New Dry points and mixed media beachscapes on Folksy

Well I'm not sure where September went but it has been busy! I have been having a bit of a jujjjjge around with all my shops making new store fronts, profile pictures and even a new blog banner (I hope that you like it) to refresh everything. It feels much more co-ordinated and coherent now - hopefully it will become more recognisable too around the interweb.

Of course I have also been creating some more work, I have just been lapse at getting it onto the blog - so many balls to juggle and so little time. I have been thinking hard about new ways to present work and I think sometimes it would be nice to show the inspiration behind my process. This is the latest set of work that I have produced over the last little while shown with the inspiration behind colour choices, shapes, marks and textures. I often have trouble putting that kind of thing into words but hope that these montages of images might go some way to explaining.

These will all be in my Folksy shop by Friday for Folksy's 'Shop Early for Christmas' weekend 7th-8th October.

Autumn Light 8x7.5cm mixed media and drypoint with colour inspiration ©2023LisaLeQuelenec   

Heavy Weather artist proof drypoint print 7.5x8cm and inspiration ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Autumn Light 8x7.5cm mixed media and drypoint with colour inspiration ©2023LisaLeQuelenec 

  

Sailing in the Storm 8x7.5cm mixed media and drypoint with inspiration ©2023LisaLeQuelenec 

A Brisk Walk 8x7.5cm mixed media and drypoint with colour inspiration ©2023LisaLeQuelenec 

Blustery 8x7.5cm mixed media and drypoint with colour inspiration ©2023LisaLeQuelenec 

Turquoise Sea 8x7.5cm mixed media and drypoint with colour inspiration ©2023LisaLeQuelenec 

A selection of drypoints, mixed media & much more is available in my Folksy Store ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

All of the above are mounted ready to frame in cream 20x20cm (8x8 inch) mounts - example below:

Storm at Sea 8x7.5cm mixed media and drypoint ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Folksy Summer Exhibition

 

Well the best laid plans and all that.....I got to my 600th blog post and then went AWOL! Ooops! My apologies - where did July go again? Well I have been immensely busy but more on that next post. ...

My post today is to let you know about a wonderful online exhibition that I have been selected (over 700 entrants!) to be in at Folksy. So proud to have my watercolour, 'One Man and His Dog' selected as there is some stunning work by some very talented artists and crafts people. The exhibition is on for the whole of August.

Click on the exhibition image in my sidebar to have a look and do let me know what you think. There is a real range of styles, subjects and mediums as I scrolled through I was opening the links of shops that I wanted to explore further. I have been bookmarking all over as I know I will need to return when gift season gets started although I might just be starting early this year as I spotted some things that would be just perfect.

One Man and His Dog   watercolour 37x37cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Happy New Year!

 

Well December ran away with me in a rollercoaster of child illnesses, Christmas preparations and travelling. 

The ferry over was a little bumpy with a 'bit of a swell' and as we came around by Corbiere on the journey to Jersey. I took advantage of the slow progress the ferry was making. I whipped out my sketchbook and little pouch of pencils AKA my emergency sketch kit and tried to capture the wind whipped sea and the lighthouse.

La Corbiere Lighthouse - ferry view detail   pencil sketch A6 sketchbook   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

The sketchbook is an A6 Stillman & Birn Nova with grey toned paper. The pencils are the tiny left over nubs that have been replaced for studio work, but as they are the most used colours and as they are only used for firing off quick notes and ideas they are adequate for short periods of use and my hands don't complain too much.

La Corbiere Lighthouse - ferry view and sketch kit   pencil sketch A6 sketchbook   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

The weather continued to bluster and blow whilst we were there but beautiful beachy moments were there for capturing. Even better was the time spent with family making up for the Christmas's missed during lockdowns.

Toward Green Island - Jersey ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

 

Green Island - Jersey ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

Green Island - Jersey ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

And now.....back to work where I am sure lots of these inspiring views will be put to good use.

