vw camper van oil painting

2nd week of the Peterborough Artists Open studios and oil painting of camper van coming on a treat. 

VW camper van painting

Had a great preview evening, Peterborough Artists Open Studios with Mahemuda Arsalani.  Open for weekends of 16/17 and 21/22nd June 10-4pm with lashings of tea and mountains of cake.  Come along to watch us working and grab some truly original artwork.

labrador - pencil drawing

This commission was a gift and so I have only recently been able to show this piece of work. It was a pleasure to draw this beautiful dog.  I've been very lucky and since christmas my commission book is full for the next couple of months!

Flower Painting Fridays

I hope everyone in the Flower Painting Class enjoyed painting the 'Holly & Snow' as much as I did.  Thanks to Keith from the Thursday group we had lots of different species to choose from.

James Green Workshop

Saturday 28th January 2012

10am - 4pm

Northborough Framing

PE6 9DQ

Airbrush Workshop - £30 including all materials.

Maximum of 8 students

To reserve your place please call John or Delia on 01778 380870

Please bring a packed lunch.

December gallery

We have some wonderful art for sale at Northborough Framing this month.  Come for a mince pie and coffee to view the work.  We are raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support and are open every Saturday until Christmas.  Northborough Framing, Market Deeping, PE6 9DQ.

Mince Pies, Coffee & Art

I'm busy hanging work by a selection of local artists ready for our Macmillan Cancer Support fundraising days at Northborough Framing in Market Deeping  PE6 9DQ.  Pop along any saturday in December and for a donation to the fund you can be enjoying festive refreshment while viewing this exciting collection of local art.  You may pick up an extra special present and help this worthwhile charity in the process.  Hope to see you there!

Sunflowers

I'm really enjoying painting these sunflowers and I think I've nearly finished.  Students in my classes have also completed their own versions of this project and it's lovely to see the variety of the completed paintings.

Pastel Pencil Workshop

Judith is going to be running a one day workshop at Northborough Framing in Market Deeping suitable for beginners.   You will be taken through every stage of producing a true likeness of a pet working in a limited palette of pastel pencils. 

Please contact me on 01778 380870 to book your place.



Follow on Facebook

Enter into my free draw to win a portrait for christmas.  Click on this link to my facebook page and click the 'Like' button to become a follower.  The winning 'follower' will be drawn at the end of October.

http://www.facebook.com/deliapnewman#!/pages/Delia-Moth/206405846060252

Peterborough Evening Telegraph press cutting

Pencil drawing - Max

It's been lovely to immerse myself in artwork again.  My morning dog walk was warm but blowy and woke me up ready for couple of hours of drawing to finish a portrait of this lovely little lad.   

My next project is a friend's garden in watercolour for christmas.

macmillan coffee morning !

Well, the cakes are eaten, the coffee's been drunk and our feet are throbbing. We had a fantastic day!  Thanks to all the support and generosity we made a staggering £200 for the charity.  At 10pm last night  whilst I was putting the finishing touches to the exhibition, I was hoping at least a few visitors would pass through our doors to make the hard work worth while.  We had about 70 visitors throughout the day and all hands were on deck to keep the coffee flowing.  I'm now looking forward to collecting the dogs, relaxing back into painting and getting on with my many commissions.

Pastel Portrait.

Sometimes you need to stand back or get someone else's perspective on a 'finished' painting.  My husband is a picture framer and over the years has developed a keen eye.  He seems to know instrinctively when a painting isn't quite ready for framing.  Now that I've finished this painting I have another to do of the same little boy in graphite.  To create a bit of mental space between the two projects I have been working on the sunflower painting I started a few weeks ago.  Lately I have become much more professional in the way I organise my painting day.  I have set hours that I paint and really look forward to distancing myself from the world for that period of time each day.  But I also have a set time when I complete paperwork and prepare classwork for the week ahead, even for walking the dogs. 

The World's Biggest Coffee Morning!

Countdown to macmillan coffee morning

Just 4 days to go!

Join us for Art, Cake & Coffee.

10 per cent of all art sales and 100 per cent of refreshments to macmillan fund.

10am - 4pm Saturday 1st October.

Northborough Framing PE6 8LW.

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Art Show and Coffee Morning

Saturday 1st October 2011

10am - 4pm

Enjoy a cup of coffee and homemade cakes and view paintings by

local artists at

Northborough Framing, Market Deeping

PE6 8LW

Pastel portraits

I haven't posted for a couple of weeks due to the very busy studio time recently.  This is a christmas portrait I've just finished and it was certainly more challenging than painting fur in pastel! 

Sunflowers

I continue to add depth to the painting before starting on the flower heads.

Sunflowers - stage 1

Having decided upon my design, I transferred it to my watercolour paper, masked the flower heads and applied a wet in wet wash to the background.  When this was dry I painted some negative spaces.

Sunflower watercolour

New flower painting class starts tomorrow and I have developed a project inspired by this bunch of sunflowers.  I will show my painting as the stages develop.