Friday 20 September 2013

Friday doodle.

New doodle/sketch. Ahoy there. Hope you have a lovely weekend ;)

Thursday 19 September 2013

Wednesday 18 September 2013

New doodles, and prints in my Folksy shop.


 A couple of new doodles. Househead and Paper boats in her hair. Pencil on paper.

I have added two new prints to my Folksy Shop ;)
http://folksy.com/shops/gemmaausten

Tuesday 17 September 2013

Folksy shop for Charlestown Gallery.


I have now set up a Folksy shop for Charlestown Gallery :) I will be updating new items in the next few weeks. Here are some postcards of my dad's original paintings of scenes around Cornwall that are for sale.
http://folksy.com/shops/CharlestownGallery

Friday 13 September 2013

Out and about around St.Ives.



I was lucky enough to have another day off yesterday :) So we went down to Morvah to check out an exhibition at the Yew Tree Gallery. I knew they had some work by Mark Hearald (one of my favourites) I have never seen an original up close before. They were brilliant, with layers of collage and prints. They also had some work by Angie Lewin which were immaculate up close (nothing like my lino prints) although she i'm sure has all the kit ie a press haha. Unfortunately I didn't take any photos... Doh. I fell in love with a fox lithograph by Mark for £325 it was sold but the lady said she might have another hmmm......tempting?



 We also went to the Barbara Hepworth gallery as Wes hasn't been before. I always love it after it's been raining as the scuptures always look different and the materials stand out more. I actually forgot she died in her studio in a fire... so sad. Although the guide told me she was in ill health with cancer anyway :( A remarkable artist.


Then we did the usual tourist stuff, had a walk around the seafront, ate some chips on the harbour and was stalked by seagulls, and went to the arcade and wasted alot of money on the coin slot machines hehehe. A good day for the soul.

Tuesday 10 September 2013

Eden Project.






 As you can probably tell from the photos we went to the Eden Project this weekend. I wanted to go as they have introduced alot of butterflies into the humid biome. We saw a few species but unfortunately i think we went a bit late as there wasn't many :( Hence the lack of butterfly pictures! Still had a nice afternoon stroll round it though.

A quick doodle from a few days ago. I was so bored at work.

Thursday 5 September 2013

Painting.


New painting, Demelza from the sky. Mixed media on canvas.
This is the first painting on canvas I have done in a very long time. I have no idea why but canvases scare me. The picture doesn't show it but it is quite sparkly as I used Golden mica pearl flakes and very glittery/sequin nail varnish ;)