painting update

There both lovely paintings sandra... well done.... the last one is very pretty as well..... your getting very good at this... : O ))

Both very good San, I can see the improvement, well done.

Wow Sandra i also like them all, well done.

You've really come along with your painting....clearly it was a very good decision to go to the classes :) I can imagine you never thought you'd see your work displayed for sale...isn't that a nice surprise...quite a boost for you, San.

The re-worked painting worked a treat too. Lovely.

Sanbaz, The paintings are very good, you should have every reason to be proud of yourself. Adding more colours has definitely lifted the painting of the bridge, was it a photo taken of a walk you had been on, or a local land mark?

thankyou holly im pleased with the flowers on the last one, so bright and cheerfu :o)
thanx cinders ;o))
cheers carole, glad you like them ;o))
thanx jacquie im glad i decided to work on the bridge again, it still needs more work though on the foilage and some colour at the front, maybe some flowers ;o))
thankyou Teds glad you like them to, it was at holker hall, it was a private entry at the end of the public gardens, but i loved the bridge effect, will have to get my camera going this summer for more pics to paint :o))

They are both vey good I think the flower picture especially shows how much progress you have made, you must be feeling very proud of yourself being asked to show at the gallery well done !!

thankyou carole, i am pleased, we will all be ale to show 3/4 paintings but i was pleased carol chose this one as one of mine, i enjoyed painting the flowers carole, making the petals ;o)

well done you ~ you have a real talent, what a good thing you started painting again

Great San! Keep up the good work!

They are so good Sandra, you really have an artists eye. I hope you can start displaying and selling your work. :o)

All of them are lovely San.Your teacher must think they are good enough to show,..praise indeed !I hope you get a sale,it will be so encouraging,and also help towards the cost of all your materials.Now all you have to do is add all your time ! Lol.Well done..

Go for it San, you may have your new 'career'! :))

thankyou so much sticki,karen,sandra 1, and sandra 2, lol,
cheers for all your encouragment, im also going to help carol as she has taken the art chairperson possition again, use to do it for years and has been asked to do it again, so she needs help for the displays at boots, the hospice and hopefully other places in time, but all are great for getting your work known and the chance to sell, i think letting the hospice have some paintings on loan is a great idea for patients and their visitors,i wont be dissapointed if i didnt sell anything as i just love doing it, a sale is a bonus and to be honest i cant imagine me selling one, karen will understand what i mean. but i may be busy if i start to help carol but at least i get to see other work and learn from it all. thanx girlies :o))

Fantastic San! You have done so much in such a short time.
You should be very proud of yourself.

thankyou so much sue, glad you think so :o)

really great paintings,well done

Well done Sanbaz and I'm glad that you are getting so much enjoyment from them - that's what hobbies are all about isn't it ?

Gardening is rather like painting in a way because we are producing a picture and instead of using paints we are using plants and landscaping etc.and rather like an artist has an image in his/her mind of what they want their finished picture to look like so us gardeners also have an idea in our head of how we would like to see our finished "painting".

Happy painting.

They are all great and well done I too love the flower one and when you consider the time and the amount you pay for tools, paint and canvass

You have taken to painting like a duck to water, and improving all the time, well done you.

Brilliant Sandra ! :D And Congratulastions ! You keep geting better and better lol. I hope you sell lots of paintings. I agree it's a good idea to be bold and adventurous with colour. You don't want an exact copy of a photo, - a camera can do that - but a painting must have a different feeling, atmosphere, and texture etc to what a photo can have.

