More Seasonal Drawings for W&S

….“can’t let down my fans”

After seeing yesterday’s Monster Monday drawings our 5 year old granddaughter requested a painting of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and our daughter-in-law in London requested a painting for her daughter’s room.

Kevin wasted no time and on top of the snowman that he painted earlier he whipped up a Rudolph painting. He’s a little angry looking but I think he’s had enough of COVID as well. This morning the commissioned monster painting was done, sized to fit in an 8 x 10 frame. Not sure if that one is ready for publication but as soon as I get the green light I will post it.

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Intuitive Painting

….working small

I’m in love with intuitive painting. I never quite know where I’m going when I start but the process is very meditative. As I get into the painting I see some themes pop up and I go there but try to stay loose. I still need to work on that.

I’ve always wanted to paint gifts for friends but have lacked self confidence or run out of time or both. This year I made the time and dove in. I started with just laying down marks and then randomly layered colour all over the board. Once the first layer dried I layered another random selection of colour over the first and usually in opposite temperatures, i.e. cool vs warm colours.

Here are some examples of how the process starts.

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When I start into the final layer I tend to go to floral or landscape themes. After I’ve laid down the main shapes I start to add marks for interest.

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These are all 8 x 8 on wooden panels. Here are some close-up of the same work.

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Going Back to My Roots

….hair roots that is

Just before we went into lockdown back in March of this year I had highlights done in my hair and I got it cut. My colourist and I agreed that my natural colour was returning to the colour I had as a very young child and that I should let that natural colour come back. Now nine and a half months later I haven’t put a drop of colour in my hair and I’ve only had it cut once back at the end of August.

Many people think I still colour my hair, including some members of my family but my hair has grown at least six inches since March and there are no signs of dark roots at the front of my head. My hair is definitely darker underneath but then it always has been. In fact before I started colouring my hair in my forties my natural colour changed all the time. It always lightened in the summer and with each pregnancy my colour changed. The only reason that I started to colour my hair was because as the grey started to come in it looked mousy.

A lot of my friends are letting their grey hair come in. I never in a million years thought my hair would go back to being a white blonde but here it is……

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