Tulip Exotic Bird

I first saw this variety at Kew Gardens then  grew them in my garden. The petals are like the feathers of a bird. A splash of colour to brighten a Spring day.

 I painted this tulip on a beautiful medium weight crepe de chine mounted on a wooden frame. There was some gutta used as resist. The lovely thing about this silk is that the paint doesn't move as much as on a pongee 5 so is more like painting wet in wet with watercolour on a good quality paper, therefore there is less need for gutta lines. I was after a softer and more dreamy quality.

The finished painting is is stretched onto mount board and framed in a light hardwood frame with an antiue white mount. 

If you are a silk painting and have only used pongee 5 do try some different types of silk and let me know how you get on.

Blog Giveaway Ticket for 2 Affordable Art Fair

Blog Giveaway Ticket for 2 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London

This ticket allows entry for two people to the Charity Private View evening on Wed 12th March 5.30-9.30pm  or throughout the duration of the fair 13-16th March.

Entry to the private view is normally £25 and to the show between £8 and £15  details here

The Charity Private View is in aid of Fight for Sight which is  the UK's leading charity dedicated to funding world class research into the prevention of sight loss and the treatment of eye disease.

On Fri 14th I am running a silk scarf taster workshop, it is free for visitors to the show subject to space. It is sponsored by Gudrun Sjoden fashion house. Gudrun's Spring collection is inspired by artists with a passion for colour.

You will get to take the scarf you made home with you. I wrote about this in the previous post.

This is preceded by a talk Susan Mumford, Founder of the Association of Women Art Dealers about women in art with reference to some works in the fair and followed by drinks and nibbles. 

I have been writing this blog for over 4 years now and have just started my Artist's page on Facebook

which can be found here  

Thank you to all my followers both of long standing and recent on here and on Facebook. 

To be in with a chance of winning this ticket for 2 leave a message on here in the comments box or on my Facebook page. Mention in your message where you follow. Followers of both are in with 2 chances.

The draw will take place on Friday so that I can get the ticket in the post to the winner.