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atter thin paint onto the surface fun too at this stage the cat tried to sit on it while it was on the floor not finished yet need to work on the linen napkins and the surface of the table but it is getting there will probably be finished by the end of the weekend i then have a huge canvas to paint with asparagus 8 jan 2011 not much to do today to finish off the painting the pear needed darkening in on the left hand side with some ark orange washes built up in layers a few more blemishes were needed on the skin and i found the easiest way to do that was to blend them with my fingers so that the brush strokes were not so obvious finally it was a bit of detailing put in on the linen napkins and i am happy with the result i would welcome any comments about what might need changing proud pear acrylic on canvas 130cm x 70cm posted by cat salter at 1 06 2011 09 18 00 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday december 05 2010 plums on wood plums on wood acrylic on canvas board 30x30cm for sale 75 shipped anywhere in the world i often have people comment on my painting s backgrounds so i thought i would show how i do them i usually look at the subject and decide which colour i want to either contrast or harmonise with in this case i wanted to accentuate the bright orange of the flesh of the plum not much of the background colour will show through at the end but it helps lift the background and give it some interest after i had finished this painting i looked at it for a while and decided that there was too much of the orange showing through at the top and it was detracting from the plums so i knocked it back a bit but made sure some was still showing through this painting is a mock up for a much larger painting that i will be doing soon for a local restaurant posted by cat salter at 12 05 2010 04 47 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels acrylic on canvas boad 30x30cm plums on wood saturday december 04 2010 life of an artist in this computer age i often wonder what the old masters would have made of our world we live in now the materials we have available the cameras we can use to aid our work the internet can you imagine following monet rembrandt or da vinci one can only imagine what leonardo da vinci could have achieved if he had had the power of communication that we have now this struck me today as i was looking through the photos from last night s opening of an exhibition of 240 postcard sized paintings in norway one of my paintings was hanging there among paintings from all around the world why because of the ease of communication of the internet i have been on twitter for about a year and have around 900 followers most of them are artists from all over the world and we often tweet about art how best to clean our brushes what paints to use where best to buy materials i love the fact that all the twitter artists are genuinely happy when another artist sells a painting and we all cheer it was one of these twitter artist friends david sandum who asked me and others to be involved in this plan to send a small painting representing a 140 character tweet to his hometown of moss in norway where they would be sold and help raise much needed funds for the children s library wonderful idea 65 of the paintings have already sold since last night david sandum at twitter art exhibition moss norway so i paint photograph and upload the painting to various internet platforms i am a member of here on my blog on my facebook page onto a couple of art galleries etc producing the painting is the easy part since being part of these online communities my confidence in what i paint has increased if i am not sure about how a painting is working i will ask for feedback from my twitter art friends they are always happy to help out sales of paintings are slow but that is to be expected with the financial problems the world is encountering it can be frustrating because all of us artists would love to make a good living doing what we love best being creative but being part of an online community helps you to realise that we are all in the same boat which is why we all cheer so loud when one of us makes a sale maybe next time it will be us sitting proud my entry to the twitter art exhibition norway posted by cat salter at 12 04 2010 06 02 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday november 25 2010 big paintings about to begin i have a received my bespoke canvases delivery yesterday and will be taking time out from daily paintings to get on with paintings for a local restaurant that i have been commissioned by belle house restaurant these are going to be quite a bit different to paint on from the normal 30x30cm canvases i use for the daily paintings i have three still life paintings to do for the restaurant of locally grown fruit and veg that is specific to worcestershire plums asparagus and pears i will start work on monday hopefully and will keep you updated with images about progress and then show the paintings in situ in the restaurant hopefully before christmas posted by cat salter at 11 25 2010 09 36 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday november 23 2010 aubergines and linen great excitement yesterday well for an artist anyway i had a delivery of winsor and newton artists acrylic there are 80 colours in the range and they claim that there is no colour shift the colour they are wet is the same when dry on the canvas i used them today to see how they are and was very impressed aubergine and linen acrylic on canvas board 30x30cm for sale 75 shipping included anywhere in the world i adore aubergines often buy them just because of their glossy deep purple skins this painting was actually quite a challenge to capture that glossy skin the colour is so dark and yet has such depth to it i had ordered a tube of payne s grey and used it for the first time today i must admit i am a convert up until now i produce black by mixing prussian blue and burnt umber and it can often have too much of a blue tinge i love that you can mix crimson or blue to the payne s grey and change it s character great for aubergine skin with a touch of alizarine crimson posted by cat salter at 11 23 2010 08 52 00 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday november 19 2010 artswap what is artswap artswap is the brain child of david pringle an artist from harrisburg pennsylvania usa on a set date all the signed up artists post out a piece of art to their allocated artist somewhere in the world why you may ask what is in it for the artists well nothing financially but it is great fun and a fantastic way to make connections and build a network of artists from all around the world i have been a part of the twitter art world for about a year and find it a wonderfully supportive and fun place to chat we all cheer when another artist sells a piece of work and swap advice give feedback and generally chat about art i also tweet for my husband s business and it is a very different experience no real personal connections are made for the first artswap earlier in the year i sent a painting below to kim foale in tasmania a wonderful ceramic artist we now chat often on twitter and i love to think that my little