Elgin Marbles fantasy

Diana Woods-Humphery says, "This painting may not be finished. I think the background may need further attention. It is a fantasy based on the plaster cast in the Malvern Art College of the Elgin Marbles horse. It is painted in acrylics on a piece of plywood (recycling!?!). Fun to do."

Floating Market

I’ve intended painting a scene from a trip we did to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam a couple of years ago. We visited a Thai floating market and I was struck by the attack on the senses of the noise, smells, colour and liveliness of the scene. As a result, I thought it would make a good subject for a painting but I have really struggled with this one and almost gave up on it. I got tied up in the details and found myself fiddling in small areas rather than keeping it loose and more impressionistic, the result being neither one thing or the other. Compositionally it isn’t very pleasing either but I’d welcome any critical comment from the members........don’t hold back I can take it! - Ian Fountaine

Tiger

This is a new subject for Sarah Amery as she explains. "A recent painting for my son who requested a tiger. Really enjoyed painting the water, in fact ended up making it up as it’s nothing like the photo! Used some gold paint on the water to help it shine. A subject I would never have attempted if I hadn’t been asked to!"

Dark Skies of Autumn

Daph Willett is a regular contributor to this blog and this time we have to of her paintings. The first is very appropriate now that the sun is coming up later each morning.

Dark Skies of Autumn Dawn

Ink & watercolour on gesso

Owl

Sue Murphy emailed about a week ago saying, "I’ve had a week away with no chance to paint so here’s a drawing from a couple of months back that I hope you’ll find interesting.  It is from a wonderful photograph taken by a friend, Philip Batty, with his permission.  I hope to do some more from a couple of other photos of the same owl. This is on black sketch paper, mixed media -  pastels, white marker pen and gel pen."

Scraperboard

We have four images from Mike Russell who writes, "The scraperboard hare and diver are finished, but the stag still needs some background work .The rather wacky picture of 3 sheep was painted for a competition but I didn't submit it. I am working on a WW2 aircraft painting in oils for a friend."

Cabby

Belinda Morgan is three quarters of the way through a painting and says that one day she'll pick up her paint brush and finish it. Let's hope she does. The picture below is the last she completed and is of her old horse Cabby standing in his field - pastel pencil on a sanded pastel paper.

Cabby in his field