New workspace at the cottage

 

Fiona and I now her's and his workspaces in the cottage where we can do our art projects and walk away between sessions. They are not big spaces but perfectly adequate given the size of the cottage. The opening photo shows me trying out the workbench for size. It is 1.2m long by .4m wide!!!

Of course the workbench, stool and wire storage cabinet are all Ikea - very much in keeping with everything else in the cottage. Following are some photos of the assembling process.

I have unpacked my art storage box and set the watercolour papers, brushes, pens etc out - in or on the workbench

The following photo shows Fiona and my side by side spaces - Fiona's on the landing and mine in the second bedroom.

I probably won't sit to work in the space until after the pop up art show next weekend.

Then there were five

 

I have been able to spend a couple of sessions in the Micro Workshop aka garden shed making wee timber birds.

As you can see from the opening photo I have now completed 5 birds. The deep red bird is made from red cedar; the striped bird from camphor laurel and the others from jacaranda timber. Following are some photos of the birds on rocks and rust.

A few photos of the making process. The making involves a lot of patient sanding to finesse the shape and finish.

Ending with another photo of the striped bird and its friend on a rock.

Some fragments from the week

 

A few bits and pieces from various walks and in the garden throughout the week. First some blossoms - opening photo and following. The bumble bees love the montbretias.

A few fragments of the sky and the sea.

Grand to be open to the different pops of beauty.

Watercolours framed for the Pop Up Art Show

 

The opening photo is a bit odd I know  - 22 framed postcard sized Scotland inspired watercolours on the doona in the second bedroom at the cottage. All the frames were brought across in our luggage - good news is that none of the glass in the frames broke in transit.

Following are photos of a few groups of watercolours taken sitting on the window ledge in the bedroom hence the light reflection on the glass of some of the framed pieces.

The 22 paintings were selected from paintings completed over the last 9-12 months. There are some that were not chosen for framing so these will be available for viewing in a couple of photo albums - see below.

Fiona and I are looking forward to sharing our work with people from around the area where we stay when we are in Scotland. The Pop Up Art Show will be held in the local Armadale Village Hall on 29 and 30 August - 11am to 4pm each day.

Finishing a couple of little birds

 

Before leaving our Maleny home I roughly cut some timber bird forms. I got the time to finish a couple in the Micro Workshop aka garden shed. The opening photo shows the red cedar wee comfort bird sitting on the window sill in the lounge room.

A few process photos follow.

A couple more images of the finished birds follow. They have been sanded and oiled.

Over the next couple of weeks I hope to finish a few more birds in preparation for the Pop Up Art Show in the Armadale Village Hall on 29 and 30 August - 11am to 4pm each day

Fragments from our walks

 

We have been so fortunate to land in the village after a warm spring-summer. There is so much beauty in the cottage garden and on the roadside. Given that the days are long  morning light at about  5.30am and twilight at about 9pm) we try to garden and get two walks in each day. Some of the rewards can be seen in this blog post - many fragments of beauty. 

It is grand to get out whenever one can and be filled with joy and be uplifted by beauty.