween to you too!
Wow - you've been busy! I love how their bodies become the waves!
p.s. Tink looks like a cutie... definitely relaxed in her new home :)
xo
Kristin
I like all those twirls and the use of yellow which seems to me to be a hopeful color
Wow - beautiful - love the colour a and the movement - we are off to a busy busy halloween day! Happy Haunting!
The struggle was worth it...this is the best one yet!
This is really amazing, Nicola. I am still in awe of how much you have grown as your own artist. I remember way back when you first started, you are simply growing and blossoming into one amazing artist. Good luck at the market. I wish you the VERY best. :) Hugs!
You are such an inspiration to me! ♥
such beautiful colors!
cool, keep the paintings going!
The colors you used are wonderful and the wave shows so much movement and I love the tenderness between the two figures. Well done.
BEAUTIFUL!!!
I so love what you are doing with this theme!!
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