Monday 21 February 2011

Close your eyes, big sister!

Grateful for 'depth of field' - it hides most of the bad bits!

A little close-up of areas to be re-painted

I have more or less finished another painting. More or less because I can't finish off the flowers. The original flowers died and I haven't replaced them yet. I assumed I would paint them before they died, but what with kids not sleeping in the evening and what not, I ended up painting them when they were busy composting themselves downstairs.

Nor did I even have them in this jug, so really the whole thing is a fabrication. I intend re-painting the flowers though, the jug I can live with. This was meant to be a complementary painting for the bowl and cup painting I did, but with time not on my side of late, and painting by light bulb and not natural light they've both turned out slightly different colour-wise. Ah well.

Everything that doesn't turn out as well as I like I tend to give to either my mum or my sister, so this may well be where they are headed. Close your eyes big sister, this might be your birthday present! I am trying to get enough paintings done to open a little Etsy shop. It'll be a mix of baby name pictures and well just regular paintings. I want to really do things that I want to do, as opposed to following a brief.

At the moment I am trying to come up with a name for the shop - that seems to be the hardest part. There is already a Fiona Gray who does lots of creative things, so I can't really use my own name, and anyway, I think I might like a different name for the shop. Once I have a short list I might have my Facebook friends have a vote. Better get thinking!

4 comments:

  1. I think your mom and sister are super lucky!! This looks terrific.

    Hmm, your shop name is a predicament. Plus you sort of want something that works in both languages in case you go to Dawanda as well...??

    Maybe you could play on Gray --
    Fiona Gray aka. Frau Grau

    Best wishes for all your happy creations!!
    From ochsenfurt,
    tj

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  2. Vielen Dank! Yes, I've thought about using the 'gray' part, and I've also been trying to think of some German names too. I like your Frau Grau idea, rhymes nicely! Will add it to the list!

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  3. Frau Grau is awesome! Love it. And the jug-that-doesn't-exist. Brilliant.

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  4. Yeah, funnily enough I thought of you when I first read it! I hadn't realised what an excellent name I have in German!

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