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I love this place, this town this beach and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I grew up here on this beach, it isn’t necessarily the most beautiful place in the world, but it is up there for me.
At the start of 2021 I made a painting of the Ice Cream shop next to the Ferry in Fleetwood, I got 100 printed on A3 paper and one on a absolutely massive A1 paper. I have then drawn on the prints and added extra watercolour so each one of the prints is a unique piece of art, ready to be framed. They really are amazing work (if I say so myself) bright and colourful and making these has brought me some comfort a year after her passing.
I live by the sea
I dream of the sea
I am the sea
Waves washing
Against the shore
Crackling through rocks
I live by the sea
I dream of the sea
I am the sea
Grinding down
Eroding everything
Until it is sand
I live by the sea
I dream of the sea
I am the sea
Slowly drifting
Along the shore
Never the same twice
I live by the sea
I dream of the sea
I am the sea
A short walk from my old day job is Cleveleys Cove Cafe, perched right above the sea, the architecture is quite unusual for a local building. At the start of May though it closed for a time as a film crew descended on Cleveleys and dressed the Cafe and the promenade into something from another world.
I am a massive star wars fan and unfortunately due to back pain I didn’t make it down to look at the set in person but I did see plenty of photographs and footage. And I can’t wait for it to be released on Disney+ at some point in the distant future.
A5 drawing on Kraft card in Posca Marker and ink
A few years ago I was painting daily and I felt really stuck and I couldn’t devote much time to it every day, so I started just painting clouds and used it as an experiment, just using two colours:
A blue or a purple for the sky and sea
And then a red or earthy tone to darken the sea and make the clouds.
I learn a lot just doing these daily.
Now I don’t paint clouds unless it is part of a scene.
I also have so many that I have been using a stamp on the back and putting them in with the paintings I sell as thank you notes. It really adds something else.
So if you want a cloud painting, just buy a painting and one will come with it!
~ Joseph
Painting still life is an accessible way to start learning how to paint, I tend towards packaging as it is something that comes and goes through the house, on swatches of different coloured fabrics to just add some interest to what the object is sat on.
There is a lot to consider on a packet from colours, to type and logos and so on. I’m not looking at painting with realism though, I just want it to be fast and fluid and describe a level of energy to my painting.
I am part of an online fair with Handmade Hour and Just a Card. This is part of trying to get my name out into the the world and be more visible of what I do. This particular event is The Visibility Fair 2022 and I keep getting distracted and going and making pottery instead as I have am exhibiting at the Green Loop Eco Makers Market as Red Fox Pottery, which is 30th April at Whitehaven Lake in St Annes.
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