It's always nice when .....

It's always nice to make a sale, or two as is the case this week, which is an absolutely fantastic feeling - especially after a small hiatus . Firstly, one of the affordable art prints sold in Rebel Vintage, closely followed by a little original hand painted print in Walkmill @no7. I have replaced both but annoyingly I keep forgetting to take photos (or scans) of the originals before I send them off. Helen has very kindly sent me a photo of 'Summer' in situ. This is the new little hand painted print that she now has in stock.

Summer 1/1 HPP - £18

Sadly I don't think I have a photo of the previous one that sold to share with you. They are both a linocut print that has then been hand painted in watercolours before being mounted and then framed in these gorgeous dinky black wood frames.

This was my second carving of our spring trip and I really enjoyed being able to carve whilst on the road. I only packed a cheap black relief printing ink though which only really allowed me to test the carving quickly, leaving the proper printing until our return. It was enough to let me know if the carving was finished or not and it did allow for a digital play with colours. The digital one below is very similar to 'Autumn' which has recently sold.

I've also added a tryptch to the stock in Rebel Vintage. Again (sadly) I don't have a photo, but the black framed print contains the following 3 images, laid out in this order. All three started life as gelli printed backgrounds onto which the scenes were painted using acrylic paints. These were then digitally scanned and have reproduced onto fine art portfolio rag paper. This set is titled 'Country Roads' and has been reduced from £20 to £17.50, so grab yourselves a bargain.

Thanks for reading and please feel free to message me if you've seen anything of interest to you.

Wendy xx

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Putting it out there

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Whales Ahoy

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Hello and welcome

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Under the Oak designs