Paperplay With Itsy & Bitsy

A few more random workbook sketches for your amusement... :-D

'For The One I Love'
©2009 Peter Smith

'My Heart Went Boom'
©2009 Peter Smith

Another Old Image

Another non painting day spending my time doing as little as possible, shopping this morning followed by a nice lunch, nothing too taxing so far but I thought you might like to see this, it's a painting from way back in 2004 called 'Call Me Zee'. It's a little strange but I was trying to get a more abstract look originally for the Impossimals and this was one of three attempts of which only this photo survives, it's something I may come back and explore a little more now I have another five years painting experience to draw upon as I think I may be able to do it justice.

I really need to stop thinking about painting and enjoy these few weeks off don't I?

lol

All Safe & Sound

All the latest work is now safely with my publisher and my studio is ominously empty, although I'm trying to have a break I have sneaked the big canvas (no mean feat!) in to the studio so I can dabble a little if I'm passing (and I bet I pass it a lot! lol). Still, we had a nice day at Barton Marina (pictures on Facebook) today just before the weather turned wet and I'm snuggling down with a nice bottle or two of wine tonight to sit and watch the rain and the world go by.

Bliss!

And The Cupboard Was Bare...

I packed away the last six canvases ready for delivery tomorrow and took out the coresponding sketches out of my sketchbook to accompany them. This is the last batch for September, obviously all the paintings will not go to print but whichever is left out I will post on the blog and on facebook, I have also been messing about with live streaming from gallery events so everything is broadcast as it happens on facebook, I'll be posting a few test things so expect random images to suddenly appear whilst I tweak everything!

2007 Retro Oldies

Here are some real old paintings from 2007 and some of the only minatures I have ever done, 8''x8'' if I remember and you will notice the stripes are vertical too!

'Sea Of Love'
©2007 Peter Smith

'Love Handles Jnr'
©2007 Peter Smith

'Thinking Of Love'
©2007 Peter Smith

Old Friend

Here’s a painting from 2004/05 that I never took a picture of but found on the internet, it’s called ‘Hearts Above’, a very simple image with funnily enough 3D style hearts, something I have only returned to in the last two months. I must have painted this then moved on forgetting all about them, the background is a misty affair on black and the painting itself was very small compared to now as I was still unsure of my skills and became scared when a canvas went bigger than 24’’. Times change and I wouldn’t dream of doing anything smaller than 24’’ now, nice to see it again, I wonder what happened to the other eight I forgot to photograph?

Bound By Duty

Last few days painting and then a few weeks off, it's been long hours this week but ultimately worth it to get at the very end of all my work that should see me through to the end of the year, the only problem now is next year, what on earth shall I do next? My sketchbooks are ready for the next load of ideas and stories but a few weeks recharging my batteries will go a long way into revitalising my artwork but I *know* already that my fingers will itch after a few days - I must be strong and fight it!

Grrrr!

That's better...

Whoosah... lol