The stages of Desi

By now you all know how much I love dogs. My particular fondness in the terrier line is the russell (parson or jack).

Today I begin a new jack painting, that of darling Desi, who recently passed away.
His mom, Barbi, is a very special lady, always out rescuing dogs, giving them life and hope, and finding them new homes. She is another I know through the good offices of Bill Tomei (may he rest in peace).

So to paint her own Desi , in the hope of giving her some comfort, is a real honour. This is on behalf of all the dogs who owe Barbi their lives .
Thank you.

First, the pencil drawing


and then the sky...

On a Creative Path

My mummy says she's on a creative path - that is why she paints and doodles with ink - a lot!

Me, I'm on a creative path too.. here it is..



see.. aren't I cool?



and on the days you can't decide to go left or right, take a break!



Here, I sneaked a photo of one of mummy's artistic doodlings for you all to see...

Keeping the World Straight

This is the painting I talked about in yesterday's post.

Keeping the World Straight

The day before yesterday, I was in the summerhouse reading a book of short stories by Stephen King. "Just before Sunset"
One of the stories inspired me to paint this picture. It told of a man who had seen some standing stones in a field . Upon closer inspection he saw faces in the stone and when he touched them, he heard voices. In this place the fabric between our universe and another was thin .. and as long as there were eight stones in the field.. it kept the world straight and free from monsters. Sometimes, though, the eighth stone disappeared.

Now that I've painted the scene, it can't disappear - and so the world is kept straight. I almost feel like Superman :lol:

I think I'll pop this in my permanent gallery Pat Elliott Paintings ... so we can all sleep at night :)

Down in the Summerhouse

Now that the summerhouse is finished, that's where I paint. Its a lovely spot, sheltered from the wind, but lots of natural daylight and very warm, thanks to the fact that hubby insulated walls and floors.




Once the doors are open, Missy comes down the garden with me and watches me intently for a while - just in case I should feel the need to play basket ball with her.


Once my kit is spread out and ready, I do play ball with her - afterwards she settles down nicely.


Regardless of what I paint and how well it goes - its a lovely way to spend a few hours.

Wherever you create, I hope you get just as much pleasure from your space!

Tomorrow I will show you the painting that was created on this sunny day .

Roadside Flowers

So here's the finished painting:

Roadside Flowers

I hope you've enjoyed watching the step by step of this painting.
It will be added to my permanent gallery. Why not go over and take a look around. Pat Elliott Paintings

flowers four

Now the background gets deepened and you can see the flowers really stand out . Its a very simple subject, but a very interesting one to paint. Not always are the big showy plants the ones that call to me - the simplicity of this one is something special.
Tomorrow you will get to see the finished painting .

flowers three

Once the centres were in and I was happy, I moved on to the next stage - which was a loose washy background - this helps fix the flowers in place. It will get darkened up quite a bit before the painting is finished.