I sold my last two strutting emus.
Yay, I can start painting more of them again. I love doing them and designing their outfits. So much fun.
Here’s the first one, titled “Hooting Along”.
I hope that you’re having a hoot.
Cheers, from Patricia (PJ)
Greetings,
I hope you’re all well in the lead-up to the festive season commencements.
Yesterday, we had the coldest December day in 50 years! Tasmania is experiencing cold Antarctic blasts for a few days. We’re supposed to be experiencing summer weather, not wintery conditions.
Lucky its summery weather where this little wombat decided to jump on a swing. I’ve named this painting “Tickle My Toes”
Enjoy your weekend!
Cheers, Patricia (PJ)
Everybody wearing spotty overalls should make time for a swing!
Prints of this water colour painting are available at: https://pjpaintings.com/collections/wombats/products/time-for-a-swing
Day 24 of the Inktober Challenge. Prompt word 24 is “fairy”.
A wish from the Emu Fairy. You may have not known that emu fairies existed but here is proof that they do. 🙂
The “May All Your Dreams Come True” painting was first drawn with an Artline pen and then watercolour paint was added. I painted it on 310gsm watercolour paper, approximately 21 x 26 cm, and it has my full name and signature on the back.
The original painting is available at:
https://pjpaintings.com/collections/original-paintings/products/may-all-your-dreams-come-true-an-original-watercolour-PJ
Thank you for visiting and I send you good wishes for dreams coming true.
Day 10 of the Inktober Challenge and the prompt word is “crabby”.
Sometimes when you are feeling crappy, you feel crabby.
I hope you are feeling well and un-crabby.
Cheers from Patricia (www.pjpaintings.com)
Day 5 of the Inktober Challenge. The prompt word is “flame”.
Roasting marshmallows over a campfire brings back fond childhood memories for many.
“Oz Camping” also has Day 3’s prompt word in it – “bat”. Not many Australian families would go off camping without packing a cricket bat. It’s a great game to play at the beach or any open area.
Wishing you a great day and I hope that you’re able to work some relaxation time into your day.
Cheers, from Patricia
www.pjpaintings.com
Today we had to contend with a LOT of rain but thankfully it wasn’t accompanied with wind, and amazingly, I was able to set up and take down just when there were breaks from the rain. During the downpours, there was a sea of different Hobart hotel umbrellas on view.
A speech pathologist, visiting Tasmania from the mainland of Australia, purchased an A-3 sized “Beachside Chatter” and “Who, Who, Who are You? II” print to hang up in her practice. It will engage children and calm their nerves.
Two sisters from Brisbane bought an “Outback Glamping” print and a “Salamanca Fresh” tote bag. They have another sister and when they are together people think that they are triplets they told me.
A lot of members from a family from Sydney that are attending a cousin’s wedding in the afternoon, bought a “Bunk Beds” print.
A couple bought my original painting of the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. I drew and painted most of it, sitting on a bench, on the wharf across the street from it. https://friendsoftmag.org.au/ My “Ladybird Parade” original painting also sold today.
A Dutch couple that lived in Perth for nine years and then moved back to Netherlands, and then realised, what have we done??, moved back to Australia. They are planning to settle in Tasmania and are looking for a house in Cygnet. They bought some greeting cards to send to relatives in Netherlands.
A Hobart law and psychology student purchased a small, framed print of “Spanish Eyes (Red). Another small, framed print, “Sea Life” this time, sold to a young lady, who has been working one year and nine months in Sydney but is soon returning to Hong Kong. She has a good job lined up but she is leaving her options open if she doesn’t like it because the country has changed significantly since she has left.
Thankfully, I managed to pack up before the next lot of rain started falling.
Art thought for the week:
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” ― Émile Zola
Wishing you creative and fun upcoming week.
Cheers, Patricia (PJ) Hopwood-Wade
Quality prints of my art are available at www.pjpaintings.com
Winter has arrived in Tasmania and some use the increased indoor time to do ‘spring cleaning’. When do you do your spring cleaning?
I’m going through piles of papers, in an attempt to organise/clean my studio space (a room downstairs in my house). I found this painting I started a few years ago and decided it needed to be finished. Introducing “Holding Hands II”.
This original water colour painting is 21.0 x 29.7 cm and fits a standard A-4 sized frame. https://pjpaintings.com/collections/original-paintings
I hope to finish more paintings that I have abandoned for whatever reason. Often I stop painting something because another idea has come into my head that excites me and I can’t wait to explore it, so I start another painting and forget to go back to the one I started earlier. (I wonder if this is a common occurrence among artists??? It must be.) They are no good to me, or anybody, half finished. Very unfulfilling. When they are finished at least I can stop storing them. They are either good enough to try to sell and put a smile on somebody’s face, or they can go in the recycling bin.
I hope that you are having a sunshiny kind of day and if you are spring cleaning, I hope you’re making good progress. 🙂
Cheers, from Patricia (PJ)
I finished my commissioned watercolour painting, titled “Clip-ons II”.
I was commissioned to paint this watercolour painting after the person saw my larger Clip-ons painting with a blue background.
She wanted an A-4 sized painting of my Yellow-tailed black cockatoo adorned by Christmas Island crabs, on a white background.
I hope your week is travelling along well.
Cheers, Patricia (PJ)
I brought my original painting titled “Messy Hair Day” to display at Peppercorn Gallery in Richmond, Tasmania, and it sold! 🙂
Wishing you a safe week and wonderful Easter weekend.
Cheers, Patricia (PJ)
The Unfurling Artist: journalising creative journeying 