Another morning at the kitchen table

 

On Thursday morning I enjoyed progressing and completing the four watercolour and pen pieces seen above. Photos of the individual pieces can be found at the end of the blog post.

You can see from the photo below I had spread myself out quite nicely.

Some progress-process photos of the pieces follow.

And some close up photos of the completed and almost completed pieces follow. My favourites are the first two - bog cotton in the breeze looking down on the bog; and the stone attached to an installation with rusted wire. The bog cotton piece still needs a bit of pen work.

Doing these paintings, based on close up or cropped photos I have taken, is both interesting and a challenge. Interesting to attempt to create the paintings without trying to make them photo like; and challenging to attempt to render some of the detail of the photos.

But at the end of the day it has been enjoyable.

Harr and other fragments

 

On our walk to the cove we noticed that the harr was moving in from the sea - see photo above and below. 

During the morning it moved inland - we returned to the cove to see how it looked through the fishing net drying poles.

Following are some images of beauty and quirky bits (aka hair on barbed wire) captured during the week.

The recent fine weather has offered more outdoor opportunities and hence more chances to enjoy beauty.

Old and new sculptural installations

 

Fiona and I installed a new wee sculptural installation in the front yard yesterday - a set of leaves on metal rods on a salvaged weather plank. 

But before showing photos of that installation - above and below are a few photos of the installations we have put in on past visits to the cottage.

Following a a few photos by Fiona of me drilling the worn plank to set the rods into.

And a couple more of the installation.

We think this might be the last installation as the front yard is full enough.

First bit of creativity this trip

 

We set aside yesterday morning to spend a bit of creative time. Hopefully Thursday morning will continue to be watercolour time for me. 

As you can see from the photo above I progressed the painting of the stone; and I started one of a rusted bit of wall and a triangular fixing. Good to have at least two paintings on the go to let things dry.

A photo of the workspace on the kitchen table follows.

A couple more images of the progress made. These works are 8-9cm square. I think the finished works will look good with a black matt.

The blog post is quite brief; but it was good to make the commitment to do the work and get the tools out of storage.

Fragments from a few days

 

We have arrived in the village and have done a wander in the cottage yard, along the village road and to the cove this morning. This first blog post from the cottage shares first a few images from the last two days; and a few from our trip to north.

First a couple of images from the cove in sunrise light.

A few as we walked the village road.

And a few on our travel north.

We are so fortunate to be over here once again; and have arrived at the cottage to sunny fine days.

Peace tokens-buttons

 

Before I departed our Maleny home and workshop I got the chance to melt a bit of metal to make some peace tokens-buttons. The metal is pewter with a touch of silver and brass. You can see some of the finished tokens-buttons above.

I poured the molten metal into casting sand into which I had pressed an older form to enable me to pour quite a stash in one metal melt session. See casting sand with impressions below.

Following are some images of the casting process including the casting imperession burnt by the casting process.

I do love the brass colour on these pieces.

The token or button have a very organic look and feel.

Making a start

 

I would like to paint a series of watercolours that focus on detail. I have started with the painting above and below. I have only got the base colours done so far. The paintings will be 8X8cm square.

The painting are based on photos I have taken in Scotland - see below.

Some process-progress images follow.