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The Mandalorian

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The Mandalorian - Before and After Watercolour. Really loved painting this! Just fancied doing side-by-side images of Din Djarin pre-Beskar and after he's kitted out with the cool shiny stuff! So much stunning Mandalorian artwork out there and what an awesome series - stunning settings, traditional iconic Star Wars feel to everything and THAT music score! It was always going to be a big ask to portray the Mandalorian in a way that matched up to all of that, but Pedro totally smashed ...
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A Very British Picnic

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Aahh - the picnic. It's never how you think it will be. This was done for the art group monthly challenge for June on the subject of 'Picnic Time'. Naturally my head was filled with glorious compositions of fondant fancies, Battenberg, scones, champagne, cherries and tiny sandwiches of yummy things all laid out perfectly on a windless, cloudless sunny day. Hmm. I'm not sure I've ever been on a picnic like that. Let's face it - it sounds idyllic. It's terribly Famous Five and often ma...
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Girl Talk

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Acrylic on canvas. What ARE they talking about?! I love this picture and love these two amazing women even more! I caught this moment on camera of my daughter and my mum on holiday about sixteen years ago when my daughter was two. People are definitely not my go-to subject where it comes to painting but I have been trying to do more lately, and my daughter set me monthly painting challenges this year - this was on the subject 'Emotions'. It took a long time to decide what to do for tha...
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Awakening

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Acrylic on acrylic paper. This was done for the monthly art group challenge in April on the theme of 'Awakening'. I thought people would probably associate this with spring and do pictures of flowers opening and the world coming to life. I don't like picking what seems to be the obvious choice, although to be honest, a dragon waking up was also pretty obvious to me but far more exciting. Never painted a dragon before and this was really fun to do. I'm actually pleased with this result ...
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Summer

Posted on by Mel Hendy
Crayon. Second in series of illustrative lettering for the seasons. If you like this sort of thing, check out the Lettering section on this website (unless you're already there!) for more. Autumn and Winter will follow at some point but summer seems to be here at the moment so not in the mood for doing them just yet!
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Moonrise

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Acrylic on acrylic board. This is really entitled 'Moonrise over Amarynth' from The Soul Fishers which I am still writing but will totally finish this year. Don't think I've ever painted a landscape before and certainly not a night-time scene so it's ok for a first attempt.
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Acrylic Flow – Funnel Pour

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Acrylics on canvas, 30cm x 40cm £40 When I first started working with acrylics, I read that you will get through more white than any other colour. 'Surely not!' I thought in my completely inexperienced ignorance. Having got through enough white paint in the last few years to cover the Moon, I recently splashed out on five tubes to top up my ailing collection of whites and having got through all of them in a matter of weeks, my working area is annoyingly lined...
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In The Music

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In The Music (KONGOS) Pencil illustration for this brilliant song which wonderfully showcases the accordion, although I really love the drumming on this track - just amazing! It's been ages since I got my pencils out and this was a very enjoyable reason to do so again. The emoji faces and various other images are inspired by the lyrics and you can test your eyesight and knowledge of other awesome KONGOS songs by studying the stonework on the ruins.
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