Aceo of the day - Autumn dragon

Aceo of the day

Whimsical Autumn dragon

This green dragon found himself a new little friend while out for an Autumn stroll :)

Aceo of the day - Momma dragon

Aceo of the day

whimsical momma dragon

Realized i hadn't painted a purple dragon - and purple is my favourite colour!

So, here she is, a patient momma dragon guarding her nest.

Aceo of the day - Welsh Dragon

Aceo of the day

Whimsical Welsh dragon

This one is a little Welsh red dragon - you can tell by the sheep  :)

( I'm Welsh myself so I'm allowed to poke a little fun :) )

Image of the day - more fun with dragons

Image of the day

Whimsical Blue dragon family

Having too much fun painting dragons at the moment so I think I'll carry on with them until I get bored :)

This one is 4ins x 6ins, watercolour as usual :)

Aceos of the day

Aceos of the day

Whimsical unicorn 1

Whimsical unicorn 2

Whimsical unicorn 3

Sticking with the whimsical fantasy theme - some more unicorns/alicorns. They are all watercolour/gouache but numbers 2 and 3 also have a little glitter in the background for sparkle :)

Aceo of the day - Blue dragon

Aceo of the day

Whimsical blue dragon

Another recent dragon Aceo. Am having fun with them :)

Aceo of the day - Sleepy dragons

Aceo of the day

 

 

Sleepy dragons

 

 

Back to dragons today with a couple of little sleepyheads :)

Aceo of the day - silver birch trees

Aceo of the day

silver birch trees

A bit of a break from dragons today. I had a sudden random urge to try painting some silver birches, so I ran with it. Was pretty fun to do and made a nice change :)

Image of the day - Large dragons

Image of the day

dragons - large format

Been working on this one for about a week. It's A4 so larger than I've worked for a long time.

It started as a doodle while watching TV on a quiet evening and I decided - what the heck, I'll paint it up :)

Aceo of the day - Air dragon

Aceo of the day

Air dragon

Another dragon while I was in the mood for painting them :)

Aceo of the day - Earth dragon

Aceo of the day

Earth Dragon

Back now from my sisters wedding - which was lovely :)

This is what happens when I want to paint - but cant think of WHAT to paint - we get dragons :)

Image of the day - beach series large

Image of the day

whimsical houses - large beach

Here is the larger beach image that I promised. This one will be the last of the beach themed paintings as I was getting a bit bored ;) This one is 6ins x 4ins.

I won't be posting for the next few days as I am off up to North Wales to stay with my parents and be a chief bridesmaid for my sister who is getting married on Friday :)

See you all next week - have fun and be safe lovely people :)

Aceo of the day - Beach series #6

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - beach #6

Sorry for the slight delay in posting the next picture but it was my birthday on Friday so I decided to give myself some time off.  A girl doesn't turn 40 every day ;)

This will be the last of my beach themed aceos though I do have a larger 6x4ins image to post in the next couple of days. This time I added a bit of sea life.

Aceo of the day - Beach series #5

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - beach #5

Number five in my beach series. 

I used to love going for donkey rides on the beach at Rhyl when I was small. Shame they're not around any more - I'm sure our son would have loved it as much as I used to :)

Aceo of the day - beach series #4

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - beach #4

More beach scenes, this time a towel and radio. Someone's been relaxing here :)

Aceo of the day - Beach series #3

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - beach #3

Sticking with my beach theme and trying to keep it simple.

Aceo of the day - Beach series #2

Aceo of the day

whimsical houses - beach #2

Number two in my beach series. More sandcastles and a cheeky crab :)

Aceo of the day

Aceo of the day - Beach series #1

Whimsical houses - beach #1

This is a repaint of an older design, but I though it was fitting as the start of a beach themed series of aceos. 

I will try to use the same colour palette etc and see how many variations/ideas I can come up with :)

Aceo of the day

Aceo of the day - Beach Huts

whimsical houses - beach huts

Inspired by our recent beach holiday to Rhyl, North Wales.

Aceo of the day - Alicorns

Aceo of the day

Whimsical houses - Alicorns

This one is sort of inspired by Cloud Cuckoo Land in the lego movie ( which our son is presently obsessed with since we bought the dvd ). 

Plus I was feeling in a sparkly and girly mood :)

The background has gold and silver glitter which wasn't picked up very well by the scanner.

I'm Back!

Hello Again :)

Whimsical houses - Red dragons

Whimsical houses - Kitties

Hello again everyone. Sorry there's been such a long absence on my part - due to family problems, illness and more issues I won't bore you all with :) To quote Jack Sparrow... I mean Captain Jack Sparrow - " Complications arose, ensued, were overcome." 

Hopefully I'll be posting a whole lot more frequently in the foreseeable future.  I have still been painting over the last few months and these are a couple of my more recent Aceos. I shall try to get back into the habit of posting at least every few days.

 Watch this space for more Aceo Art ;)

Finished Painting - Marmelade and parakeets

Finished painting

click the image to see it bigger :)

Here is the finished commission painting - Marmelade and parakeets. 

Size - 10ins x 8ins ( which includes 1/8 inch white border )

Watercolour on watercolour paper.

Sketch idea

First idea sketch

Marmalade cat and parakeets

Click the image to see it bigger :)

This is a sketch idea for a painting I've been asked to make. The size is 8ins x 10 ins but this includes a narrow white border (of approx 1/8 of an inch) around what will be the painted area.

Aceos of the day

Aceos of the day

whimsical houses - pink fence, red roses

whimsical houses - silver roses

More roses :) They are a lot of fun to do.

These two were painted in the new year - the first ones of 2014.

 Hopefully I can keep up this streak of enthusiasm lol.

Click here for my ebay listings - these cards and more :)

Aceos of the day

Aceos of the day

whimsical houses - ginger cat, red roses

whimsical houses - white cat, yellow roses

Two more new designs today - I seem to be going a bit overboard on cats and roses lol. Still, it's keeping me quiet and out of trouble :)

Aceos of the day

Aceos of the day

whimsical houses - pastel roses

whimsical houses - blue sky

Two more new designs today - still keeping it pretty basic :) As you can see I liked the Mackintosh roses I painted up for my friend and decided to try them out in a few aceos.

Aceos of the day

Aceos of the day

whimsical houses - laundry

whimsical houses - Autumn gold

Today we have one repaint ( the first image ) and one new design. 

The new one is pretty basic - like I said before but I like the way the colours work :)

Aceos of the day

Aceos of the day

whimsical houses - apple orchard

whimsical houses - purple and pink

Another two repaints of older designs. What can I say - I was feeling lazy ;)

Aceos of the day

Aceos of the day

whimsical houses - dairy farm

whimsical houses - winter snow

A couple of repaints of older designs :)