Harbour Scenes

During the last week I have been working on harbour scenes using mixed media techniques. One strand has been using my sraffito technique - oil pastels and acrylic with scratching for shading and modelling and the other strand has been using ink and block printing and finishing off with acrylic. Here are a couple of examples:

Harbour Scene 1

Mixed Media

Harbour Scene 2

Mixed Media

Success at the Pittenweem Festival

In one of my earlier posts I talked about the paintings I was entering for the East Neuk Art Club Exhibition during the Pittenweem Festival. I am really pleased to say that I sold seven paintings. I won't make a fortune but its nice to know that seven of my paintings will be on the walls of different people's houses. I hope they enjoy them! My harbour scenes seem to be particularly popular; I sold several back in Easter at the Crail Art Club Exhibitions. My Autumn Day in Saint Andrews also sold as did one of my Iris paintings from last year. 

More experiments with ink and paint

On Saturday I sold three paintings at the East Neuk Art Club Exhibition during the PIttenweem Festival - very exciting. In the meantime, I've been experimenting again with ink and paint with some interesting results. First of all, another scene from Cambo woods:

Cambo Woods

Ink and acrylic

Secondly, an adaptation of part of one of my previous paintings of Crail Harbour:

In Harbour

Ink and acrylic

And, two versions of tree motif, based on the old Spanish chestnut tree at Balmerino Abbey in Fife:

The Old Tree (1)

Ink and acrylic

The Old Tree (2)

Ink and acrylic

Poppies and Pittenweem

The Pittenweem Art Festival has begun and the little town was crowded yesterday. I'm hoping for a few sales since the East Neuk Art Club exhibition is on at the same time but there are so many good works of art around at this time that any sale is something to be pleased about!

In the meantime, I've been experimenting with some more ink and paint and pastel works:

Poppies

Acrylic and Ink

Poppies

Pastel and Ink