Painting with Acrylics

Hi, My husband and both my sons have gone to the rugby final at Twickenham today. I thought it would be a good opportunity to have a play with the acrylic paints I had bought for my birthday about four years ago. I have always meant to have a go painting with acrylics but the time has flown by. I paint in watercolours so this is very different for me. Acrylics can be used like watercolours but I wanted to try and paint with them more like oil paints. I have had a lovely time painting a coastal scene and although its not  a great painting, for a first attempt, I am rather pleased with it. It is very different from watercolour being able to paint light over dark colours. The foreground needs a like more work. More definition is needed on the grasses but I ran out of time. It is lovely to take the time to have a go at something new.

 This is the first stages completed. I covered the cliffs and the foreground with a general background of the relevant colours. The aim was then to add more details when it was dry. The next stage was to tackle the sea.













This is the virtually completed painting. More finer details are needed to the grasses in the foreground.

The scene painted was taken from a photograph of the Cornwall coast.

Wedding Cake

Hi, I was asked to make the wedding cake for my sons girlfriends brother. It was great fun and I really enjoyed it although it was nerve racking transporting it to the venue. I finished the cake on the Friday before the event. The bottom tier was a fruit cake and the top tier was a sponge. I really enjoyed creating the quilted effect on the top tier and overall I think it worked well. I love this shade of purple. Now its back to the sewing and painting. My son will graduate in July and I want to make a dress to wear for the occasion. I have some lovely fabric that is blue/grey with a little white spot. I have bought the shoes and the bag already so in a couple of weeks time I had better start making the dress.

Corsage or Button hole painting.

Hi, This has turned out to be a typical bank holiday weekend. I have just come in from the garden having spent time fighting with those sticky type of weeds that seem to be every where at the moment and my husband is decorating. Although I must admit the decorating has been on going since January. I have however completed the painting of a corsage or button hole. The colours are pretty good although the rose colour was hard to match. I have also baked two sponge cakes. I have been asked to make a wedding cake for friends which is exciting and I baked the fruit cake several weeks ago. I will freeze the sponge cakes ready for decorating in nearly a couple of weeks time.