Luscious Lonny!

We've all been waiting impatiently for the next issue of Lonny, and it certainly doesn't disappoint! I'm off to properly absorb all the lusciousness that awaits, but here's a little snippet of what I've found so far:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdBLcQyUyk-RCi0sUHFUyIruNd7qc5Z08PfiZac2iD_XDuSPNcKg_I4W5ZmEeKHPNnrCbsbVS_rzKPXWT9KznIUq2_zKyKhvR4LrIR3MZuR9pcrKinThG1C7lPTCHvnS6ck3eloOKZiw/s1600/lonny3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdBLcQyUyk-RCi0sUHFUyIruNd7qc5Z08PfiZac2iD_XDuSPNcKg_I4W5ZmEeKHPNnrCbsbVS_rzKPXWT9KznIUq2_zKyKhvR4LrIR3MZuR9pcrKinThG1C7lPTCHvnS6ck3eloOKZiw/s640/lonny3.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiXLTqbBSTvJNf8vCfmTvbOIWZ1EAFnrxPPUhL4buLgibkJNNZ931FBhss9Xy5Y5WssQtSfMAImXX93Fe7FAfV0D0MNqAUwYNoCOQtq0RlATjHPNcQKrD1oM7lOJM58irgYHzsjbRCCU/s1600/lonny2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiXLTqbBSTvJNf8vCfmTvbOIWZ1EAFnrxPPUhL4buLgibkJNNZ931FBhss9Xy5Y5WssQtSfMAImXX93Fe7FAfV0D0MNqAUwYNoCOQtq0RlATjHPNcQKrD1oM7lOJM58irgYHzsjbRCCU/s640/lonny2.jpg" width="451" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aBReH88Gycoc_Cg4wBChuCCHjT-9hnFcRJCq4XDBED15OwYAlKn8kJUior9dhTSh4uhXQRTyot3cDQeX2l2EdXXoSrWcn5WMFFCkTk7wpsixKMqUwx2lWbEtxwed_8etBVvy2qnPbSU/s1600/lonny4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aBReH88Gycoc_Cg4wBChuCCHjT-9hnFcRJCq4XDBED15OwYAlKn8kJUior9dhTSh4uhXQRTyot3cDQeX2l2EdXXoSrWcn5WMFFCkTk7wpsixKMqUwx2lWbEtxwed_8etBVvy2qnPbSU/s640/lonny4.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg60xXJnbfhzxsaYAl08P3v2ZynVrhqINYQ3o6SErSmJJtGbzmzec3H2W2ZxmucUuwieg7bkeCbnpHyr3XoYFpyM4rNuN7MBwcy6RwoBXoEz-AomLO43hFIrhyphenhyphenbyytgydzTfj8EdePcD0/s1600/lonny6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg60xXJnbfhzxsaYAl08P3v2ZynVrhqINYQ3o6SErSmJJtGbzmzec3H2W2ZxmucUuwieg7bkeCbnpHyr3XoYFpyM4rNuN7MBwcy6RwoBXoEz-AomLO43hFIrhyphenhyphenbyytgydzTfj8EdePcD0/s640/lonny6.jpg" width="452" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JVCmhZYoNEl42NJruseo7CBEOoeuCiwQ-8HM7mEbQGLx2dbg3zGgsyAWzRe9sRv2iZppW3BHwoEM7F4sxi3FeaA2AV6QMHzmr99NSgGsA407oCb8cDMnKS5oDRiZfcDmgFCUhUehE_U/s1600/lonny1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JVCmhZYoNEl42NJruseo7CBEOoeuCiwQ-8HM7mEbQGLx2dbg3zGgsyAWzRe9sRv2iZppW3BHwoEM7F4sxi3FeaA2AV6QMHzmr99NSgGsA407oCb8cDMnKS5oDRiZfcDmgFCUhUehE_U/s640/lonny1.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So what are you waiting for? Skedaddle on over to <a href="http://lonnymag.com/">lonnymag.com</a> right this minute - you know you want to!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>

Luscious Lonny!

We've all been waiting impatiently for the next issue of Lonny, and it certainly doesn't disappoint! I'm off to properly absorb ...

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Now for something completely different....

I thought I'd share this little painting study I did over the weekend. I haven't painted with watercolours for years, as most of my art is quite a bit larger in scale, and I tend to use acrylics and oils. But while I was at the art shop last week, buying some printing supplies (more on that later!) I picked up a little watercolour travel set. I'd forgotten how much fun it was to sketch up a scene and put brush to paper. Not sure whether I'm finished with this one yet (I know, the perfectionist in me is hard to ignore) but here it is so far:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8sd-IejvuRHy6pMqt-AIz5_vqy77tTKTn7qXHdU1B9QUBJypPaCjJcC9cOj3riTgUUGdE0eR77uZIISdLGrlwvW6lKEjCJvl1AM5on1Tw5TxNQLJnFU3FXhN8BbHQjvBXLDXZ8pn5I4/s1600/watercolour+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8sd-IejvuRHy6pMqt-AIz5_vqy77tTKTn7qXHdU1B9QUBJypPaCjJcC9cOj3riTgUUGdE0eR77uZIISdLGrlwvW6lKEjCJvl1AM5on1Tw5TxNQLJnFU3FXhN8BbHQjvBXLDXZ8pn5I4/s400/watercolour+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BFhpr5VeuDZ4Sd07h02WUlwm7kekWQm_w9TvRk2eewtkj4RTKgLIVNQlbcxbh5UMzKUKaHfjImm_N7Q8Zp-IThFPmoJiAacULUHZifZkyci9ZhIYrLeBuVkoory1fB293zGUQr1IBhg/s1600/watercolour+1crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BFhpr5VeuDZ4Sd07h02WUlwm7kekWQm_w9TvRk2eewtkj4RTKgLIVNQlbcxbh5UMzKUKaHfjImm_N7Q8Zp-IThFPmoJiAacULUHZifZkyci9ZhIYrLeBuVkoory1fB293zGUQr1IBhg/s400/watercolour+1crop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I may add just a little more shading, but for now I think I'll just live with it for a bit. I'm also thinking of separating it into two or three smaller works, then framing them in simple white box frames, with white mats. Either way, I thoroughly enjoyed the process, so a few watercolour studies may soon be for sale as well as my usual works. The kids had a rare weekend off from sport, so I was able to get a lovely, uninterrupted  stretch of painting in ...bliss! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hope you all had a great weekend too, and over the next few days I'll share some new projects I've been working on. See you soon,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Now for something completely different....

