Revisiting some older work - ebb & flow

 

Ebb & Flow   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

I have been looking back at some older work (around 2018 although it feels like much longer ago). Inspired by the pebbles and small rivulets of water that amble down to the sea. I'm gathering ideas, looking at references old and new. I need a project to get me through February a month that I always find difficult for it's cold snaps and dreary greyness. With the mist and darkness it feels like it has come early today.

Ebb & Flow II   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

Ebb & Flow I&II are both available at RedBubble framed and unframed as reproduction prints in various options.

Time & Tide   a mix media and collage concertina book   ©2018LisaLeQuelenec

If you have been reading here a while (I thank you) you might remember this little concertina book that I made. I stumbled across it a few weeks ago whilst looking for something else in the plan chest. I like the simplicity of this series of work and want to revisit the themes in some way. I think I would like a warmer palette this time.....

Time & Tide   a mix media and collage concertina book   ©2018LisaLeQuelenec

 

Time & Tide   a mix media and collage concertina book   ©2018LisaLeQuelenec

Time & Tide   a mix media and collage concertina book   ©2018LisaLeQuelenec

Time & Tide   a mix media and collage concertina book   ©2018LisaLeQuelenec

Love is in the air......A medley of mussels

 

Mussels, mussels everywhere....cards, stationery, prints and more all available at RedBubble.

A medley of mussels - available at RedBubble ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

The inspiration for all the variations. This mini painting is available in my  Folksy store.

Mussel study   acrylic on linen board 10x10cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Inspiration in unusual places - part II

Coastal Stripe   digital design   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec available at Spoonflower

From this....

Digital manipulation of a scan from the collage  ©2024LisaLe Quelenec

...a little more manipulation digitally to this....

Coastal Stripes   digital design   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

....and before I knew it.....

Coastal Stripe   digital design   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec available at Spoonflower

Each design is available on a variety of fabrics, wall paper and home furnishings in my  Spoonflower store and co-ordinates with all the designs in my Coastal Collections.

These designs are also available in my  RedBubble  store on a variety of different home accessories, soft furnishing, stationery and clothing.

Inspiration can strike at any time and in the most unusual places.

Inspiration from unusual places...

Rag rug watercolour thumbnail sketch  ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

 

Rag rug ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

It started on a sunny day, I noticed the denim rag rug and the way the light had faded areas - the patterns made by light and shade, the tones, the colours and textures... a little noticing.

Sketchbook studies - rag rug    watercolour   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

I grabbed my sketchbook and sketched out some thumbnails.....which led to some collages.....

Collage WIP    ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

Rag rug studies   collage with shells   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

That were strangely addictive to make.....  to be continued......

Broken But Still Beautiful I - mixed media drawing

 

Broken But Still Beautiful I   mixed media drawing 30x21cm   ©2024LisaLeQuelenec

The end of 2023 passed - I'm not sure where or how - and here we are already the 11th! Armed with new plans for work and hopefully more self discipline blog-wise than I have shown last year I will be here more regularly.

To begin the year a resolution to myself to make more time for drawing. Drawing is another area that I have neglected recently and should be one of the first signs to myself that things are going askew. Life is much better with drawing in it. The act of slowing down and looking is undervalued I think. I am a little rusty but have made a start.

I plan to make one drawing each month this year on the theme of 'Broken But Still Beautiful'. (There may be more than 12 but I want at least 12 by the end of the year.) To start off the project this beautiful whelk shell that I picked up in Norfolk last summer. I have a lovely collection of broken whelks and the project may well be a series from these resources. I obsess over the beautiful internal twisting wave-like spiral of the columella. Even the sound of the word 'columella' I find beautiful. When I look at broken whelks I see a Barbara Hepworth or Henry Moore sculpture - a reclining figure - large scale and monumental. I have no end in mind for these drawings except to enjoy the process and get lost in the shapes, contours and textures. Lets see how I get on....

A busy week...

 

Such a busy week as I am restocking some new work into my Folksy Store. By Friday everything should be ready with the following pieces available;

As Black Friday races towards us I should also mention that my Red Bubble store has upto 60% off with many giftable items available and as ever my Society6 Store has offers going on too.

In between all of this activity I have also taken a break to look at some favourite treasures and getting inspired for some new work....

Beach found treasures   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

Beach found treasures   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

 

Wishing you all a creative and happy week!

Turquoise Sea Gloaming - acrylic on canvas board

 

Turquoise Sea Gloaming   15x15cm acrylic on canvas board   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec   

Cool, crisp Autumn - that special blue in the gloaming is possibly my favourite colour. 

This painting is available in my Folksy store, it's just the right size to sit on a shelf or mantle - framed or unframed.

Shameless self promotion... 30% off at RedBubble

All of these and lots more available at RedBubble with 30% off this week!

Across the Fields, Corfe - acrylic on board

 

Across the Fields   acrylic on board 18x18cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

I love the way Corfe Castle looms into view as you drive towards the village. As you veer around the bend there it is, you know its close but forget how close. I like this view from across the fields too. It's well over a thousand years old and a much loved icon of Dorset.

Available in my Folksy Store

Over the Fields   acrylic on board 18x18cm   ©2023LisaLeQuelenec

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