Acrylic and Oil Painted Portraits

 

An acrylic painting of actor Ben Whishaw on a postcard sized canvas.After painting my way through the myriad petal mazes of half a dozen roses over summer 2012 this painting of the side of a man`s face was areal joy to do.He is a bit more beardy in the photo.

Rosie Ben

 

Moody Man Painting .I recently sold this on Ebay.A lot of my painting s are available on Ebay  is currently available on Ebay

 

Painted this quite a few years ago now.I kept wondering at that time what would a modern witch look like?What would she wear?Pink bat accessories seemed the perfect answer.Mounted on a slightly cowboy hat styled witches hat.Of course it would not be a real dead bat it would be plastic.

 Pouty Elvis.Looking for a nice photo of Elvis to paint i was really surprised to find out how bad he was at smiling.The photo i used for this was really blurry but in a good way although i should have given him a thumbnail.Love the colours though.

A lot of my paintings are also available on Folksy,which is the British site for handmade and everything is in pounds,but the listing fees are a bit high so they might not always be on there.

Flower Garden And Pretty Pond Tea Cosies

 

*Mixed Pinks Tea Cosie With Light Grey Basket*

This unusual grey and mixed pink flowers tea cosie has been featured in several Etsy treasury`s with a "Romantic" theme....(?)

 

*Country Cottage Flower Basket Tea Cosie*

The colours in this bright and beautiful cosie really put me in mind of the Mediteranean painters;Cezanne,Van Gogh,Monet mostly.It has a sunny gardeners paintbox look about  it.

 

*Autumnal Colours Tea Cosie*

One of the flowers in this cosie looks like it could be an upturned mushroom cup.This is definitely a garden in Autumn theme.

 

*Bright Rainbow Blooms Flowery Tea Cosie*

The perfectly harmonized colours in this tea cosie are a really delightful collection and the big triple layered poppy it`s radiant red star attraction.The cream wool has an unusual fuzzy felt texture.

 

*Coral Mixed Pinks Flower Basket Tea Cosie*

Have sold a few of these coral pink flower basket tea cosies now.And they really are much prettier than they look in the photo`s -you can`t see all the mixed pink wool flowers from just one side!

 

*Cascading Blues Garden Pond Tea Cosie*

Lovely Garden Pond Style Crochet Tea Cosie.A blue tea cosie would simply be a blue tea cosie,the cleverly descending shades of blue used to create this cosie really suggest water,without having to add embroidered goldfish!

 

*Beige Beehive Upcycled Flowery Tea Cosie*

What flower garden is ever complete without the big bees?There are four different shades of beige wool used up in the creation of this pretty floral cosie.

Finally.Folksy! Might have blogged this previously but i now have a Folksy shop with a selection of MollysKnitted items in.I started with around 25 items,now have around 23/22.This has been my problem with Folksy-no sales.I only ever seem to be logging into the site to remove items that have sold elsewhere[Ebay,Etsy]Not likely to relist if i don`t recover listing costs[just under £5}Bit galled with it.If i was French i would spit but i am not so Tut! Hmf! and Pht!