I hope everyone has enjoyed a break and is looking forward to a happy, healthy and successful (whatever that means to you) 2023. Best wishes.

19 Neither stir nor motion - acrylic on board

 

Neither Stir Nor Motion  10x10cm acrylic on canvas board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Lies a calm along the deep,

Like a mirror sleeps the ocean,

And the anxious steersman sees

Round him neither stir nor motion.'

                                                                                                   Goethe

Available in my Folksy store.

Neither Stir Nor Motion  10x10cm acrylic on canvas board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

18 Cure for boredom - acrylic on board

 

The cure for Boredom   20x20cm acrylic on canvas

'...above all, go and look at the sea. There you have the certain cure for boredom,

a sight of which one can never grow weary.'

                                                                                                                        Eugene Delacroix

Available in my Folksy store.

The cure for Boredom   20x20cm acrylic on canvas

17 A light divided - acrylic on board

 

A Light Divided   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'A light divided the swollen clouds

And lay most perfectly

Like a straight narrow footbridge bright

That crossed over the sea to me'

                                                                                         Edward Thomas

Available in my Folksy store.

A Light Divided   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

15 Bounding to the shore - acrylic on canvas

 

Bounding to the Shore   20x20cm acrylic on canvas   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come

bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee.'

                                                                                                                            Anne Bronte

Available in my Folksy store.

Bounding to the Shore   20x20cm acrylic on canvas   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

12 Tranquil Beauty - acrylic on board

 

Tranquil Beauty   20x20cm acrylic on canvas   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin,

one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; one would not

willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.'

                                                                                                                  Herman Melville

Available unframed in my Folksy store.

11 That blue - acrylic on board

 

That Blue    10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'That blue will always be there as it is now, after all man's destruction is finished.'

                                                                                                                          Georgia O'Keeffe

Available in my Folksy store.

That Blue    10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

10 Loveliness of Nature - acrylic on board

 

Loveliness of Nature   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'How despairing it is to view the loveliness of nature toward sunset

and know the impossibility of imitating it!'

                                                                                                       Ford Maddox Brown

Available in my Folksy store.

Loveliness of Nature   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

9 A shining new day - acrylic on board

 

A Shining New Day   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Each dawn before my eyes I see

A shining new day spread for me;'

                                                                                            Annette Wynne

Available in my Folksy store.

A Shining New Day   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

8 Today is new - acrylic on board

 

Today is New   acrylic on board  20x20cm    ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'The significance of what appears today is sharpened by the image

lingering in our minds from yesterday.'

                                                                                                                   Jane Atkinson

Available in my Folksy store.

Today is New   acrylic on board  20x20cm    ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

7 All our yesterdays - acrylic on board

 

All our Yesterdays   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon we are never tired of

so long as we can see far enough.'

                                                                                                                   Emerson

Available unframed in my Folksy store.

All our Yesterdays   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

6 Sound of silence - acrylic on board

 

Sound of Silence   10x10cm acrylic on board    ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'When you sit in silence long enough, you learn that silence has a motion.

It glides over you without any shape or form, exactly like water.

Its colour is silver. And silence has a sound you only hear after hours

of wading in it. The sound is soft, like flute notes rising up,

like the words of glass speaking.'

                                                                                                                              Anne Spollen

Painting available in my Folksy store.

Sound of Silence   10x10cm acrylic on board    ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

2 When water meets light - acrylic on board

When Water Meets Light   10x10cm acrylic on canvas board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

 

'The soft happiness that invades the spirit when water meets light'

                                                                                        Etal Adnan

When Water Meets Light   10x10cm acrylic on canvas board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

Available unframed in my Folksy store.

Scintillating seas - acrylic on linen board

 

Scintillating Seas   acrylic on linen board 20x20cm   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

Always a challenge to paint and one I return to again and again over the years.  This is definitely the kind of sparkle that I value the most, who needs diamonds?

 This little gen is available in my Folksy Store.

- see what I did there ;o)  Wishing you a creative and successful week.