Recorders and Lute: Palisander and Toby Carr (triptych)

Recorders and Lute (triptych), before framing

These three pieces were painted using inkjet printer inks (without the inkjet printer).

Rock, Canvas, Painting Knife ... and some other books

7" (showing the front on the book)
and 12" (shoing the rear) versions of
Rock, Canvas, Painting Knife

My new book has arrived!

In plenty of time for Christmas (and upcoming Christmas fairs).

It has 32 pages of rocktastic paintings and drawings, all inspired by stones in various forms.

The Bromley Project book now available on Amazon

You can now buy my most recent book, The Bromley Project (a day in Bromley), on Amazon.

Bromley Book Preview

'Tis only a week until The Bromley Project hits Bromley - one day only in a shipping container in the Market Square - and, amidst all the other preparation, I only just realised that the accompanying book had no preview set up.

This has now been remedied.

The Bromley Project by Amanda Bates | Make Your Own Book

The Bromley book

It's here! I ordered 10 copies in paperback of my Bromley book from Blurb, and they arrived yesterday. There's no 12" version of this book - just the 7" one.

Cornwall book

I published my 20 page Cornwall book. It has 17 paintings in it.

The 12" extended remix has extra words (including a bit about colour palettes and an exclusive new poem!):

Cornwall: At t...

More Adventures wi...

By Amanda Bates

Book Preview

... and the 7" radio edit is smaller. With less words.

Cornwall: At t...

More Adventures wi...

By Amanda Bates

Book Preview

"North Hampshire and Beyond" - in print

The landscapes book has arrived!
My Blurb bookshop.

Minifigures on Canvas: Updated edition

There were a few typographic errors in the first edition (which is now a collector's piece, naturally), so I have corrected them and uploaded a revised version of my LEGO book to Blurb.

You can look at it on Blurb's web site, and I also have a number of copies on order.

The LEGO Book: "Minifigures on Canvas"

Yesterday, I uploaded my data to Blurb, the on-demand publishers. I also ordered a few copies to check out the results. Blurb books are meant to be "bookshop quality", so I have high hopes. But my copies aren't due to arrive until the end of October, so I thought I'd share the link with you now.

Minifigures on...

By Amanda Bates

Book Preview

Judge a Book by its Cover

Just short of a year ago, I painted the first LEGO minifigure painting. I never really expected the series to get anywhere near as big as it has done; there are now 54 paintings, all 7 by 7cm square, all acrylic on canvas.