Study in Yellow

A drawing, today. I'm thinking of entering this in the Campaign for Drawing's John Ruskin Prize (the theme is "A New Look at Nature"). The deadline isn't far away, though - all entries must be submitted by 5pm on the 1st of June! Fortunately, in the first instance, they want digital images. So I might even have time to do a second image...

Edit: I didn't get shortisted.

Botallack: Chimney: Framed

Botallack: Chimney gets the medium wax driftwood frame; another Cornish subject for another Cornish frame.

Godrevy Lighthouse 2: Framed

Driftwood seems like an apt frame style for this seascape. I opted for the limed white option here, thinking that it might echo the froth on the waves. This is the second version of Godrevy Lighthouse from Gwithian beach; the first has a frame due to it, too (the same type), but as that painting already has a new home, I only have the frame in my posession at the moment.

Cannon Heath Down (7): Framed

I'm quite excited; today, I received a large, flattish parcel with four frames in it. They've come all the way from Cornwall (quite fitting, considering that the other three frames are all destined to surround paintings of that glorious county). The frames are all from Moonshine Framing's Driftwood range; this particular one is the clear wax version.

Lego Minifigures 44: "Arwen"

← Welby Church 1: Framed

Bethnoir suggested that Legolas needed a friend. Well, all Lord of the Rings fans know that he gets on very well with a certain lady elf called Arwen - and so that is the name of this figure, custom-built to resemble the Liv Tyler incarnation of said character. Of course, her ears are hidden beneath her flowing locks.

Welby Church 1: Framed

← Lego Minifigures 43: "Legolas"                                 Lego Minifigures 44: "Arwen" →

(Original Welby Church post)

What do you think of the choice of frame? I quite like it - nice and broad, simple (like the subject), and the yellow wood seems to pick out the sandstone of the church. The frame was, ahem, a sale bargain. The subject was serendipitously on my list of things I wanted to paint, and when I was considering what size and shape to make the painting, I remembered the little canvases that fitted these frames. And the colour of the frames...

LEGO® Minifigures 43: "Legolas"

Well, what else would you have me call a decidedly Tolkienesque elf made of LEGO? He even looks suitably stern.

Acrylic on canvas, 7 x 7 cm
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