Mrs Blue Hair

The paint that is left over after the painting is finished - what do you use it for. You can not get it back into the tube, and if not used for a similar painting with the same colours, it is going to get hard. The solution; grab a paint brush and begin to draw/paint something, anything. Some of the best results that I have got have been from left over paint. Some times when I set a gaol of painting something wonderful, the results are no where near those that I was aiming for. But without any tension and stress, fantastic results can be achieved.The paintings are more loose and relaxed. try it and see what happens!

This is a painting that was intended as a study of ligh and shadows with no attention to colour, but as I started to work on it, it reminded me of some of the picture of Picasso's blue period. Not that I would liken my painting to his, as he was truly a great master of the brush.

The original image that I saw was a publicity photo and it was only in black and white, or should I say tones of grey. It is not done in the typical style of the gold and silver leaf, but I did enjoy doing it. Hope you like and please leave a comment.

Bony Hip

This is one of my new creations called Bony Hip. It is a small picture, a mere 18 x 21cm, but what made it enjoyable to do, was that it was done onto a puzzle. I will be do some more of this type of drawing for a while.