Mainly orchids but a few other bits

 

We are in a rain depression at the moment - it means there will not be many outdoor walks for the next week. So today's post will be dedicated to the beauty of G's orchids that have been photographed over the last couple of week such as the one above; but also few other bits like the green-yellow spider, below,  that dropped on the washing on Monday.

 

Back to those orchids. Interesting how the colour of the spider seems to match that of one of G's spider orchids.

 A couple of other bits of natural beauty.

In the grey of a rain depression we probably need bits of beauty even more. 

Five more in the no background series of watercolours

 

Last Thursday I completed five watercolours - see above. These will be the last in the 'no background' series for a while as I want to investigate another technique with Megan.

Following are some images of the works in progress on Megan's towel covered work top. A bit of time was spent on shading in the watercolours.

Talking about the towel covered work top following are a few photos of the abstract art created by students wiping brushes on the towels.

The tasks for my  Brushstrokes exhibition continue - but more on that later.

Cataloguing

 

My watercolour exhibition, Brushtrokes - buildings, boats, birds and the occasional bovine, opens on 29 November at Deckled Edge Press. Whilst the works are done the of course are all the associated tasks including name, signing and cataloguing the works.

So as you can see from the photo above I have been group in the works and working ion the dining room table to create a catalogue. All watercolours are postcard size.

Following are some more images of grouped works.

I'm hoping people can make it to the opening celebration 5pm on Friday 29 November; and if not come into see the work on Saturday 30 Nov and 1 December. - 10am-4pm each day - one weekend only. Remember there is also 25% off all Fiona's and my other gallery-shop stock - great Christmas and other gifts.

Bits and pieces of beauty from the phone

 

I had a lovely walk this morning - cool, birdsong and bits and pieces of beauty. This post simply shares some of the fragments, including some of G's orchids, that have caught my eye and lifted my spirits.

G's orchids - love the one that looks a bit octopus like!!!

I just know that I need to be mindful of the bits of beauty to remind me of love, joy and hope.

Four on the go

 

On Thursday I managed to get back to the watercolour group with Megan. I had sketched a couple of boats and a couple of building images on watercolour paper before I left the cottage in Scotland so I just hopped in and worked on them. 

The opening image show what I achieved so far. The boat watercolours will most likely be gifted to the group who in pastorship with Strathnaver Museum built the boat. The top boat image was from a photo taken when the boat had been painted in the workshop; and the bottom one is from a photo taken on the day of the launch.

Some process photos follow.

I hope to do a bit more work on the pieces before Thursday next week.

Preparations for exhibition and sale

 

I'm going to have an exhibition and sale of my small watercolours at Deckled Edge Press on 30 November & 1 December 2024. We are also having a 25% sale off studio-gallery stock alongside the exhibition. 

Fiona and I were testing where and how we might place the framed watercolours. In the photo above you can see we were playing with some plinths and stands. Below we tested if the frames could be hung using our hanging system.

As part of the preparation we have taken delivery of quite a few frames and matt boards.

We decided that all of our plinths looked a bit worse for wear so over the last few days I have given them a couple of coats of white paint.

We will be sending out a newsletter soon about the exhibition and sale. It would be grand to see a few folk checking out the works on show and for sale; and of course this will be an opportunity for folk to snap up one of my or Fiona's other art works, jewellery, bowls, poetry publications etc as Christmas gifts.