Girl Illustration With Stitching

 Gouache, Watercolour, Synthetic Embroidery Thread on Khadi Handmade Paper

A5 size

Hi there!  I felt compelled to make another girl painting on this Khadi paper.  I really love the texture and the challenge of painting on this paper.  It's 320gsm so it is almost like a cardboard feel.  I added stitching to this one again because I really like the tactile feeling of the paper with the stitching.  I used Paynes Grey for the shirt again because I just love that colour and could use it endlessly, along with Indigo, which I am having a break from:)

I am happy with how she turned out.  I think this is one of the few times I have painted long hair.  I am not really overjoyed with how I painted the hair, it feels a bit overworked to me but it's okay.

Well, that's all today, I hope you are all having a good day and thanks for looking!

Painting Anxiety

 Acrylic Paint, Acrylic Markers and Soft Pastels on Polyester Cotton Canvas

40in x 30in

I am using Sennelier, Matisse Structure and Atelier acrylic paint.  I use Posca and Acrylograph Acrylic pens and Unison, Schmincke and Art Spectrum Soft Pastel.  The Canvas is Polyflax by Fredrix and the Stretcher bars are Art Spectrum Heavy Duty.

Hi, I hope everyone’s weekend is going okay, the weekend is just about finished here and daylight savings ended so it will be getting dark at 6pm now.  The nights are really cooling down and I can smell woodsmoke in the air when out walking. 

I have a new floral painting on the go.  It's at the crappy stage where I have painted the first layers and am just starting to add details.  I'm really unsure about this painting.  I was feeling not in a good place mentally and it was a real struggle to start and connect with what I wanted to do.  It just came out in small parts instead of flowing and I just had too much anxiety going on.  My mental vision has been really off but I am hoping I can turn it around and get this painting to a place it is supposed to be in.  Anxiety is awful when I am trying to paint, I really doubt my painting ability to the point where I feel I have no skills, as if I am a total beginner and then on top of that I lose all confidence.  I feel like I have moved forward a bit now to a place where I am not so anxious and have some confidence back which is a relief!

I will be back with the finished painting at a later date but for now thank you for looking and reading!