Gordon - Stage IV

In this stage, the colours are painted on Gordon.
I've given him one red eye open and one eye closed.
The shading helps to add to the feeling of the painting.
He feels as if he's a little grumpy and bored, that he can't be doing with talking to anyone .

Gordon - Stage III

In this stage the foreground washes are built up.
Doing this makes Gordon "sit" a bit further back in the painting.

I sit back when I've done this stage and take a good look at him, before I go any further.

Gordon - Stage II

The background washes go in.

Architecturally speaking, Gordon is not a Gargoyle, but a Grotesque.
The difference being, Gargoyles would have had a water spout for dispersing rain water - their main function.
Grotesques on church buildings were intended to keep evil outside the church, and possibly to remind people what hell was like if they didn't go in!

But, in common with many others, we call all our Grotesques, Gargoyles :)

Gordon Stage 1

I have a few gargoyles in my garden, I love their little faces.
The first one was bought as a present for hubby - who promptly named him Gordon.

I thought it was about time I tried to paint Gordon's miserable little face :)

So here's the first stage, the drawing.

Missy becomes a Critic

So now, in the winter, I sit at the table and paint.
Nice big oak dining table, beautifully comfortable leather chairs.

Missy lies behind me under the radiator, keeping warm.

I get up to the computer to load the finished painting and look who's in my chair!

Thank heaven she approved of the painting :)

Splat! goes Missy

Ben McFuzzylugs created a felted bookmark of my darling Missy, especially for me, from a photo I provided.

The amount of work that goes into creating these little felted pieces of art is immense - and greatly appreciated.
I shall enjoy reading my books all the more now I have such a wonderful bookmark.

If you'd like a felted bookmark of your own, contact BenMcFuzzylugs through her Etsy shop ... click here
10% of every sale of felted animals goes to a bowel cancer charity . What a lovely woman she is!


My darling Missy... as a Splat! bookmark

Kindly ... the finished painting

Here she is..

much loved, greatly missed.. I so hope this painting rekindles happy memories for Kindly's mum.


the Darling girl...


Kindly