It’s been a while since the last time the paints came out from their storage box. This is due to being busy and having packed weekends taken up with various things – and time flying by quicker than you can blink your eyes. However, here we are with a partly free weekend, well, a freeContinue reading “Belfast via Birmingham: A Bloody Travel Disaster”
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A Tropical Sunset
It’s another acrylic paint creation that takes the form of the landscape – just this time moving away from the theme of the African Savannah! A tropical island, somewhere in the Caribbean, like Barbados, was the inspiration for this creation. The tranquillity of the light blue, tropical sea, the golden white sands and the warmContinue reading “A Tropical Sunset”
Mount Kilimanjaro
Another landscape painting was inspired by the amazing continent of Africa. This time, still remaining in sub-Saharan Africa but moving towards the equator. The iconic Mount Kilimanjaro stands tall in Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro, similar to Table Mountain and Cape Town is on the “to visit” list. Climbing Kilimanjaro is a challenge that has been undertakenContinue reading “Mount Kilimanjaro”
The Striding Elephant
The magnificent animal, that is the elephant, was the subject of this acrylic piece – it was the first creation made with acrylic paints. Pastel chalk was proving to be fun and could produce some decent creations with them, but I wanted to explore further in the art world and so invested in a setContinue reading “The Striding Elephant”
Sunset on a tropical island
This was the first piece that I created with chalk pastels after ordering a pack of pastels from Amazon. The piece is done on an A4 sheet of printer paper and is based on the tropical part of the globe that you were not able to travel to due to restrictions. The coronavirus pandemic sawContinue reading “Sunset on a tropical island”
Artwork in Progress 