Sunday, 30 September 2012

Sweet Pea Painting

I feel I have been neglecting my blog of late - so much going on, classes, painting and life drawing as well as my other jobs!
This is my latest new small painting, I loved the entire process, creating this  little oil - Tina one of my students brought along the last of her sweet peas. I plonked them in the little vase just as they were, no arranging. The vase was a charity shop find - 30pence! 
I am taking part in the Xmas Vintage Fair in Castle Douglas on the 3rd November. I will have a stand of my small paintings. Sweet Peas, will be for sale at £85, including a wide solid wood frame, painted in one of Farrow and Ball's gorgeous muted shades. 
I hope to find a 1950s outfit I can wear on the day - so anyone out there got a vintage 1950s dress or skirt? Size 12 - though the sizes will be all different, I'm sure!
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  1. Unknown30 September 2012 at 19:50

    How can you be sure something came from a certain time period I wonder? Besides the styling I suppose. It sounds like a fun fair.

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  2. Alex1 October 2012 at 15:04

    this is outstanding! I love it!

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  3. Renie1 October 2012 at 17:02

    absolutely lovely!

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  4. Clare1 October 2012 at 21:15

    Your Sweet Pea is wonderful, so delicate in line and colour. I would buy it. There are so many vintage stores about these days I am sure you would find something authentic, maybe you could google search.

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  5. Sandra2 October 2012 at 00:35

    Terrific painting. I can almost smell the sweet peas.

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  6. mittens5 October 2012 at 14:54

    i love the life sketches, the watercolors, all of it charming. Makes me almost want to hunt down my own set of paints and brushes...

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  7. Unknown5 October 2012 at 16:53

    Thank so much! Please do! Get hunting!!

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  8. Susan McManamen6 January 2014 at 21:22

    You certainly have a wonderful way with flowers Margaret! Just lovely.

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    1. Unknown7 January 2014 at 07:08

      Thank you Susan, I love this little painting and have painted sweet peas many times since but this one will always be my favourite. It lives quite near me so could pop along and see it for inspiration! Roll along summer!

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  9. Unknown7 January 2014 at 15:40

    Hypnotic? I so enjoy looking at them...

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    1. Unknown7 January 2014 at 20:15

      Thank you Catherine, hopefully I will get the opportunity to paint some more this summer!

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  10. Donna Pierce-Clark Fine Art24 January 2014 at 21:21

    Oh, my, I love this one!

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    1. Unknown24 January 2014 at 21:25

      One of my favourites too, I haven't managed to paint sweet peas like that since! It was one of those ones that painted itself!

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