Now how does this picture upload thingy work...

Well, here's a view of my latest painting (other than the one on my easel at the moment!). What do you think? It's from a photo I took at Snowshill Manor in the Cotswolds earlier in the year.

Open Studios

Argh! I realised in the middle of the night that Open Studios is only a couple of weekends away and I  haven't done any preparation! Mucho work to be done before 5 June, I think.

It's arrived!

Woo-hoo! The new Nikon has arrived and so has the memory card. We went to the Isle of Wight for the day on Sunday, so that was a good opportunity to get acquainted with the new beast. Let's hope it helps me with my creativity!

New camera coming!

I've ordered a new camera, a Nikon D5000. This model suits me, as it has a moveable screen, which I like to use when snapping my paintings. 

I've been using a Nikon Coolpix 5700 since 2004 and it's produced good pictures but it's s-o-o-o slow. I have been used to film SLRs in the past (Pentax et al), so this should work a little better for me. At least I'll be able to produce images of my paintings large enough to sell as prints.

New ideas

I've had an idea for a new painting! I went to New Zealand on a work-related trip with 22 others and thought I might paint a group portrait (just head and shoulders in a "cloud").

Watch this space!

Leatherhead

Just popping across the road from work to view the Leatherhead Art Group's exhibition. It's in an empty shop and in the town centre, so good for them!

Panic starts to set in...

I need to organise some display stands for my Open Studio event. Last year I cobbled together some Heath Robinson structures from odd pieces of wood, trellis and garden chairs. This year I hope to make things look a tad more prefessional!

"Something got me started"

Well, I managed to get some painting time on Bank Holiday Monday as expected. I've started a picture that shows the railway viaduct outside Haywards Heath in a landscape, rather like some of the Victorian painters. However, given my style, this will be much less detailed showing more of an impression than the actuality.

Watch this space for more updates and maybe even a photo of the work in progress.

Talking pf photos, I tried to buy a new camera on Sunday (well, it was raining!) but the shop was out of stock! Bah-humbug :-)