I’m delighted to be exhibiting at the newly renovated Octagon Hall in the Artist and Designer Fair on Saturday and Sunday 20th and 21st October, 10am til 4.30pm. An elegant and spacious venue, the Octagon Hall has room for upwards of 30 exhibitors. Exhibitions include art, jewellery, furniture, glassware and other designer led products. Continue reading “Artist and Designer Fair in Buxton”
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Open Arts: What a Scorcher!
Wasn’t it just? Fabulous weather over the Bank Holiday weekend and a thoroughly successful show at Spring Bank Arts Centre in New Mills. We had a steady stream of visitors over the three days and a wide variety of artists and makers for them to meet and talk to about their work. The raffle andContinue reading “Open Arts: What a Scorcher!”
Afternoon pastels
I’ve been experimenting with working with pastels recently. Getting used to the properties and techniques. Here’s a colour study of some silver birch trees on Curbar Gap during winter. Dry pastel on cool blue grey paper 160g 30cmx22cm. This is going to sit for a while now while I evaluate it. I’ll be lookingContinue reading “Afternoon pastels”
Hue
I put up a post a few days ago about working with triads of colour. I said I was looking forward to trying out the principles with acrylic paint to see what that might be like and it’s been great fun. Peak District I have found painting the landscape in the Peak District to be anContinue reading “Hue”