This week’s challenge at Inspire Me Thursday is Polka Dots. This is what I came up with:
You’ll notice that the background is made up of overlapping circles. I don’t know if they really count as polka dots seeing as they overlap, but oh well.
I will be entering this painting into a community art exhibition at Bella Art Gallery this coming weekend. Let me know what you think!
Well, it is nearly time for me to take down my artwork from Toscani’s Cavill Ave, and I haven’t heard anything, which means I haven’t sold anything. But I guess there is still another week and a bit until the end of the month so who knows.
I haven’t given up however - I have another exhibition coming up early next month:
I will be including 4 of my paintings in “Art on the Hill”, an exhibition run by St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, Camp Hill.
I’ll let you know how it goes!
Ok, I know, I have been really slack with this blog. I broke the little promise I made to myself about participating in all of the Inspire Me Thursday challenges. Bloody report cards, using up all my time. Some of the topics I missed would have been really good, too. Now I’m on holidays I am hoping to get back on track.
In the meantime, I have some exciting news! I am currently showing my art in my very first exhibition!! OK, it’s not in a gallery and only 6 of my paintings are hanging, but yesterday I hung my paintings at Toscani’s Cavill Ave. Matt will tell you I was a nervous wreck on the way there, and I am still a bit nervous, wondering whether I am wasting my time. I’m not expecting to make any money out of this venture (although enough to buy some more canvases would be great!), but I would be thrilled to sell even one painting.
Update: I am now featured in the “What’s On” section of the Toscani’s website! Check it out here.
I just couldn’t finish up with this “crayon art” prompt from Inspire Me Thursday without trying this - I created this piece by melting crayons (well, oil pastels but close enough) and dripping them on to a piece of paper (I painted the background with acrylic paint first):
This week’s challenge for Inspire Me Thursday was to use crayons.
I used a technique I do all the time with the kids at school - draw a picture onto a piece of paper using crayons (I used oil pastels here because it’s the closest thing I have). Then, paint over the top of it - the paint will not stick to the spots with the oil pastels. It’s great for doing seascapes with kids, but I chose to do some trees using my white oil pastel & watercolour paints:
Let me know what you think! (I think the top one is the better of the two)