painting is all the way on the other way of the world green and pleasant land acrylic on canvas board 8 x10 i received a piece of art from from simon rudd a f reelance writer artist and web programmer and likewise we now chat and support each other with our artistic endeavours for this artswap i have been sent a lovely colour drawing from david pringle s wife pattie pringle really lovely and now sitting on my mantle piece i was surprised to have received it so quickly from the us looks good in it s new home my allocated artist to send my painting to was stina jones artist illustrator designer art director for creative elements design studio and blogger for the arts ezine creative boom this time i sent to the uk not the other side of the world she received it the next day and i think she liked it time for tea acrylic on canvas board thanks to david for the fun and for the hardwork involved in the organising of the swap when is the next one posted by cat salter at 11 19 2010 02 18 00 pm 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday november 17 2010 time for tea for artswap time for tea acrylic on canvas board 30 x 30cm this painting is being posted out today to another artist somewhere in the world and i will be receiving a painting from another artist somewhere in the world this was the idea of david pringle an artist and photographer from harrisburg pennsylvania took part in it last time and really enjoyed it it is a wonderful way to make great connections with other artists around the world i went for a still life for this painting and have kept it quite loose and open i didn t want a very finished painting but went for a more illustrative style hope the recipient likes it posted by cat salter at 11 17 2010 11 09 00 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday november 12 2010 porthcurno storm approaching porthcurno storm approaching oil on canvas board 30 x 30 cm for sale 75 shipped anywhere in the world included in price looking at this painting on the blog as made me think it might need some more work on it i will leave it to dry for a while and then do some more will post the re worked version when i have finished it it is a good tool the computer for really looking at a painting it helps you to pick up mistakes easier than looking at the actual painting posted by cat salter at 11 12 2010 05 50 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday november 11 2010 waiting for water waiting for water acrylic on canvas board 30x 30 cm sold finished this yesterday evening but had to wait until it was light to photograph it i am looking into getting some daylight bulbs so i can work later into the evening now that winter is on it s way i used acrylic for this painting as i wanted to add the fine detail into the boat i find oils are more suited to quick sketch paintings if you are only doing them in a day and not allowing them to dry posted by cat salter at 11 11 2010 02 18 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday november 06 2010 sitting proud sitting proud 7 x5 acrylic a twitter artist friend in norway david sandum has come up with a wonderful idea to raise funds for a library in moss norway who have had their funding cut and are needing to buy books for the children s library 140 artists on twitter are painting small postcard sized paintings and posting them to david who will then exhibit them at the library from the 1 december for a month once sold the money raised from the little paintings small to symbolise a 140 character tweet will go towards the children s library i was really happy to get involved in this worthwhile project as i have two daughters and know the importance of easy access to books for them as they have grown up all the best david with the project and hope the exhibition goes well off to norway link to david sandum s blog posted by cat salter at 11 06 2010 05 58 00 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday november 04 2010 tide s out tide s out oil on canvas board 30x30cm for sale 75 inc worldwide shipping if you follow me on twitter you will have heard me having a rant about a rubbish painting i felt i had done the other day and that i was determined to re paint it and get it right here are the two paintings side by side so you can hopefully see why i was in a mood it is funny i didn t realise until i photographed the painting on the left to put it up on the blog that it was no good once i saw it on the computer i saw the problems and tried to correct them but it didn t work why was i not satisfied i had not concentrated when i was painting the boat and as the focal point of the painting it has to be right the shape was wrong and looked like a child s painting of a boat it wasn t sitting right on the sand the colour was all wrong and the background was too busy i paired down the background and used less colours and made sure that i painted the boat with more care hopefully you can see the difference it is not a bad thing to paint a bit of rubbish every now and then it stops you getting too cocky and makes you realise that you have to concentrate and really look at what you are trying to paint tide s out oil on canvas board 30 x 30cm posted by cat salter at 11 04 2010 01 22 00 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday october 26 2010 christmas cards now available as christmas is approaching fast i thought i would show these cards that i asked to draw for bhs some years ago they have been up on my zazzle account for a few months now and are suddenly selling well so people must be thinking about christmas already all four are available as christmas cards through my three online print shop accounts zazzle redbubble and imagekind posted by cat salter at 10 26 2010 08 39 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday july 27 2010 alf s gardening shoes alf s gardening shoes oil on canvas board 30 x30 cm for sale 75 inc worldwide shipping we were having lunch recently with some friends and this pair of shoes was outside the back door obviously well used and wonderfully battered and old i thought they would make a fantastic oil study for a daily painting i loved the way they are trodden down at the back from being slipped on without un doing them i am getting more adept at using oils now for fairly detailed work and am really enjoying it i still like to use acrylics sometimes but seem to be using oils more now am off to brittany soon and hoping to gather lots for potential daily painting material more seascapes too hopefully posted by cat salter at 7 27 2010 09 12 00 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday july 20 2010 more cherries lounging about pear and cherries 30 x 30 oil on canvas board for sale 75 inc worldwide shipping i adore painting cherries and eating them these came from a tree in my parent s garden and were the biggest and juiciest they have been this year really enjoying be back into the daly painting regime again left the back ground in this painting the original acrylic under painted colour as i love the contrast of the blue against the white napkin i am interested to look back through this blog to some of my earlier work and see i have developed in style a lot of people are commenting that my paintings are fresh so maybe that is my ...