I must do a few sketches. and I'm trying to sort out my pottery workshop ready for the warmer months. It's great doing something creative isn't it. I think that's the reason many of us love gardening aswell :)
Some like just bare horticultural facts (boring lol) but others like to be more artistic :o)

Yes San, I do understand what you mean! I think selling paintings is a question of whether the right person looks at the painting....bit like selling your house really...you just need one person to fall in love with it, it's a very subjective thing, and it's all about what emotions are provoked by the painting in other people and I don't think there's anything you can do to effect, except put it in view of as many people as possible of course! :))

Of course, it's different for 'famous' artists as people buy their paintings for quite different reasons...of snobbery and status etc. and then the art world becomes quite a dreary thing doesn't it, and money becomes the driving force!

they are both fab.............. well dun you !!! and geting paid two , wow added bonus , fame knoking soon i think ......................x

very nice San, well done, like the flowers very pretty,

Well done San, I really like your flowers, do you paint from scratch at all? the reason I ask is because my daughter-in-law is very good and has done some really good paintings over the years but she copies from photo`s and cards, insists she cannot do one from out of her head, what she does is smashing and to a non artist, it is something I`ve never really understood......

thanx elsiemay :o)
marie you are quite right, i think it comes hand in hand, all arty stuff and so enjoyable, hard trying to do both at the moment though, but im going to have to get use to that ;o))
cheers sixpence your right about what it costs and the time, as i took quite a while doing this one but loved it all :o))
cheers Dotty, quack quack lol ;o))
thankyou so much hywel its lovely to get possitive comments on your work, gives you drive dont you think, i do hope you get back into your pottery and some sketching to, like you i love my garden but also love other arty things, it can get boring doing the same thing day in and day out, good luck with all your projects to :o)) x
thankyou karen i totally agree, we all see things so different and what one may like another wont, and as for the famous art stuff its true people will buy even if they dont particulally love it, its painted by them and becomes all about money, so i need not worry on that score lol :o))
lol cristina not quite getting paid yet, i wouldnt care if i didnt sell any, i just love to paint for me :o))
cheers yorkshire i love flowery painting to especially in winter when none in the garden :o))
sue i have done flowers from my head but not a full landscape as yet but i can see what your daughter-in-law thinks, a photo or card gives you a starting image but doesnt mean you have to make it look like the photo, its more a guide to me really, you paint it as you see it which im learning, but its great to paint something from your head and heart to, i just think some people dont have that, a bit like reading a book and not actually seeing it in your mind, a picture if you know what i mean, there is no right or wrong way its just down to the person what they feel is best for them :o))

Well done, San, I love the 'after' pic of the bridge painting, especially the water. You really have found another string to your bow, so to speak! Well done, you can, quite rightly, feel proud of your achievement. : o ))

thanx shirley, it isnt finished yet, the water isnt water, its the path but thats just the start, it needs finishing yet, but i can see why you thought it was water lol, i will show you when its finished, its just you have to put lots of colours in, even though you paint pretty much over it, its makes such a difference in the finished result ;o)

Oh dear, San, I should have gone to Specsavers, lol! Good job I'm not an art critic then ........

lol shirley dont worry i said to carol it looked like water but she said it was fine at this stage, so i trust her, maybe i could leave it as water if it doesnt work out as a path haha

: o )))))

Both picture's are excellent, ,I love the flowers, very well done :))

thankyou sue, im very pleased with myself as i didnt start till last november and never painted before, i surprised myself and happy i can do painting :o)

Wow these are fab. paintings San. keep it up, brilliant.

hi Grandmage and thankyou, iv just been adding to my painting today with more colour on the right hand bank with shrubs and leaves , also some small colour for flowers near the path, done some more stone work and i am pleased with how its coming along now, still got to finish the path way and left side of the bridge, glad you like them :o))

Such a nice relaxing past time San, with a nice cuppa by your side!

yes it is and casper sits next to me watching lol

aaah just asked you about this - great stuff Sandra :):):)

thanx paul, i will post another pic when the bridge painting is finished, i have got a few to do before sept as we have to have 4 paintings for the booths gallery, its only a supermarket gallery but gets alot os people going to see the paintings, im quite looking forward to it, i will be helping carol with the showing to which will be good experience and seeing other artists work ;o)

