Starting the new year off with a cold day at the studio working on the ‘Dark hedges’, hopping to get it compleat this month…
God of Peace will be with you
Oil painting on canvous 60x90cm
I started working on this after being inspired by an early Morning sunrise in my backgarden in May. While I watched the sunrise I felt an overwhellming sence of Gods peace and stillness. The title of the work is from phillipans 4:9.
‘His Glory Shines for All to See’
This has been a work in progress since January, after much studies and painting & repainting this is the compleated piece. It is a sunset look over the flood banck towards the River Ouse at Rawclif Medows.
Isaiah 60:1-2 (NIV)
Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth
and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
From vandal to art
On the left is the painting that was vandalised during a party at my stuedio… Few months on and Lots of paint later, on the right is the finished peace.
This is an view from the walk along the flood defence next to the river between rawclif and york town center.
Edinburgh wollen Mill exhibition
Come view my art work at the Edinburgh Wollen Mill exhibtion in Harrogate.
Were i am currently displaying four peaces of my artwork.
Pet portraits
Do you have a much loved pet that you would like a drawing off? Currently taking commissions £15 for A5 size pencil drawing £23 for A4 drawings £30 for A3 drawings.
‘a Way to Go’
‘a Way to go’ is an oil painting I have recently completed and was inspired by a walk I did a few years ago in the lake district up to Grisledale Pike.
The painting has been the outcome of a months work, in which I have been exploring the theme of going on a journey, by removing all the clutter of modern living and getting out into nature. The detail in the path, focuses the viewers initial attention, proceeding then to continue the viewers gaze though out the image, to create a feeling of stillness.
Oil Painting Tips and Tricks
Katie’s Oil Painting Tips and Tricks
Tip 1: Before you start prim any paper you plan to use with 2-3 layer’s of Gesso to prevent the oil seeping though the paper.
Tip 2: Buy some baby wipes. They are a great way to clean your brush between colours. But inshore you wipe it clean before using it for the next colour as it could leave an oily residue on the bristles.
Tip 3: Collect spare bit of cotton fabric to use as rags, to wipe clean your brushes. I wash my rags in warm soppy water between painting sections to avoid them going all stiff and with dried out crusty old pint.
Tip 4: Use a plate for a palette, it is easy to wipe clean after each use.
Tip 5: Invest in a palette knife; it will help you to scrape of any dried oil paint of your palette.
Tip 6: Rather than using the traditional white spirit and linseed oil, (which if you’re anything like me, find the smell to overpowering), use Zesit – a citrus smelling solvent and paint thinner.
Tip 7: Zinc White and Ivory black, take ages to dry so be aware of this while painting.
Tip 8: For your first layer of paint mix with a thinner to help plot out your painting and to speed up the drying time, creating thicker layers as you wish.
Tip 9: If you wish to reuse the colour on your palette, cover your palette with cling film to help prevent them drying out and wasting paint.
Tip 10: Finally, wash up after yourself! Clean your brushes by using a bar of soup and rubbing them into your palm before then rinsing them in water. This prevents the bristles sticking together and ruining your brushes.
Latest completion
Oil Painting on canvas.
Following my latest interest in nature and the de-cluttering of the mind from the digital world we are in. This image was inspired by the fixation on reflection of light and contrasting colors with in our natural world.
New art direction
While I was sat in my studio the other day I looked out my window to the street and shops down below, people were rushing around, heads down, head phones in, talking on the phone, busy walking fast from one shop to another. I then looked behind me at the painting of the lack district I had been working on and became absorbed in the difference I felt looking at the painting to looking at the busy street, I felt stillness. How often do we get to be still in this new digital world?
This moment has inspired me into a new creative project:
Glance. Snap. Capture. Send. Delete. Empty. Replace.
