Cooler weather, warmer colours

There has been a big drop in the temperature here the last couple of days and we have snow forecast for the weekend. It did seem like we were getting away lightly so far this winter as it has been relatively mild. I've been cosied up today with a big mug of green tea and been finishing of my ACEOs that I started. Have a peek -

 

This little lady is painted in acrylics on a thick textured canvas style paper. Working in acrylics takes me a bit longer than gouache, ink and pencil. I hope you like her I've tried to keep her expressive and thoughtful. I have also noticed when using acrylics I seem to select a larger variety of colours, in gouache I tend to stick to quite a close palette. I'm undecided which way is best.

 

Here is another little canvas I finished recently, it's a little house in the trees and flowers.

 

 

 



 

 



New Year, new work, new tea towels

This will be my last blog post for 2012 and I wanted to stop by and wish everyone a very Happy New Year. I think Christmas and New Year can be quite an emotional period, there always seems to be change at this time of year and new beginnings. So with a step closer to spring here is a peek at the new work I've been creating - soft pastel shades mainly in acrylics with a combination of little ladies and birds, I hope you like them.

 

When I've not been painting I've been having a nose around the sales. I like a good bargain but try to remind myself not to pick up things I don't need. So far I've picked up a new umbrella, some face cream and some cute cupcake tea towels, all things of course I don't know how I managed without! This cute little book is from the same collection as my tea towels, I got them from Paperchase.

 

 

I also must mention while I am here that I'm having 30% off everything in my etsy shop just now with coupon code JAN30. I think it will run into the first week of January. I should start to list some new work around this time too. You'll see from the first photo that I've found some mini canvases and have been having fun with these.

 

So Happy New Year everyone here's hoping 2013 is a good one, Yvonne x