Paul James Artwork

Large 80 x 40 cm Canvas depicting two Birdlip creatures in bold colours such as blues ,reds, yellows, magenta and golds. One is toucan-like and looks angry as it sits on a branch, the other, a smaller bird looks up at it pleadingly. The background is tropical-looking leaves and flowers amongst which there are smaller creatures such as frogs, butterflies snails and bugs.

I took this one off the easel at the start of the weekend. I think its done.

Grumpy Bird
80 x 40cm
Mixed Media on Canvas

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Been quietly working on various projects since end of last year, including teaching self to knit.

Painting most days and working on a new piece which was finished today

Currently untitled. Mixed media 39 x 30 Canvas on board.

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So, I’m in the halfway through an art project/experiment - One Canvas, 30 Days of Painting. Every day you disrupt the canvas in some way. It’s very therapeutic to let go And move on with noo idea what comes next or if there will be a final image. Just playing with paint & Ink.

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A little self-portrait. Probably my best attempt so far as far as likeness goes. Not unhappy with it. Want to get better at portraiture. Mixed Media on paper.

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Managed to get plenty of time on this one today to finish it.

Raven
30 x 30cm
Mixed Media on Canvas.

One finished and another in progress.

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Thanks so much :)

Another one finished tonight. Loved doing this one. I love it when you get the real happiness when you’re painting and it just makes you smile throughout.

Whippet
Mixed Media on Paper
A4 Cold Pressed 300gsm

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A little hummingbird finished tonight. Mixed Media on Plywood, 20 x 20cm

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Lompster
20 x 20cm
Mixed Media on Plywood

Its called Lompster because that's what my son called them when he was little. Its always stuck with me.

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Started a new one. Three sessions so far. More to go still.

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Still playing with some mixed media on Plywood.

Finished off this one tonight.

BUMBLE
20X20cm, Mixed Media on plywood

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Done. Good luck.

It takes a while on Tik Tok and there are clearly good/bad times to post. It took me a few months to get to over 1k followers and build up the views. But even then some posts get over 700 views, some 300, and some remain in single figures with no apparent reason for it. Not many people comment.

Finished this one today. Was too hot outside so came in to paint instead.

Elephant
Mixed Media on Plywood

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Loose watercolour painting of boxing hare in vibrant colours - the second hare is less in focus and there is blood splatter from the face.

Watercolour ink sketch of an elephants head in black, pink and turquoise. Very loose ink markings and scratches with patches where the ink has spread naturally on the damp paper.

Finished the fighting Hares yesterday, watercolour on paper, 15 x 22 inches (couldn’t fit it all on my A3 scanner so only partial shown), and today had a little play with watercolour inks.

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Making progress with the boxing Hares. A couple more goes on it to add some depth and a little detail. Think its heading in the right direction.

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New one started. Bigger than my usual pieces, 22 x 15"

Only had a couple of sessions to get background in and mark out the Hares

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Really touching image. Made me stop in my tracks. Beautiful.

This little man, Eddy, finished and will be off to share space with the real Eddy!

Eddy The Whippet
Watercolour on Paper
15 x 11

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2nd layer of colour gone down kn this young man.

Eddie The Whippet
WiP Watercolour on Paper

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Couple of short sessions on this one. An artist friend kindly sent me a portrait of our whippet. She also has a Whippet and so we agreed I'd retun the favour.

There's a way to go but he's started

Eddie The Whippet
WiP Watercolour on Paper

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Donkey
Watercolour & Ink on Paper

This one came in as a request, I can’t resist a challenge and request! First time I’ve painted a Donkey.

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Bit by bit building up the donkey and adding time to his cheery blue background.

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Completely forgot to post this last week having finished it. It’s been a bit of a week!

Here’s the final version of the Bumblebee and Flower.
Watercolour on Paper, 15 x 11.

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A little bit more on this one. D9nt want to do much more, just some very small highlights and a bit of a glaze.

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Thanks so much, Kelly. Really appreciate that. :)

Started a new piece last night, just the first couple of washes gone down to mark it out. Some work to do still, but trying to keep it very loose and uncomplicated. Will add a few little details but really not very much.

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Finished this fella tonight. Haven’t decided what to do with it yet. It’ll sit in a room for a few days out of sight so I can look at it with fresh eyes and then see what I think.

Chimp, Watercolour on Paper, 15 x 11”

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A Chinoiserie style colorful painting of a woman sitting under huge Pelargonium branches in bloom, holding a black dog in her lap. In the background there are blue monkeys flying. The woman and the dog look at each other and there is a teapot next to them on a small table.

Oriental Tea. Against all odds my pelargonium Mårbacka has proved true resiliance and survived another Nordic winter indoors.
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