These are fantastic Sanbaz...love the bridge, it has an air of mystery about it. And as for the flowers..I am really jealous as I've never managed to do a decent flower painting...brilliant !

thanx for your lovely comment judy, glad you like them, i couldnt do flowers till i was shown and so enjoyed doing them, acrylics dry easy and are so forgiving to, that helps ;o)

I use acrylics too ,purely for those reasons. I have dabbled with oils in the past, they are lovely to work with ,but the smell was a bit of a problem for me and I am very impatient, so the drying time was a pain too. As for water colours..I have nothing but admiration for people who can use them !

i agree i started with oils as they are so rich but drying ;o( and smell didnt bother me i use low odour mix with them, i love water colours to and did a few flower pics, but that was before i learned how to paint flowers, also its hard with flowers as watercolours dont layer do they like acrylics, its great to try didfferent mediums though, like you i admire people who do great water colours

Very interesting to see the differences as you altered the bridge painting, Sandra .... good idea to photo "before" and "after" :o)

thanx Terra, your right, i thought i had done quite a nice painting till i started to change things and now see where i went wrong, its being confident and not afraid to add whatever colour you want i guess ;o)

In several hundred year's time, on the Antiques Road Show, your paintings will be valued for £££££££££££££££££££ :o)

lol Terra as long as someone enjoys them im happy, could do with the £££ now though haha

Can you imagine on "Flog It" in 3012 ?
Someone brings along a "genuine Simmons" which has been in a loft for decades ..... a previously undiscovered painting of Casper .... Lol...

..yes, a pity you can't have the money now...

here's some for you ££££££$$$$$££££££ ;o)

lol Terra so funny and thanx for the loan will pay you back when i make thousands hahaha

Ha ha ha ... 100 % interest ....

lol :o))

Lovely paintings Sandra they will brighten up a room a treat.... :-)

You're doing so well Sandra and really branching out with all sorts of things. I can't decide which painting of the bridge I like best but it really goes to show how different a painting can look with a few changes. I really like the flower painting, you're getting very versatile. Good luck with the gallery venture, there's no stopping you now!

cheers richard ;o)
hi lily and thankyou, i prefere the bridge how its coming along now, more detail but i love my flower painting,think being with the art society gives you that chance to show them off even if they dont seel its all experience and great fun to , hope your getting some done lily :o))

Hi San! Terrific work, love how you are just getting so good at this...you are turning into a terrific artist my friend..I love both of these pictures...Congrats on showing your work!!\0/xxx

hi flori and thanx for looking and your lovely comments :o)) x

It has been a real pleasure, San, just sorry that it has taken me so long to catch up with you again...\0/xxx

no probs flori we all have lives off here ;o)) x

No Sandra, I'm still finding it hard to get back into, I really need some guidance and motivation. I've brushed up on the drawing aspect so now need to get to grips with those paints again.........

Lovely paintings .

i do hope you find somewhere lily to get going again but glad your doing your drawings ;o))
thanx Khayla ;o)

I like those! Did your Sister like the painting you did for her birthday? or have you said that somewhere and I've missed it? LOL!

thanx helen, yes my sister did like them thankfully lol

Course she would, you did a good job of those, and they're original!

:o) cheers

Wow there brilliant, particularly like the flowers!

thankyou so much Red aly :o)

What a wonderful talent you have will be going into booths to look at your painting
Often go in artisons for a coffee work in the area so its a regular lunchtime haunt. Good luck with your paintings Are you gardening today sun trying to come out in Lytham St Annes Best Wishes Eileen

hi eileen not had chance to get in the garden today, had to do my weekly shop ,then i had art so just got home, but i did alot on saturday in the garden so im up to date really,think we are going to be in booths july and sept, i will let you know when i know for sure,now i know i am going to have mine in booths i feel a bit under pressure as we need about 4 paintings, i have two with the bridge im finishing, but im going to keep calm and if i make it i do and if not then it will be september one, i may see you there as we take it in turns to supervise :o))thankyou