It’s a funny thing, but I keep finding old paintings in the attic that I actually like a lot better now than when I made them.
Stuff I made several years ago, which I considered to be not worthy of a frame.
Now I look at them with the memory of all the hard work it took to get there, and the path it led me into.
I realized that they’re actually quite special to me, and that they therefore deserve a more dignified existence.
So I just had to get them behind a frame right away.
The first one is a painting I made in 2019, I think, featuring a busy harbour in a summer evening.
The second one is a painting based on a tutorial by the great UK artist Tim Wilmot.
At the time I thought they were OK, but now I feel quite proud of how they turned out.
This change of direction, which I mentioned in my last post, has really given me a new view on this old stuff.
It’s kind of that feeling when you move to a new place, and go throuh all of your old stuff that’s just been lying around, all forgotten.
Suddenly it brings you a new kind of joy.
So there might just be a few more of these popping into a frame soon.
Anyway, I hope you are having a great day, and that you’re doing alright 🙂
Thanks for following my blog. Good luck with the watercolours, they look great. Regards. G
I just love the style of these paintings. Have you ever considered illustrating books?
Thank you so much! I’ve been asked about that before, and I would love that. But I have no education, so it hasn’t really been on my mind 🙂
Ps I have to say I love the water !
I have a great tutorial from Tim Wilmot to thank for that 😊
I’ve never heard of him, but I have now – thanks for the tip 🙂
You are very welcome 🙂 He has helped me a lot with my watercolours through his videos 🙂
They are just lovely and really deserve the respect you are giving them now.
Thank you so much, Charley 😊 I’m so glad you think so 🙂
The old work looks great! Never look at paintings you just did wait a couple of weeks and come back with fresh eyes.
Thank you, Lisa! There is definitely a lot of truth in that. It looks very different to me now 😊
definitely worth framing. Nice colours.
Thank you so much!😊
Beautiful it’s strange how good paintings look when you leave them alone for a while. Your biggest critic is yourself, you don’t realise just how good you are. I look forward to seeing more 😊
We are very good at finding our own faults, I guess. It was very surprising seeing it with a new set of eyes 😊
I love the peaceful mood , beautifully done . They remind me of Paul Banning works.
His work looks amazing, so that is a huge compliment for me. Thank you 😊