I thought I'd share this little painting study I did over the weekend. I haven't painted with watercolours for years, as most of my ...

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New artwork

I have quite a few new paintings on the go at the moment, all at various stages of completion, so I thought I'd share some pics of this one that's almost finished. When I say almost, it's because I like to live with them for a while before deciding whether they're actually 'done'. One of the hardest things for an artist (in my humble opinion) is to walk away from a painting; to decide enough is enough. The temptation is always there to add just a little bit more. So, by leaving things for a while to work on other pieces, it gives me a bit of breathing space to decide whether it's truly finished.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHvQw6cJnmj6ajiAuiEYbP-zV8hKNYKPjESDSLubaZUst6UgPiV-qLQmJUYf-2qY4SjbVLWUza4VSw4kFWBPVqBAKcua79RkQ0i_ZYpjh5VK_liKKsr3MrIRuUKVyr67aKGkhAawfwLs/s1600/painting3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHvQw6cJnmj6ajiAuiEYbP-zV8hKNYKPjESDSLubaZUst6UgPiV-qLQmJUYf-2qY4SjbVLWUza4VSw4kFWBPVqBAKcua79RkQ0i_ZYpjh5VK_liKKsr3MrIRuUKVyr67aKGkhAawfwLs/s640/painting3.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflc0c1q5y6HRoFONswKTf2GeFcyvC-2tdwWFHObr3sw4aoEHoq34Gi4WKysc5-3nrQWtftYE-FOfLAm7EGox2IhfqLT7CYgZOpFMOUFXS0N00Y9z0u5BEPXPXx_rlqgHoXHsrK5ZmO2k/s1600/painting2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflc0c1q5y6HRoFONswKTf2GeFcyvC-2tdwWFHObr3sw4aoEHoq34Gi4WKysc5-3nrQWtftYE-FOfLAm7EGox2IhfqLT7CYgZOpFMOUFXS0N00Y9z0u5BEPXPXx_rlqgHoXHsrK5ZmO2k/s640/painting2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0QREfj129qUYTlVY0QMo7QzpWF3-tHVS4De-jZzJnWNbGBMenrof5msZNv9vI6FV7lvixKetHftUjKYGLEzOLKY8esL_Q4O5eFGhdxGNrymp5WfSAfnopvYIYB2RRxpqZrYPBC3KAW0/s1600/painting6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0QREfj129qUYTlVY0QMo7QzpWF3-tHVS4De-jZzJnWNbGBMenrof5msZNv9vI6FV7lvixKetHftUjKYGLEzOLKY8esL_Q4O5eFGhdxGNrymp5WfSAfnopvYIYB2RRxpqZrYPBC3KAW0/s640/painting6.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and how pretty is the wattle I picked this morning? I just had to fight a few dozen bees - the things we do!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VnFZBuCVWxXMUbZwf87fPd1K9taWJ4e55Vkt2TekJ25phqpMy1NJ7LPvSpL0bX7Ah1kT42JxHKxAgQdlZv8Iy7P88w7_J-CJNHkMjuiSugpu_c0P1Xkgs5ZmvEoBPkTnLsDvv3FSHFM/s1600/painting5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VnFZBuCVWxXMUbZwf87fPd1K9taWJ4e55Vkt2TekJ25phqpMy1NJ7LPvSpL0bX7Ah1kT42JxHKxAgQdlZv8Iy7P88w7_J-CJNHkMjuiSugpu_c0P1Xkgs5ZmvEoBPkTnLsDvv3FSHFM/s640/painting5.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />If this particular piece looks familiar, it's because it was originally designed to be used alongside '<a href="http://driftwood-interiors.blogspot.com/2010/06/original-artwork-giveaway.html">Verve</a>', that I posted about <a href="http://driftwood-interiors.blogspot.com/2010/06/original-artwork-giveaway.html">here</a>. The beauty of a diptych (artwork on two panels) is they can be hung together or separately, which gives much more flexibility. If you get bored (like I do often) it's easy to change things around, giving you more bang for your buck - always a good thing!<br /><br />After living with this one for a while, I've decided to add a little more silver leaf to it, but other than that I'm pretty happy. I've been working on quite a few new ideas which will soon be available for sale, with different looks and styles, and I can't wait to share them with you!<br /><br />Ok, I'm off to finish some other pieces, which I'll post as soon as they're photo-worthy. Must strike while the inspiration's running hot, and at the moment I'm finding new ideas all over the place. My inspiration file is bulging at the seams!<br /><br />Enjoy your day everyone,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>

New artwork

I have quite a few new paintings on the go at the moment, all at various stages of completion, so I thought I'd share some pics of this ...

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